No, Usain Bolt is not donating $2 million to Grenfell Tower fire victims
Fake news about the Grenfell Tower fire incident in London has still been circulating.
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After last month's hoax alleging a baby "miraculously" survived 12 days in the charred building, another story is making the rounds on social media.
This time it's relating to claims that the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was donating $2 million to Grenfell Tower fire victims:
What a fantastic bloke @usainbolt is. And he knows the craic on #GrenfellTower & the voiceless. He gets it. https://t.co/ZVpDK9FrBm
— Antosha Z. Corbinski (@davies42g) July 23, 2017
The story originates from a website called News360-tv.com.
It claims Bolt "presented a receipt of bank transaction" to British sprinter CJ Ujah after the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on 21 July. The receipt is "to be presented to authorities in London ahead of the IAAF Championship".
However, no other media outlets outside of News360-tv.com reported on such big news.
Moreover, the website was registered on 1 April 2017 according to whois.net:
Later on, a representative for Usain Bolt told Storyful the story was "fake news".
However, that didn't stop many people from sharing it on Twitter:
If this is true, then this guy is a great role model beyond his sprinting 👏🏽 https://t.co/shaWc2QxOr
— Maria Jardardottir (@MJardardottir) July 25, 2017
The fake story, which collected over 23,000 shares on Facebook according to a widget on the page, was also shared on Grenfell Tower fire support pages:
