After reportedly telling the scammer that she had recently divorced her husband, Anne sent almost all of her €775,000 divorce settlement — about $798,000 — after the fake Pitt said he had developed kidney cancer and needed a loan because his bank accounts were locked as a result of his ongoing divorce proceedings with Angelina Jolie .

Scammers told the woman Pitt needed funds to pay for a kidney treatment, but couldn’t access his bank accounts due to his grueling divorce from Angelina Jolie.

The actor's team is weighing in on the viral story of a woman who was allegedly conned out of nearly $1 million by an AI Brad Pitt.

There's getting weak-kneed at the sight of Brad Pitt on the silver screen, and then there's falling hopelessly in love with Brad Pitt, conducting a yearlong online romance, and sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to the down-on-his-luck actor for cancer treatment.

Brad Pitt (the real one) has issued a statement following news that a French woman was scammed out of $850,000 by someone pretending to be the actor.

A 53-year-old French woman who believed she was in a romantic relationship with Brad Pitt said she was swindled out of $850,000 in a catfishing scheme.

Brad Pitt's rep addressed a French woman's story of being conned into an online relationship with a scammer posing as the Oscar winner, who allegedly swindled her out of $850,000.

Brad Pitt is not on social media, his team reminded fans, after a French woman said she was conned out of $800,000 by scammers posing as the A-list actor.

Washington: Brad Pitt's team has issued a response regarding a viral case in which a French woman was scammed out of $850,000 by a fraudster using AI. The woman, named Anne, is a fan of Pitt, according to The Hollywood Reporter.