In a Facebook statement shared by her dad Justin Cornett, Mary said: “Hello, this is Mary Kate Cornett. I am a student and member of Kappa Delta Sorority at the University of Mississippi. I have been the victim of a deliberate and coordinated cyberattack spreading categorically false and defamatory information.”

The boyfriend of a University of Mississippi student at the center of a viral internet rumor spoke out on Thursday.

Ole Miss student Mary Kate Cornett took aim at the sports media in a statement from her family, saying claims being made about her are false.