“Wheel of Fortune” Jim Thornton
Fb Account Goes Darkish After Deleting “Wheel”
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Jim Thornton‘s Fb account went darkish hours after he was fired from “Wheel of Fortune” … and TMZ has discovered the previous announcer was additionally faraway from the sport present’s social media.
Thornton’s Fb web page was now not accessible to the general public Friday night. It was energetic earlier right this moment and featured behind-the-scenes photographs and movies of Jim on the set of the favored sport present.
The web page additionally included photographs of Jim making appearances in school, in addition to extra private photographs of his spouse and son.
We additionally discovered that Jim’s title and photographs have been faraway from the “Wheel of Fortune” social accounts following Sony Footage Tv Studios’ choice to begin it from the present amid disturbing allegations.
As we first reported…Sony launched an investigation after lately changing into conscious of an incident involving Thornton on an American Airways flight in Could. A passenger sitting subsequent to him grew to become involved after seeing messages referring to “cute boys” and a “scorching little woman”… and alerted a flight attendant.
The photographs, obtained by TMZ, present Thornton utilizing the deal with “NicholasB77” on a website his legal professional claims he accessed by mistake whereas attempting to go to 988lifeline.org, the place he allegedly helped individuals in want.
Nevertheless, the photographs to indicate Thornton remained within the chat for practically an hour and reportedly mentioned hiding the positioning’s title from individuals sitting close by. He additionally referenced one other web site and mentioned he deliberate to take a look at its galleries.
Just a few moments later, photographs to indicate Thornton reads what seem like the outcomes of a Google AI search on his telephone after the flight attendant allegedly pressured him to shut his laptop computer. The passenger tells TMZ Thornton he appeared nervous after the confrontation.
As we reported … the flight attendant alerted the captain, who requested legislation enforcement to satisfy Thornton at LAX. He was questioned however neither arrested nor charged.
Thornton’s legal professional mentioned it was not unlawful to take part within the chat and no baby pornography was shared.