Post Malone‘s face was once used as a part of a “romance scam,” and now, the classic clip has gone viral.
The clip — which went viral on Saturday (December 30) — is from a 2021 episode of Dr. Phil, the same show that gave its start to Danielle “Bhad Bhabie” Bregoli. The clip features the story of 70-year-old Gail, who believed that she and Posty had been in a relationship for nearly three years despite never meeting in person.
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Gail told the longtime television host that “Post Malone” even went so far as to give her a promise ring, but that he only spoke to her in a Jamaican accent “to protect his real identity.”
At the end of the show, it was revealed that Gail was the victim of a terribly heartbreaking romance scam. Check out the clip below.
Post Malone: 70-year-old superfan believes she and rapper are engagedhttps://t.co/3Yh0bOWXIApic.twitter.com/ugp06E1vWD
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) December 31, 2023
But Post Malone’s real love life isn’t exactly faring much better.
He was recently accused of physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Ashlen Diaz by the law firm that Diaz previously hired to help with her financial support claims.
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A firm called Martorell Law has sued not only the singer but also his former partner of three years, who they initially helped in legal negotiants relating to her palimony.
Following the pair’s 2018 split, Diaz proposed a payout from her relationship despite not being married to Post and promised her legal team a percentage of the settlement. Per the lawsuit filed by Martorell last year, he allegedly cornered her into an out-of-court settlement that would cut the firm out of the deal.
In objecting to this, Martorell has now said that they will present “hard and detailed” evidence — including images and text messages — that prove Post Malone’s dominating presence in Diaz’s life. The purpose of this is to demonstrate that she was manipulated into dropping her firm and working out an agreement with him on the side.
The firm has filed a motion for damages, which Post Malone has demanded be thrown out as he referred to it as “frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation.” This move is premised on the 28-year-old’s alleged emotional and physical abuse of his ex, with Martorell saying that he “pressured and coerced Diaz” into releasing her lawyer.
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“Coercion and pressure of one’s romantic partner combined with physical and emotional abuse in violation of the Penal Code, to deprive that person of competent legal counsel and with the knowledge that the actor is also depriving legal counsel of its attorneys’ fee, constitutes an independent wrongful act,” the motion reads.
“These facts were what the underlying case would have been all about — a palimony dispute wherein this pattern of abuse and imbalance of power was used to suppress Ms. Diaz physically and emotionally, only to leave her powerless and money-less after he was caught red-handed on a yacht by TMZ with another woman amid an alleged unfaithful tryst.”
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The document continues: “Plaintiff’s counsel has, to date, avoided airing out these salacious facts based upon their professionalism and respect for the court process, but given Defendant Post’s counsel’s insistence within pleadings on falsely painting this case as one where Defendant Post lacked the ability to control Ms. Diaz, if the Court finds it necessary for these further specific allegations and the photographic and text evidence thereof to be asserted in pleadings.”
