Final month, celeb chef Geoff Cole took to social media to commend Troy Ave for his heroism, claiming that he may have saved his life throughout an tried theft. He shared surveillance footage of the 2 of them getting out of a car at night time and an unknown man popping out of an alley to sneak up on them. As soon as he noticed the person, Troy Ave appeared to allegedly pull out a gun and fireplace a number of photographs within the wannabe robber’s path.
“I got here house after Celebrating the success of a offered out Chef Fest with Love & help from all around the West Coast! And a hater from the SAME CITY tried 2 take all of it away!” he wrote on the time. “This the 2nd time however it WON’T be a third! s/o 2 my BROTHER Ave for Holding it Down in a state of affairs the place most woulda RAN or FOLDED 💪🏽 ‼️.”
“I’ll by no means let the hate cease Me from exhibiting LOVE!” Cole additionally added. “Ima preserve giving artists OPPORTUNITIES & PLATFORMS, Ima Maintain Gettin MONEY 💰. And the ONLY factor im doing totally different now, is taking this SHOW ON THE ROAD‼️.”
It did not take lengthy for the entire thing to get debunked, nonetheless.
Troy Ave Capturing
Simply as information of the ordeal started to make its rounds on-line, TMZ spoke to sources that had been in direct contact with each Troy Ave and Cole. Reportedly, the entire thing was a hoax, and there was by no means really an tried theft or a capturing.
Now, the outlet has confirmed that authorities have closed the case. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Workplace tells them that the incident was “not substantiated.”
As for Troy Ave, he denies having something to do with the obvious hoax. He claimed in a put up of his personal that he did not know what Cole was speaking about, although sources advised TMZ that the 2 of them had been in on it collectively.