A 60-year-old man’s inspiring good deed that was caught on camera launched him to brief Internet stardom last month. Now, he’s in the news again, but this time for a bizarre incident in which he says he was kidnapped and hog-tied and left for dead.
Curtis Dixon was the subject of a viral TikTok video when he played the role of a good Samaritan for an influencer, Zach Dereniowski, better known as MD Motivator. Dereniowski has gained recognition for covertly recording strangers performing small acts of kindness and later rewarding them with thousands of dollars.
One of Dereniowski’s videos captured the moment Dixon helped the influencer last month when Dereniowski pretended to be a blind man in need of assistance.
In need of money to pay his light bill, Dixon was on his way to pawn his wedding ring when he came across Dereniowski. After exchanging the ring for $140, he gave some of that money to Dereniowski…