Fact Check: Video Shows FAKE Incident Of Girl Beating Up Men Who Harass Her, Try To Steal Her Bag In Hallway

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  • by: Ed Payne
Fact Check: Video Shows FAKE Incident Of Girl Beating Up Men Who Harass Her, Try To Steal Her Bag In Hallway Stunt Team

Does a video show a real incident of a young woman beating up men who harass her and try to steal her bag in a hallway? No, that's not true: The video was created by a French stunt team. The social media account for Campus Univers Cascades, which originated the clip, identifies itself as "Stuntmen | Fighters | Performers."

The claim appeared in a post and video (archived here) by the @todaymessagee account on X on Aug. 22, 2026. Translated from Arabic, it read:

The Moment the Tables Turned

A group of young men tried to steal a girl's bag, but they didn't expect the shocking response to come at them this quickly!

This is what a screenshot of the video in the post looked like:

Young woman-men.jpg

(Image source: post by @todaymessagee on X.)

The video is embedded below:

The 26-second clip comes from a video (archived here) of a stunt originally posted by Campus Univers Cascades (CUC) (archived here) on Facebook on Dec. 19, 2024. It reads:

Brave or reckless woman 🫢🏆
©️ @campus.univers.cascades

The floor mat in the video includes the group's initials "CUC." It is circled in yellow:

CUC cropped (2).png

(Image source: post by Campus Univers Cascades on Instagram.)

The original video is embedded below:

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Ed Payne

Ed Payne is a staff writer at Lead Stories. He is an Emmy Award-winning journalist as part of CNN’s coverage of 9/11. Ed worked at CNN for nearly 24 years with the CNN Radio Network and CNN Digital. Most recently, he was a Digital Senior Producer for Gray Television’s Digital Content Center, the company’s digital news hub for 100+ TV stations. Ed also worked as a writer and editor for WebMD. In addition to his journalistic endeavors, Ed is the author of two children’s book series: “The Daily Rounds of a Hound” and “Vail’s Tales.” 

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