Fact Check: Did Jason Kelce create a Renee Good Hope Scholarship Fund after Minneapolis shooting?
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA: Following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, a claim has been circulating on social media that Jeson Kelce, a former American professional football center, has established a scholarship fund in the name of Renee.
Let us fact-check the viral claim.
Claim: Jason Kelce started scholarship in honor of Renee Nicole Good
According to the viral claim, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce established the Renee Good Hope Scholarship Fund in honor of the Minneapolis resident who was shot by an ICE agent identified as Jonathan Ross.
According to the post that began circulating in January, Kelce kicked off the fund with $300,000 of his own money.
On January 26, a Facebook page posted an image collage of three pictures purportedly depicting Kelce hugging Good's son, Good holding her son in front of a body of water, and Kelce crying by himself.
According to the post’s caption, Good’s death inspired Kelce to launch the scholarship fund.
Fact Check: The rumor is fake
The claim is false and is made with the help of fabricated images made with the help of Artificial Intelligence tools.
Google Gemini's SynthID Detector tool found a digital watermark indicating someone used a Google AI tool for at least part of the image's creation, as well as for the image showing Kelce in tears.
Also, the post featured links leading to advertisement-filled articles hosted on WordPress blogs.
The users owning those blogs earned revenue based on the combination of advertising and made-up stories.
Moreover, a search on Google for the rumor generates no credible reports supporting the claim. If the rumor were true, it would have been widely covered by prominent news media outlets and sports outlets.
Similar rumor about Jalen Hurts
A similar rumor surfaced a week ago claiming that NFL quarterback Jalen Hurts personally created a scholarship fund in honor of Renee Good, contributing $300,000 of his own money.
The rumor, however, is false, and it was detected that the claim was created and spread using images and texts generated by AI.
Facebook post and other posts sharing the rumor featured links leading to articles filled with advertisements hosted on WordPress blogs.
