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Dear Abby: I’m being harassed about an explicit video that I’m pretty sure I didn’t star in

Nypost · · 587 words · By Dear Abby
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What to know about Dear Abby: I’m being harassed about an explicit video that I’m pretty sure I didn’t star in

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, I started receiving mysterious phone calls from a man claiming to have in his possession videos of me performing sexual acts.

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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Center72%
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What happened

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, I started receiving mysterious phone calls from a man claiming to have in his possession videos of me performing sexual acts.

Why it matters

I do not know where he would have gotten something like that.

Common ground

I changed my phone number, but somehow he got my new number and started harassing me again.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Contact Dear Abby at http://www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069”
SINGLE SOURCE
While the contact information is repeated multiple times, all provided evidence comes from a single organization (Nypost). The Wikipedia result provided is irrelevant (about Anna Faris), meaning there is no second independent source to corroborate the specific address and URL.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. She made her film debut in Encino Man (1992) and rose to prominence with leading roles in the cult films Empire Records (1995) and The Craft (…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chicken Little is a 2005 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It is loosely inspired by the European folk tale "Henny Penny", known in the United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Little_(2005_film)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anna Kay Faris ( AH-nə FARR-is; born November 29, 1976) is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, podcaster, and author. She rose to prominence for her comedic roles, particularly the lead p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Faris
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Claim 2: “Dear Abby... was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Dear Abby was founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name 'Abigail Van Buren'. This is further corroborated by multiple Nypost references.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on until July 2026 by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the lega…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Esther Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newsp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeanne Phillips ( JEE-nee; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who wrote for the advice column Dear Abby from the 1980s to July 2026. She was born in Minneapol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Phillips
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Claim 3: “Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
The claim is directly confirmed by the Wikipedia entry for 'Dear Abby', which states the column is carried on by daughter Jeanne Phillips, who owns the legal rights to the pen name Abigail Van Buren. Multiple cross-references from Nypost also support this.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Esther Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newsp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abigail is a feminine given name. The name comes from the Biblical Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל ʾĂḇīḡayīl, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exulted" or "my father is joyful", …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on until July 2026 by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the lega…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby
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