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Alexis Bellino alleged that the cyber analyst who investigated the offensive posts is “Slade [Smiley]’s friend,” as Gretchen Rossi clapped back and slammed her claims, saying, “Sit down clown.”
During the reunion for the latest season of Real Housewives of Orange County, Alexis’ friend Tamra Judge brought up screenshots of homophobic posts that Gretchen allegedly ‘liked.’ But at the reunion, Gretchen shared that a cyber analyst discovered that the most egregious post was perhaps a combination of imaging software and AI — and that Tamra was linked to the hate accounts.
Addressing the situation on Reality with The King, Alexis compared herself to “Dateline NBC” as she shared that she “researched” some “facts.”
“Did you see what came out about the guy that wrote that cyber analysis? He is Slade’s friend, he was on Slade’s podcast five years ago … not very credible, and everyone that’s hearing this is saying Tamra should sue him,” said Alexis. “A PI could not hack Instagram — illegal, okay? Force Instagram to hand over your DMs? Instagram only complies with law enforcement and with a valid court order. There’s no way that they got that and [that] Gretchen spent thousands of dollars in that short of time, and [that] this PI guy … had enough time to get the law enforcement involved and then access DMs through special software or PI tools. These don’t exist.”
“How did he get his facts if he didn’t subpoena Instagram to get all of this [and] have a cop involved to get it?” She continued. “Anyone that believes that cyber analysis has a freaking IQ of a vegetable.”
But in a November 24 Instagram post, Gretchen slammed her claims.
“Alexis you sound like a fool. You’re talking about something you know nothing about & you clearly are not a very good investigator. 😂,” wrote Gretchen. “The report that was brought forward at the reunion has nothing to do with the private investigator that was on our podcast many yrs ago. He came forward a few months ago only as a second source.”
“The report discussed at the reunion was done by a former CIA analyst (that is not Slade’s friend) and the parent company handles government contracts,” she continued. “The company had to sign a release authorizing its use at the reunion & production and the network are aware of who it is, which is not the private investigator you are claiming it is. This is a desperate attempt to involve yourself in something you clearly know nothing about & it makes you look pathetic. So sit down clown & stop thinking your Sherlock Holmes.”
