Daniel Cormier says his Twitter account was hacked during UFC Freedom 250 and that he had no involvement in a viral post that appeared to show screenshots of direct messages from Eric Trump asking about insider fight information for gambling purposes.
Cormier addressed the situation on his YouTube channel, explaining he only found out about the post when UFC’s social media team told him at the White House.
Guys, this is at 6:30 Sunday night. I go to the event, and they’re telling me, they’re talking to me about something that I have no idea is going on. Whoever did this, whoever hacked my Twitter, they posted, took it down, because they think that people are going to believe stuff like that. At the end of the day, I would never do anything like that. I would never engage in those conversations. I would never go to Twitter and post that after engaging in those conversations. I just wouldn’t do that. That’s not what I do.
The post, which was quickly deleted, claimed Trump had messaged Cormier asking for insider information about rigged fights and injured fighters to gain a betting edge. Cormier said the situation has affected his sponsors and that he spent days trying to regain access to his account.
I’m telling you it’s not true. I’m telling everyone it’s just not true, and people just don’t seem to want to believe it. All you news outlets, leave me the fck alone. There was nothing to it. My Twitter got hacked. Someone got into my sht and started posting stuff. I would not do that. I just wouldn’t do that. And one of it said I would ‘catch a lot of flak.’ I don’t say ‘flak.’ That’s not something I use. It just isn’t.
Cormier noted that the word “flak” in the post was not language he uses, which he offered as further evidence the message was not written by him.