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FALSE: Renato Reyes’ son crashes sports car in Pampanga

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FALSE: Renato Reyes’ son crashes sports car in Pampanga
This is an old claim that was already debunked in January 2018. Reyes' son was 9 years old when this claim first circulated.
At a glance:
  • Claim: The son of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Secretary General Renato Reyes crashed a P1.9-million sports car in Pampanga.
  • Rating: FALSE
  • The facts: This is an old claim that was already debunked in January 2018. Reyes’ son was 9 years old when this claim first circulated.
  • Why we fact-checked this: Posts containing this claim were spotted through social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle.
Complete details:

An old claim falsely saying the son of Bayan Secretary General Renato Reyes crashed a P1.9-million sports car in Pampanga is being recirculated by several pages on Facebook.

Their posts contain a screenshot of an article with the headline “Renato Reyes Son Crashes P1.9M Sports Car in Pampanga.”

These posts were spotted through social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle.

This claim is false.

As the screenshot shows, the claim originally circulated in January 2018. It has since been debunked.

Reyes had addressed this claim on social media, saying his son was 9 years old at the time and could not drive yet. He added that they did not own a sports car.

The site bayangpilipinas.com carries an article dated January 7, 2018 with the same headline and photo used in the claim. The article cited a source that leads to a phfacts.altervista.org webpage, and upon clicking the source link, a statement appears saying the account has been suspended due to non-compliance with community regulations.

Reyes had also pointed out that the photo used in the fake claim was from a Top Gear article.

Here is an archived copy of the Top Gear article containing the photo, published on February 21, 2014. The article made no mention of Reyes’ son. It said that the photos were taken and sent by a certain Aaron Padilla, who said he witnessed the incident on Quezon Avenue.

This claim was also debunked by GMA reporter Joseph Morong in an episode of Fact or Fake. The video showed that the Regional Highway Patrol Unit 3 confirmed that no such incident occurred.

In the past, Rappler debunked another claim involving Reyes, which falsely said he was spotted panic buying at S&R. – Loreben Tuquero/Rappler.com

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