T.D. Jakes stated 44,000 AI bots unfold rumors linking him to Diddy and legal exercise in what he referred to as a focused misinformation marketing campaign.
T.D. Jakes stated he was bombarded by 44,000 AI-generated bots that flooded the web with false claims tying him to Sean “Diddy” Combs and alleged intercourse events, calling it a coordinated smear marketing campaign focusing on outstanding Black public figures.
The megachurch chief and media mogul addressed the digital onslaught throughout a current interview, revealing the size of the misinformation push. “When the [rumors] first broke out, it was 44,000 bots that have been launched on me,” Jakes stated. He added that an investigation “found that 98% of them have been all synthetic intelligence-generated.”
The rumors, which gained traction on-line within the wake of a number of lawsuits and legal allegations in opposition to Diddy in 2024 and 2025, falsely linked Jakes to legal conduct and salacious occasions.
He was named in a lawsuit as somebody Diddy allegedly tried to make use of for picture management, however Jakes was by no means accused of any wrongdoing.
Pretend movies and AI-manipulated thumbnails circulated on YouTube, falsely depicting Jakes being arrested or attending events linked to Diddy. Not one of the content material was supported by credible proof.
T.D. Jakes Takes Authorized Motion Over Diddy Lies
Jakes and his authorized workforce have since filed motions in search of info from YouTube and Google to uncover who’s behind the false content material. The objective is to establish the people or teams accountable for launching the bot-driven assaults.
Jakes made it clear he had no involvement in any of the alleged incidents. “The opposite factor that it actually proved to me, to Oprah, to Denzel, to all of the individuals, is that it’s everyone. It goes together with the turf,” he stated. “We now have received to cease getting our info from TikTok,” he stated.
He additionally dismissed the rumors as baseless. “That’s kinda water below the bridge. If there have been something there, the FBI would have been in it … It’s like after I had my well being scare—inside seconds, it was everywhere in the world, you wouldn’t have to seek out it on Instagram, you wouldn’t have to seek out it on YouTube. You’ll discover it on the 6 o’clock information.”
Jakes suffered a coronary heart assault in November 2024 whereas preaching at The Potter’s Home in Dallas.
After recovering, he stepped down as senior pastor. Jakes then handed over management to his daughter, Sarah Jakes Roberts and her husband, Touré Roberts.
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