Fake News: Florida Man Did NOT Convince Two Female Officers To Have A Threesome Instead Of Giving Him A Ticket

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  • by: Maarten Schenk
Fake News: Florida Man Did NOT Convince Two Female Officers To Have A Threesome Instead Of Giving Him A Ticket

Was 32-year old Marine Corps veteran Daniel Sharp able to convice two female cops to have sex with him instead of giving him a ticket? If you think that sounds like an impossible porno plot that can't be real you would be right. The story was created as a joke by a man running a military humor page on Facebook.

The went viral via an article published on June 19, 2018 by 8Shit which was titled "Florida Man Convinces Two Female Officers To Have A Threesome Instead Of Giving Him A Ticket" (archived here) which opened:

A 32-year old Marine Corps combat veteran identified as Daniel Sharp, was pulled over at 3 AM after leaving Taco Bell when he was going at 29mph in a 20mph zone. Two unidentified female officers approached the vehicle and then the real trouble began.

Instead of handling over his driver license and proof of insurance, Sharp began to seduce the officers and a few minutes later, it worked. They began to perform sexual acts in the back of the vehicle. Other officers arrived on the scene after several minutes, because they (the female officers) weren't reporting the situation, only to find that both officers and Mr Sharp were totally undressed, having sexual relations in public.

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Florida Man Convinces Two Female Officers To Have A Threesome Instead Of Giving Him A Ticket

A 32-year old Marine Corps combat veteran identified as Daniel Sharp, was pulled over at 3 AM after leaving Taco Bell when he was going at 29mph in a 20mph zone. Two unidentified female officers approached the vehicle and then the real trouble began. Instead of handling over his driver license and proof of insurance, [...]

The claim was already debunked by Earn The Necklace several days ago, who pointed out the owner of the Facebook page that originally posted the image making the claim is also the guy in the picture and he basically admitted in the comments it was all a joke:

FACT CHECK: Florida Veteran Daniel Sharp Convinces Two Female Officers to Perform Sexual Acts with Him

A Marine Corps combat veteran Daniel Sharp indulged in sexual acts with two female deputies in the back of his car. A recent post on Facebook about Daniel Sharp, a Florida veteran, convincing two unidentified female officers to perform sexual acts is currently trending online.

No actual media reports appeared on the date given in the story, and 8shit.net carries a disclaimer on its about page that reads:

8Shit is a satire and humor website.

It contains cutting edge satire on a diverse range of topics.

The website publishes fake news, shocking rumors and reports with incisive sarcasm, and humor.

We also post crazy real news which often sounds too good to be true.

And an additional disclaimer in the footer of every page:

8Shit is a satire news and humor website. All its content is fiction (except those posts under the "serious" category) and shouldn't be taken as real. All references, names and marks or institutions in this website are used as contextual elements, like in any novel or science-fiction story.

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  Maarten Schenk

Lead Stories co-founder Maarten Schenk is our resident expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet.  He can often be found at conferences and events about fake news, disinformation and fact checking when he is not in his office in Belgium monitoring and tracking the latest fake article to go viral.

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