Heavy.com reports:
Oprah Winfrey became the No. 1 trend on Twitter on Tuesday night, with numerous reports claiming her house in Boca Raton, Florida, was being raided, and that she had been arrested on sex trafficking charges. The problem with these claims going viral online is that none of it is actually true.
The conspiracy theory surrounding Oprah started with QAnon. The fringe right-wing conspiracy theory, which centers on an anonymous individual known as “Q,” is known for starting wild conspiracy theories and started in 2017.
The group began on 8Chan after President Donald Trump was elected, with the person or group of people known as “Q” claiming to be deep inside the government with so-called Q-level access to classified information.
Just got a phone call that my name is trending. And being trolled for some awful FAKE thing. It’s NOT TRUE. Haven’t been raided, or arrested. Just sanitizing and self distancing with the rest of the world. Stay safe everybody.??
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) March 18, 2020
Welp, Oprah is the top trend in the United States because QAnon people completely made up that she was arrested as part of their fictitious baby eating ring.
These people’s delusions are extremely unwelcome at this moment. https://t.co/7W3ree2c6D
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 18, 2020
Anyone pushing this Oprah sex trafficking nonsense needs to understand it comes from #QAnon an internet cult that claims everyone in Hollywood and all liberals are Satanists who kill children and drink their blood and that Donald Trump will defeat them all and save the world.
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) March 18, 2020