Fake News: Man Did NOT Beat Little Brother After He Found Him Masturbating During "No Nut November"

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  • by: Maarten Schenk
Fake News: Man Did NOT Beat Little Brother After He Found Him Masturbating During "No Nut November"

Did 21-year-old Sergio Lopez from Albuquerque get arrested for beating up his little brother after he found him masturbating while taking part in the "No Nut November" internet challenge? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a notorious "fauxtire" website that makes up tales about bizarre crimes and weird sex acts but purely for entertainment purposes. It did not happen for real.

The story originated from an article published by HMedia on November 2, 2018 titled "Man Beats Little Brother After He Found Him Masturbating During "No Nut November"" (archived here) which opened:

ALBUQUERQUE - Sergio Lopez, 21, has been arrested after he allegedly "beat the sh*t" out of his little brother after he walked in on him masturbating. According to officials, Sergio claimed that it was "no nut november" and that he couldn't let his little brother fail on the first day of the month.

Users on social media only saw this title, description and thumbnail so some of them might have thought it was a real news article:

Man Beats Little Brother After He Found Him Masturbating During "No Nut November"

ALBUQUERQUE - Sergio Lopez, 21, has been arrested after he allegedly "beat the sh*t" out of his little brother after he walked in on him masturbating. According to officials, Sergio claimed that it was "no nut november" and that he couldn't let his little brother fail on the first day of the month. "I did ...

"No Nut November" is an internet challenge where the goal is not to masturbate during the month of November:

Urban Dictionary: No Nut November

A Challenge Where A man must not ejaculate aka bust a nut for the whole month of November

However the picture illustrating the story is not of anyone named "Sergio Lopez" but it appears to be the mugshot of a "SERGIO GIOVANY RANGEL" who was apparently arrested for cocaine possesion according to this website:

Marion County Mugshots : Sep-23-2018 - Oregon Crime News

Information on this page was obtained from the website of the Marion County Jail, which is public domain. All people featured here are presumed innocent until found guilty by a court of law. Name: VICTORIA TAYLOR RENAUD-TUSSEY Inmate Number: 729663 Booking Date: 9/23/2018 Sex: Female Race: ASIAN OTH Charges: #1 BURGLARY II (164215) Arrest Agency: [...]

Huzlersmedia is a sister site of "fauxtire" website Huzlers.com, using the same adverstising tags and being promoted through the same Facebook pages. It carries a disclaimer at the bottom of the page which reads:

Huzlers Media is a satrical blog and user submitted video entertainment site that will have you coming back for more. From the people to the people.

So you probably shouldn't believe anything on the page...

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  Maarten Schenk

Lead Stories co-founder Maarten Schenk is our resident expert on fake news and hoax websites. He likes to go beyond just debunking trending fake news stories and is endlessly fascinated by the dazzling variety of psychological and technical tricks used by the people and networks who intentionally spread made-up things on the internet.  He can often be found at conferences and events about fake news, disinformation and fact checking when he is not in his office in Belgium monitoring and tracking the latest fake article to go viral.

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