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UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn has claimed in a series of disturbing social media posts that his family was “murdered and replaced with imposters.” The posts have caused much concern among fans and others within the mixed martial arts community for the MMA legend’s mental well-being.
“Hilo Police Department I need your help. My mother Lorraine Shin, my brother Jay Dee Penn, my brother, Reagan penn and my brother Kalani Mamazuka we’re all murdered and I need you to investigate these guys get these people out of my house and my off my properties,” BJ Penn wrote on Instagram in one of the posts.
He also shared several photos of his family comparing them to the “imposters” and pointing out the “differences.”
“Real Jay Dee has all of his teeth and a pointy chin. Fake Jay Dee is taller and has a crooked front left tooth and no back teeth, even though me, Jay Dee and Reagan never had a cavity in our whole entire lives,” Penn explained as the images were shown.
B.J. Penn also shared text messages with him asking relatives to send him pictures of their facial features that he believes don’t match his “real” family members’ traits.
“If I harm any of these people that are acting like my mom or my brothers, I go to jail and lose everything,” he wrote. “If they harm me, nothing will happen to them and I lose everything.. I have many black belts over the years that are police officers. Are you guys gonna help me? Are we going to help JD and Reagan and my mother and look for them and investigate these fake frauds who are trying to steal everything from my family?”
Sadly, this isn’t the first time the 46-year-old former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion has caused concern by making wild claims about his family on social media. He made similar claims in March, posting a video of his mother that he claimed was an imposter, as well as videos claiming CTE is fake, and that all the billionaires in the world are government actors.