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Conspiracy theorists are already taking advantage of Kobe Bryant’s death

From Mr. Peanut to impeachment, QAnon supporters have their own theories regarding the basketball legend’s death.

By Mikael Thalen

Conspiracy theorists immediately took advantage of Kobe Bryant’s death on Sunday after the legendary basketball star was involved in a helicopter crash.

The 41-year-old and four others passed away, TMZ reported, after an accident involving the athlete’s private helicopter in the California city of Calabasas.

While sports fans mourned Bryant’s passing, conspiracy theorists online latched onto the tragedy as proof of their distorted beliefs.

Specifically, adherents of the QAnon conspiracy, which claims that a secret government entity known as “Q” is aiding President Donald Trump in dismantling the “deep state,” began concocting theories surrounding Bryant’s passing.

The group, which has been tied to numerous instances of violence and deemed a potential domestic terror threat by the FBI, has even suggested that Bryant’s death may have been intentional in an effort to distract the public from the impeachment trial against the president.

“Kobe’s death would definitely overshadow the impeachment trial,” Twitter user @XanderHamiltQn said alongside numerous Q-related hashtags.

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