Matt Barnes has been the subject of quite a few viral stories over the years, but his latest one might take the cake.
Last month, Barnes, who once drove 95 miles to confront Derek Fisher for dating his estranged wife, admitted to being the victim of an elaborate AI-driven extortion scheme that cost him $61,000.
The former NBA champion revealed that a woman identified as “Zany” used artificial intelligence to create fake audio, videos, and text messages that were constructed to make him appear unfaithful to his wife. It was so convincing to him that he decided to pay the woman $60K in an attempt to keep the content from spreading across the internet.
Unfortunately for Matt Barnes, paying was not enough, as their extortion attempts continued and only worsened when controversial blogger Ta

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