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That blind item about the actress was 90% wrong, here's the actual court filing date
I was reading a blind item that claimed a certain A-lister signed a prenup back in 2019, but I found the real filing date in the LA County public records database last Tuesday, it was actually 2021 and way after the wedding. The gossip sites all reused the same fake date without checking anything, which made me wonder how many other 'facts' they just copy from each other. Has anyone else caught a major detail flip by cross-checking court documents instead of trusting the headline?
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tessaperry6d ago
LA County records are public for a reason, but you really have to wonder if the gossip sites even know how to use them. I pulled up a different case once, a property dispute involving a second-tier reality star, and the court filing had a typo in the street name that every single blog copied for two weeks. So either they never actually open the PDFs or they just trust whatever the first person posted, and neither option makes me feel great about the whole industry. But also, does it really matter if a prenup date is off by a couple years? The story is still about a rich person protecting their money, and the drama is the same either way. Most people reading that blind item just want the tea, not a notarized timeline, so the details only matter to the few of us who actually enjoy homework. You found the truth, which is cool, but don't be surprised when no one cares enough to fact check the next one.
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