{"id":336950,"date":"2025-12-08T13:08:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/336950\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:08:27","slug":"gilbert-arenas-in-disbelief-after-matt-barnes-was-fooled-by-ai-snow-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/336950\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Arenas in disbelief after Matt Barnes was fooled by ‘AI snow bunny’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gilbert Arenas<\/a> did not hold back when Matt Barnes<\/a>\u2019 extortion story resurfaced on his show. The moment he learned that Barnes allegedly sent more than sixty thousand dollars to someone using artificial intelligence to scam him, Arenas reacted with a mix of shock<\/a> and comedy, per Complex. He looked stunned while his co-host, Josiah Johnson, read the details out loud.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat man just got finessed out of sixty-one thousand dollars? By an AI snow bunny? Nah, y\u2019all playing. Nah, I don\u2019t believe it,\u201d Arenas said before adding that he refuses to fall for anything similar. \u201cIf I\u2019m paying sixty thousand, I\u2019m getting whatever you\u2019re selling. It ain\u2019t gonna be no \u2018hey, pay me to shush.\u2019 I\u2019m the only person that can\u2019t get caught by AI like that. You gotta show me something real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson then walked through Barnes\u2019 explanation from last month, when the former NBA player said he dealt with an AI-assisted extortion scheme that involved synthetic audio, video, and text messages. Barnes said the woman behind the plot created deep fake content that made it look like he was cheating on Anansa Sims, who accused him of being unfaithful earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

Gilbert arenas reacts to Matt barnes getting extorted for 60k by a Ai fake ig model pic.twitter.com\/elzIgKjoVx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 joebuddenclips\/fanpage (@chatnigga101) December 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

When Johnson mentioned those details, Arenas leaned back in disbelief. \u201cIf she did all that, she got to have pictures or something now. If I\u2019m paying sixty thousand, I\u2019m getting whatever you selling. And it ain\u2019t going to be no, hey\u2026 for me to shush-shush. How you get catfished like that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Barnes details the threats he faced<\/p>\n

Barnes said on Instagram that he plans to sue Tasha K for posting what he called AI-generated material. He claimed the situation started in July 2023 during a brief split with Sims. He said he stopped communicating with the woman when he reunited with Sims, yet he later received threats from different numbers promising to expose him.<\/p>\n

Because Sims was pregnant at the time, Barnes said he paid the scammer to avoid adding stress to the situation. He shared screenshots of the interactions, including proof of sixty-one thousand in payments to someone named Zoe.<\/p>\n

Barnes said the entire story is false and ended his explanation with a simple message. \u201cIt\u2019s bullsh-t.\u201d<\/p>\n