LOS ANGELES: Musician Lenny Kravitz’s representatives have debunked a viral social media rumour claiming the rock star died in a fatal Learjet crash in Florida.
Spread across X on Sunday, the hoax falsely placed the “Fly Away” singer aboard a chartered Learjet 60 that nosedived into a residential area in Palm Beach County.
The tragic crash killed all nine people on board, including 20-year-old co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras. “The reports are untrue and incorrect,” a Kravitz representative told BocaNewsNow.
Confusion mounted when social media users circulated a fabricated screenshot involving 21-year-old pilot Emily Shelton, who previously gained attention for an unrelated emergency landing.
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Shelton released a video statement on TikTok clarifying that she was neither piloting the aircraft nor involved in the tragedy.
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The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash, which took off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas before heading toward the Bahamas.
(With input from The Hollywood Reporter and Associated Press)
