It looks like there was a nasty smear campaign online with fake AI audio and fake news reports to smear Seb Coe as a racist and visitor of Epstein Island before the IOC presidency vote. Pretty disgusting stuff.
The Athletic (NYTimes) had an article before the IOC Election titled "Strange Race to Lead Olympic Sports Gets Stranger" that talked about a smear campaign against some of the candidates. It said it was the talk of the IOC gathering:
This video which got millions of views on X alone claims Coe visited Epstein island 11 times and was one of Epstein's closest associates:
It's on various outlets.
Yet there is ZERO evidence he visited Espstein Island. His name has not been released anywhere in connection with that.
which implies someone paid to distribute it.
Then I found this reportedly "leaked" audio where Coe allegedly questions Kenyans' intelligence. So the implication is he is a racist.
Audio sounds clearly fake to me and there is no source with it. ie where was it recorded.
Pretty clear one of the smear campaigns was against Coe. Pretty disgusting. Love to hear your thoughts. Surprised this hasn't been reported anywhere. I can see how the Athletic didn't want to give credence to it, but it's already out there and Seb is already being smeared with it being viewed millions of times. When the stuff in the videos is fake, and the allegations false, combatting it seems the better way to go.