Video of a man and a child in the background of BBC sports footage is going viral and causing tremendous concern among internet sleuths. The clip in question shows a man seemingly making a sexual advance toward a boy at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, England.
The child appears extremely uncomfortable, and the man, who doesn't seem to know he is on camera, begins to play it off once he realizes others can see him. It's an alarming clip, and people are clamoring to identify the adult.
The clip is everywhere on social media. TikTok star Robbie Harvey, @therobbieharvey, believes the man in question is Stefano Voci, who appears to reside in Italy, and has allegedly posted questionable things to Facebook. Harvey quickly pointed out that Voci deleted all of his social media in the days following the uproar, and his quick disappearance makes many wonder if he is guilty.
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The clip will likely make you uncomfortable.
The man and child are in a crowd at the snooker championship and during an interview, the adult leans in and appears to be nibbling on the child's ear. It is not something that an adult would normally do, and it appears to be a romantic gesture. The child, however, is not impressed and almost appears afraid of the man.
But in the instant, they realize the camera is on them, they smile and play if off as if nothing has happened.
Many felt the man was grooming the child.
The child seems uncomfortable with the man's advances, but he doesn't appear to be able to leave him. It is not clear if they came together, but a look of alarm on the child's face bothered many people.
One person wrote: "That video just makes me wanna scream and if people do not recognize what's going on I don't know what to say. It's just hurts my heart. please help this boy. Please get this man away from children."
But some wondered why no one helped. "I don't get why no one around him did anything," another commenter wrote. "Someone saw it,that poor boy was in danger! I hope they get him!"
It seemed very bold to some. "The audacity that he did it while cameras were live on World Snooker Championship event," one comment reads. "Can't even phantom what happens behind close doors ."
People praised the camera operator.
The fact the camera operator got this all on film was no surprise to some TikTokers.
This person felt it was intentional: "That cameraman made sure he got him."
Another person thought the same thing: "I wonder if the camera man noticed and then got the evidence."
People were thankful for the camera work. "Poor kid looks relieved that got recorded," someone noticed.
The video got a lot of attention on X.
It wasn't just on TikTok. @mattwallace888 posted a video and several screenshots of Voci's social media account. He believes he is the man in the video based on other questionable posts on his Facebook page, including phallic-looking fruits and vegetables.
"His Facebook profile also includes strange pictures of penis-shaped plants as well as creepy videos of shirtless boys dancing! In case he takes down his page, my wife and I took a lot of screenshots/recordings OF EVERYTHING will be posting all of the evidence here publicly!" he wrote.
Wallace's post has 21.7 million views.
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The man's true identity is still unclear.
Police have not made a formal statement regarding the alleged incident, but many feel Voci's behavior lately is suspicious.
Harvey said, "If I was innocent, I wouldn't delete a thing, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. According to Wallace, everything has been turned over to the police, and it's now in their hands. But maybe, just maybe, we have found the guy."
