Catfished?

New York Instagram sensation “Hot Cop” swears those leaked photos are fakes. We… have our doubts.

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A few days back, stories began circulating about a certain series of photos that made their way onto Miguel Pimentel’s Instagram account.

Pimentel — who became an Instagram sensation two years back after sharing dozens of muscly photos — says he had nothing to do with those suggestive photos. He was catfished, he says.

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If you haven’t seen these apparently fake photographs, unfortunately it looks like you’re out of luck. We can’t find them anywhere, and believe us:  we looked hard.

As did he.

Will only post this picture for now. Enjoy who ever is following me ??

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In response to the photos, Pimentel deleted his previous account and started a new one, writing:

“There are no REAL leaked photos of me! Plenty of fake accounts and PHOTOSHOPPED pics of myself. Thank You to whatever Hacker/Catfish started this AND for allowing more popularity. BUT I’m sorry to have disappointed all who thought FAKE leaks were actually me. #Goodtry

I CHANGED MY IG NAME BECAUSE OF THE FLUCTUATION OF “SEXUAL” FOLLOWED CAUSED BY THE BULLSHIT.”

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Sounds a little iffy to us, we must admit.

Nevertheless, the incident certainly hasn’t dissuaded him from continuing to post his signature muscly photos:

A trabajar.

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And ultimately, isn’t that all that matters?

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