As renewed attention swirls around the alleged catfishing saga, Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke has taken legal action in an effort to address the claims head-on. Radke has filed a lawsuit targeting several unidentified individuals he alleges have been posing as him across Snapchat and Instagram, accusing those behind the accounts of using his name and likeness to “harm, intimidate, threaten and/or defraud” other people.
According to the filing, the lawsuit aims to compel the social media platforms to cooperate in identifying whoever is operating the fake profiles. Radke alleges that one of those impersonator accounts was used to contact Brittany Furlan, the estranged wife of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, placing that account at the center of the ongoing dispute.
That alleged impersonation reportedly escalated the situation in spring 2025, when Furlan appeared outside Radke’s home, intensifying an already volatile conflict involving Radke, Furlan, and Lee. More recently, Furlan’s public comments on social media suggested she may believe Radke himself was responsible for the account, a development that contributed to Radke seeking a restraining order against her earlier this month.
TMZ report that Radke’s lawsuit is intended to definitively prove he had no involvement with the disputed accounts and to publicly clear his name. The legal move comes after former “Catfish” host Nev Schulman publicly voiced support for Furlan’s version of events during a recent appearance on a TMZ podcast.
While Schulman admitted he has not conducted a formal investigation—noting the difficulty of retrieving vanishing messages from Snapchat—he claimed to have personal connections to the key players. He stated he has known Furlan and Radke‘s ex-girlfriend, Saraya, for years and had recently spoken to both women.
Based on those conversations, Schulman made his stance clear.
“Most of the information obviously came from Brittany and I have to say… It seems to me that she much rather would’ve kept this whole thing private. The relationship she had with Ronnie, whether you believe it was really him or not, wasn’t something that she was looking to make public or talk about,” Schulman explained to TMZ.
When pressed on who he believed was telling the truth, Schulman admitted his bias was based on character assessments rather than hard digital forensics.
“I don’t know Ronnie personally, but from what I’ve heard from both of these women — and I’m inclined to believe the women — he may not be the most trustworthy, caring and truthful, honest guy,” Schulman confessed. “If I had to choose who’s telling the truth here and who’s more likely to be using this whole situation to benefit them, even if it means it comes at the cost of others, I’m inclined to side with Brittany.”
Schulman theorized that the original “catfish” likely started when a third party witnessed an online interaction between the two and created an account to impersonate Radke.
On Friday afternoon, Radke posted a video to the Falling in Reverse Instagram account, directly attacking Schulman‘s credibility and disputing his claims regarding Saraya.
“Nev Schulman, you’re literally lying,” Radke said at the beginning of the video. “[He’s] saying that he pretty much spoke to my ex-girlfriend Saraya regarding this whole thing and pretty much implied that I’m known for lying and I’m a liar because of what I’ve done to this person and that person.”
Radke claimed that he spoke to Saraya on the phone for an hour following the TMZ interview, and she allegedly denied ever speaking to Schulman about the matter. The singer accused the host of bias and attempting to exploit the situation for content.
“What happened to looking at the evidence? You don’t want to see the evidence? You’re so biased that you admitted to being friends with Brittany and you want to come on here and say I’m lying and say that my ex is saying that when it never happened? You’re a liar,” Radke asserted.
