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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4603206" data-attributes="member: 48469">Ah, looked it up.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/13/fact-check-tom-hanks-greek-citizen-but-pedophilia-claim-false/3353055001/[/URL]“It is true that Tom Hanks, along with his wife Rita Wilson, did become a citizen of Greece. But Greece does not classify pedophilia as a disability, and there is no evidence that Tom Hanks is a pedophile. The allegations are a series of conspiracy theories purported by QAnon supporters. We rate this claim as PARTLY FALSE, based on our research.”[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pedophilia-disability-greece/?_ga=2.63219503.1808039366.1599229493-160499229.1599229492[/URL]“The Oscar-winning actor, as long with several other Hollywood celebrities, have been baselessly accused of running a child sex-trafficking ring by followers of the “QAnon” conspiracy theory. When Hanks and wife Rita Wilson announced that they had officially become Greek citizens in July 2020 — they now hold dual citizenship in the United States and Greece — conspiracy theorists started to claim without evidence that Hanks made this decision to “escape” the law. There’s absolutely no truth to this claim. “</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4603206, member: 48469"] Ah, looked it up. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/13/fact-check-tom-hanks-greek-citizen-but-pedophilia-claim-false/3353055001/[/URL] “It is true that Tom Hanks, along with his wife Rita Wilson, did become a citizen of Greece. But Greece does not classify pedophilia as a disability, and there is no evidence that Tom Hanks is a pedophile. The allegations are a series of conspiracy theories purported by QAnon supporters. We rate this claim as PARTLY FALSE, based on our research.” [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pedophilia-disability-greece/?_ga=2.63219503.1808039366.1599229493-160499229.1599229492[/URL] “The Oscar-winning actor, as long with several other Hollywood celebrities, have been baselessly accused of running a child sex-trafficking ring by followers of the “QAnon” conspiracy theory. When Hanks and wife Rita Wilson announced that they had officially become Greek citizens in July 2020 — they now hold dual citizenship in the United States and Greece — conspiracy theorists started to claim without evidence that Hanks made this decision to “escape” the law. There’s absolutely no truth to this claim. “ [/QUOTE]

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