Ronnie Radke Sues Alleged Social Media Impersonators As Catfishing Saga Reignites

Ronnie Radke is back in court, and once again, it’s the internet dragging real life into the mess.

The Falling In Reverse frontman has filed a lawsuit against multiple unidentified individuals he claims were impersonating him on Snapchat and Instagram, reigniting the long running and deeply weird catfishing saga that refuses to die.

According to the filing, Radke alleges the fake accounts were used for the purposes of “harming, intimidating, threatening and/or defrauding” others while posing as him online.

The suit reportedly aims to subpoena both Snapchat and Instagram, forcing the platforms to hand over information that could finally reveal who was behind the accounts.

One of the impersonation claims sits at the centre of the controversy that exploded in early 2025, Radke says one of the fake accounts pretended to be him while contacting Brittany Furlan, the then estranged wife of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.

That interaction escalated into a real world confrontation, with Furlan allegedly turning up outside Radke’s home, setting off a public and increasingly hostile back and forth between all parties involved.

It gets messier

Recent social media comments from Furlan appeared to suggest she believes Radke himself may have been behind the account, a belief that reportedly led Radke to attempt to file a restraining order against her earlier this month.

Radke’s legal move looks aimed at one thing above all else, proof.

TMZ reports the lawsuit is an attempt to clear his name with what Radke sees as indisputable evidence that he was not running the disputed accounts, it is a rare case where the burden of proof sits squarely with the platforms that allowed the impersonation to happen in the first place.

Nev Schulman of Catfish chimes in

Fuel was added to the fire recently when former Catfish host Nev Schulman publicly sided with Furlan’s version of events during a TMZ podcast appearance, for Radke, that public perception appears to have been the final straw.

Whether this lawsuit brings clarity or just another chapter remains to be seen, but once again the fallout of online impersonation has spilled into real lives and now courtrooms.