A video of a waitress beating up a man who touched her inappropriately at a bar (here, here, and here) is going viral on social media. Let’s see the facts behind this through this article.
Claim: Real CCTV footage of a waitress beating up a man who touched her inappropriately at a bar.
Fact: This is a scripted video. It was choreographed by a French stunt team called Campus Universe Cascades. Hence, the claim made in the viral video is Fake.
To find more information about the viral video, we did a reverse image search on the internet using some keyframes extracted from the video. But, this search did not lead us to any information. However, we noticed a watermark of an Instagram account @CAMPUS.UNIVERS.CASCADES on the viral video.
We then searched for this account on the internet and learned that it is the account of a French stunt team called ‘Campus Univers Cascades,’ whose bio claims that it is the world’s largest stunt school. On their page, they upload scripted fight choreography videos (here, here), as well as training and practice videos.
Further, we found the viral video uploaded on their page on 29 August 2024. They posted this video with the caption `Don’t touch the Barmaid 👊😅©️@campus.univers.cascades‘ and the hashtags ‘#cucteam #video #fight #cinema #camera #action #cascadeur.’
In the past, when one of their scripted fight choreography videos was shared as a real incident; Factly fact-checked the claim (here).
To sum up, a scripted fight choreography video is being shared as a true incident where a waitress beats up a person for touching her inappropriately.
