Chrissy Teigen found her 1-year-old daughter Luna (pictured with her) dragged into the bizarre Pizzagate conspiracy alleging the existence of a child sex ring
Chrissy Teigen’s 1-year-old daughter was dragged into the bizarre Pizzagate conspiracy popularized by right-wing conspiracy theorists and online trolls.
Liz Crokin, who according to her website is ‘an award-winning author, a seasoned and well-traveled entertainment journalist and a political junkie,’ tweeted out photos of Luna, the daughter of the model and Rhythm and Blues superstar John Legend.
The photos show Luna dressed as an Alice in Wonderland character, as a hotdog and as a pineapple. In one photo uploaded to Snapchat, Teigen used a pizza emoji.
Crokin used her alleged journalistic prowess to deduce that these symbols indicate that Teigen and Legend have placed Luna into the nefarious world of Pizzagate.
The Pizzagate theory is a widely discredited allegation that high-ranking Democrat officials were involved in human trafficking – including a child sex abuse ring – via a Washington D.C. pizza establishment called Comet Ping Pong.
At first, Teigen tweeted on Saturday: ‘Alright. I debated saying something about this but I’m pretty disturbed over here. The fact that there are people with these…thoughts…is really scary.’
Later, she tweeted that she interpreted Crokin’s tweet as implying that she and Legend are ‘darksided pizzagate pedophiles who traffic our daughter’.
She added: ‘Ummmmm this is really scary sh*t.’
Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Hillary and Bill who has been subjected to extensive online trolling in the past, reached out to Teigen on Twitter to offer words of support.
Clinton wrote: ‘Chrissy, sending you & beautiful Luna a huge hug. It is awful & never ok when people threaten or demean any child. I’ve lost count of the Twitter accounts who’ve threatened Charlotte with #FGM. While I never bother to report threats against me, I now report every one against her.’
Chelsea Clinton reached out to Teigen on Twitter to help her through the ordeal prompted by Tweeter Liz Crokin
FGM in this instance is likely a reference to female genital mutilation. Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky is three years old.
Teigen tweeted in response: ‘I feel silly even worrying about this in comparison to the magnitude of slander and threats you and your family have dealt with for decades. These people are truly sick and scary. Love to you, Charlotte and Marc!!’
Crokin had been verified on Twitter, which Teigen took issue with in a sharply worded tweet.
Luna is the daughter of Teigen and John Legend. Pizzagate is a bizarre conspiracy theory based around a Washington D.C. pizza establishment
Tweeter Liz Crokin used photos of Luna dressed as a hot dog and as Alice from Alice in Wonderland as evidence for Pizzagate. Crokin also used a pizza emoji as evidence
Chelsea Clinton, pictured holding son Aiden and walking alongside daughter Charlotte, supported Teigen
She wrote: ‘Thank you, Twitter, for verifying somebody who is essentially accusing me (with pictures of my daughter) of child abuse and pedophilia to their 50,000 followers.’
The social media giant then unverified Crokin.
Teigen and Legend are also both threatening to sue the alleged journalist.
Crokin’s pinned tweet on Twitter includes a link to a PayPal account and reads: ‘Please support me here. I started my blog since MSM censored & punished me for covering sex trafficking & Seth Rich!’
Liz Crokin has a pinned tweet of a PayPal account that asks for funds for herself
Neither Teigen nor Legend are messing around with Crokin and her unsubstantiated allegations
Crokin is pictured attending the Babes for Boobs Bachelor Auction in Los Angeles in June 2016