Claim:
A Louisiana man received a 23-year jail sentence for eating 75 pounds of prime rib at a Golden Corral restaurant.
Rating:
False ( About this rating? )
Social media posts on Facebook ( archive ) and TikTok ( archive ) claim a Louisiana man was sentenced to 23 years of jail time for eating 75 pounds of prime rib at a Golden Corral restaurant.
No credible news reports confirmed the above-described event, and an image supposedly documenting a Louisiana news station’s coverage of it shows clear signs of digital manipulation. Furthermore, at the time of this publication, Golden Coral buffet menus ( archive ) did not include prime rib.
For these reasons, we have rated this claim false.
An August 2023 TikTok video with the claim provided no evidence to corroborate the alleged story, such as the name of the man supposedly sentenced or when his sentencing allegedly occurred. No official sources, citations, or links were in the post for a viewer to cross-verify its information.