Tim Walz Assaulted High School Student Matthew Metro In 1997? Video Surfaces

A seemingly self-recorded video of an individual claiming to be a former high school student of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz surfaced. The individual in the video claims to be Matthew Metro, who studied under Walz at Mankato West High School, and alleges that Walz sexually assaulted him back in 1997. Times Now Digital cannot verify the authenticity of the video. However, Shayan Sardarizadeh, a senior journalist at BBC Verify - the fact-checking unit of BBC Verify, posted on X saying that the video has all the signs of a deep fake.Here's the video:

Breaking: Tim Walz's former student, Matthew Metro, drops a shocking allegation-claims Walz s*xually assaulted him in 1997 while Walz was his teacher at Mankato West High School. Metro was a senior at the time.

If this is true, it's a political earthquake. pic.twitter.com/9T86w6TSxQ

— 1776 (@TheWakeninq) October 16, 2024

Here's the post by Sardarizadeh:

A video of a man who calls himself Matthew Metro and claims to be a victim of assault by Tim Walz as a schoolboy in 1997 is gaining millions of views.

The video has all the hallmarks of a deepfake, with very unnatural facial features and an out of sync voice. pic.twitter.com/rUoL2UuSic

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) October 17, 2024

There were several other accounts suggesting that the video is a deepfake. Old photos of Matthew Metro from his school yearbook as well as his current photos from his Facebook account started surfacing with people saying that the person in the video does not look like Metro. One X user posted: I’ve analyzed the first 30 seconds of the video being shared on Twitter (X), allegedly featuring someone claiming to be Matthew Metro. Immediately, there are several indicators pointing toward a deepfake." Here's the post:

I’ve analyzed the first 30 seconds of the video being shared on Twitter (X), allegedly featuring someone claiming to be Matthew Metro. Immediately, there are several indicators pointing toward a deepfake.

I’ll play the first 25 seconds of the original video.. then I’ll show you… pic.twitter.com/dfWs1UVYSU

— Agent Self FBI (@AgentSelf99B) October 17, 2024

Allegations Made Against Tim Walz In The Video Here's an excerpt of the allegations: "I'll now share my story because this happened to me too," the individual in the video says. "It happened in 1997. I was a student at Mankato Ways High School in Minnesota. "Well, I'm gay and I realized this when I was 14 years old. I never came out to talk about it. No one knew about it. Not my parents, not my classmates. Things were different back then. "In my senior year, I had a lot of problems piled up. My parents were going through a terrible divorce. And you know how it happens. Sometimes all you need is someone to talk to. Well, in my case, it was my teacher, Tim Walz."