{"id":"1793968885530-news-segment","slug":"confession-undone-by-cell-towers","title":"Confession Undone by Cell Towers","summary":"Ron Jeremy did boast of thousands of sexual partners—4,000 to 5,000 in a 2002 interview—and a 2021 indictment charged him with 34 counts, including 12 counts of forcible rape, involving 21 alleged victims. He did not end up spending the rest of his life in prison; in 2023 he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial and was later released to a private residence.\n\nThis refers to Noor Salman, wife of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen. Federal prosecutors charged her with aiding and abetting Mateen, citing an FBI statement that she knew of the plot and helped scout targets; cell-tower evidence undercut the confession, and she was acquitted on all charges in 2018.","publishedAt":"2026-11-06T12:41:25.530Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"Morning Briefing","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Ron Jeremy did boast of thousands of sexual partners—4,000 to 5,000 in a 2002 interview—and a 2021 indictment charged him with 34 counts, including 12 counts of forcible rape, involving 21 alleged victims. He did not end up spending the rest of his life in prison; in 2023 he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial and was later released to a private residence.\nSource: [da.lacounty.gov](https://web.archive.org/web/20210825214801/https:/da.lacounty.gov/media/news/adult-film-star-indicted-rape-other-sexual-assault-counts) | [apn (https://x.com/hankqxbt/status/2117687535623192775)\n\nTRUE: This refers to Noor Salman, wife of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen. Federal prosecutors charged her with aiding and abetting Mateen, citing an FBI statement that she knew of the plot and helped scout targets; cell-tower evidence undercut the confession, and she was acquitted on all charges in 2018.\nSource: AP News NAMES: Noor Salman = widow of Pulse shooter Omar Mateen; Pulse = Orlando, Florida nightclub where 49 people were killed in 2016. (https://x.com/sportified25/status/2117637266340475078)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Ron Jeremy did boast of thousands of sexual partners—4,000 to 5,000 in a 2002 interview—and a 2021 indictment charged him with 34 counts, including 12 counts of forcible rape, involving 21 alleged victims. He did not end up spending the rest of his life in prison; in 2023 he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial and was later released to a private residence.","sourceName":"[da.lacounty.gov](https://web.archive.org/web/20210825214801/https:/da.lacounty.gov/media/news/adult-film-star-indicted-rape-other-sexual-assault-counts) | [apn","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/hankqxbt/status/2117687535623192775","claim":"Ron Jeremy joked on national TV that he had slept with 3,000 to 4,000 women. Then 21 women went to the police and said he had sexually assaulted them. He was charged with 34 counts, including 12 counts of rape, and faced the rest of his life in prison. He will almost certainly ht","author":"Hank (@hankqxbt)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"This refers to Noor Salman, wife of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen. Federal prosecutors charged her with aiding and abetting Mateen, citing an FBI statement that she knew of the plot and helped scout targets; cell-tower evidence undercut the confession, and she was acquitted on all charges in 2018.","sourceName":"AP News NAMES: Noor Salman = widow of Pulse shooter Omar Mateen; Pulse = Orlando, Florida nightclub where 49 people were killed in 2016.","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/sportified25/status/2117637266340475078","claim":"Federal prosecutors charged her with aiding and abetting one of the worst mass shootings in American history, pointing to a handwritten FBI confession claiming she scouted the target with her husband—only for cell tower forensics to blow the government's case wide open, ending in","author":"sportified (@sportified25)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/hankqxbt/status/2117687535623192775","name":"[da.lacounty.gov](https://web.archive.org/web/20210825214801/https:/da.lacounty.gov/media/news/adult-film-star-indicted-rape-other-sexual-assault-counts) | [apn","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Hank (@hankqxbt)"},{"url":"https://x.com/sportified25/status/2117637266340475078","name":"AP News NAMES: Noor Salman = widow of Pulse shooter Omar Mateen; Pulse = Orlando, Florida nightclub where 49 people were killed in 2016.","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"sportified (@sportified25)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793968885530-news-segment-confession-undone-by-cell-towers","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793968885530-news-segment-confession-undone-by-cell-towers","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793968885530-news-segment-confession-undone-by-cell-towers and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"A handwritten FBI confession said a woman helped scout the Pulse nightclub attack. Then the cell towers didn't match."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the case of Noor Salman, widow of the Pulse shooter. Federal prosecutors charged her with aiding and abetting."},{"host":"Brian","text":"sportified posted on X about it. They pointed to that confession, claiming she scouted the target with her husband."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the cell tower forensics blew the government's case open. The physical evidence didn't line up."},{"host":"Brian","text":"This was one of the worst mass shootings in American history—forty-nine people killed in Orlando in 2016. The pressure to convict was enormous."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And in 2018, a jury acquitted her on all charges."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Acquitted doesn't mean innocent. She was married to the shooter."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It means the state didn't prove its case. A confession that contradicts the physical evidence is worthless."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But a false confession doesn't mean she knew nothing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Maybe. But 'maybe' isn't enough to lock someone up for life."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I hear that. But the families of forty-nine people might see it differently."},{"host":"Bella","text":"They might. But the system has to be better than a bad confession."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Agreed. And that's exactly why the forensic contradiction matters."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Different federal fight now. A post on X from Melissa Redpill claims Thomas Massie will force a House vote next week to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Over what exactly?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"What Massie calls an illegal war with Iran. The post says multiple GOP sources say the measure is coming."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Whoa. If that's real, it's a huge constitutional fight."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No confirmation yet from Massie's office or House leadership. So it's a claim, not a fact."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Still, the underlying idea isn't crazy. Congress never authorized military action against Iran."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The president can act in self-defense. The administration says it's protecting shipping or troops."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Protecting shipping is one thing. A sustained bombing campaign is another. That is when Congress has to step in."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But impeachment? Hegseth didn't start a war. He's carrying out the Commander-in-Chief's orders."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's not a blank check. The War Powers Act exists for a reason."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So file a lawsuit. Impeachment over a policy fight is a wrecking ball."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's not a policy fight if there's no authorization! It's a structural attack on Congress."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Impeachment is for high crimes, not disagreements about whether a strike is legal."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Abuse of power can be impeachable. If the executive ignores Congress, what's the remedy?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"Congress controls the purse. Cut the funding."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They should. But you know as well as I do they won't."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Then maybe the courts."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Courts hate war powers cases. They call them political questions and walk away."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So it's impeachment or nothing?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"It might be. And that's exactly why Massie's move—if it's real—would matter."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I still say it's a long shot. Impeaching a Cabinet secretary over war policy sets a brutal precedent."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Okay, but what precedent does Congress set by doing nothing while the executive bombs another country without a vote?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's... a fair point. But I want a real floor debate, not a tweet."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Now you're asking for a functioning Congress."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Confirmed facts first. We'll know soon enough if the vote is real."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And the post itself is wrapped in conspiracy language. The actual meat is the impeachment vote."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Which is why we're checking it. Massie is a libertarian, not exactly in leadership's good graces."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which is another reason to doubt the vote happens. Leadership controls the floor."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Unless he uses a privileged motion. That can force a vote."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Would it have the votes? Probably not."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Probably not, but it forces everyone on the record. That's the point."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Okay, I can see the value in forcing a vote. But impeachment still feels like a stunt."},{"host":"Bella","text":"A stunt that exposes a real problem: Congress has abdicated war powers for decades."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That I agree with. Both parties have let it happen."}]}