Adriana Lima is under fire after footage of her saluting the Grey Wolves — a Turkish terrorist group that has assassinated hundreds — surfaced Monday.
The video was taken at the Victoria’s Secret model’s gym, and shows her shouting shouting “Bozkurtlar” at the film and howling alongside a man. “Bozkurtlar” translates to “wolves” in Turkish.
But a spokesman for the 34-year-old Brazilian model claims his client was tricked into thinking she was saluting the fitness center, not the group that tried to murder Pope John Paul II.
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“The video was prompted and taped by a Turkish boxer who visited Adriana’s local gym in Miami earlier this summer,” the spokesperson said. “She was unaware of the wider context of what she was doing or its association to a political group.”
“Adriana has no affiliation to any political party in Turkey and unequivocally denies any implied association to these organizations. She is personally disappointed that her good will was taken advantage of to create a video, released without her knowledge or consent, that upsets any community.”
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Grey Wolves is described as an “ultra-nationalist, neo-fascist youth organization” that is the unofficial militant arm of the National Movement Party.
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