Watch: NFL Star Will Levis’ Mom Says He Paid “Exorbitant” Amount of Money to Investigate Sex Tape Leak
Beth Levis feels for her son.
The mom of Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis recounted the mission her son embarked on after “a very intimate video” of him and an ex-girlfriend had been put online and quickly gone viral two years ago.
“The first words out of Will’s mouth were, ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. So sorry, Mom,’” Beth recounted of Will’s initial phone call to her after the leak during a May 25 appearance on the Ross Tucker Football Podcast. “And it just broke my heart.”
Beth emphasized that not only did neither Will nor his then-girlfriend leak the video on purpose, but that the NFL player even went above and beyond to try to rectify the situation.
“Will actually ended up engaging in hiring a cyber security specialist and private investigator,” she explained, “and spent an exorbitant amount of money to try to get to the bottom of this, to try to scrape what they could to make this go away. And ultimately, a lot of the content was taken down.”
As for how exactly the intimate video of Will—who was drafted to the Tennessee Titans in 2023—and his ex was obtained, the investigation did yield some explanation.
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“We did find out that actually this content was stolen from his private—either laptop or digital platform, phone, whatever was actually breached and invaded a year or two earlier when he was in college,” Beth noted. “And we come to find out this was an Europe Eastern European hacking group that is notorious for trying to target what they think might be an attractive couple that they can then expose.”
E! News has reached out to Will’s manager for comment but has not yet heard back.
The incident, Beth said, took an emotional toll on Will.
“My husband and myself and my parents and his parents and generations, we’ve worked so hard to instill into our kids a foundation of morals and ethics preaching integrity and how important it is to represent yourself with your last name,” Beth said. “Not as just yourself, but all of those relatives and your family members.”
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“So,” she added, “It really hurt Will, ‘cause he knew that this was going to be something that probably a lot of people would see that, you know, it’s not meant for anybody else’s eyes.”
The incident also led to online harassment of Will’s younger sister, then age 15, at her high school.
Both events encouraged Beth to reframe her lifestyle brand Chill Life into a mental health-based mission that encourages individuals to take breaks from their phones and being online.
Ross, for his part, congratulated Beth on turning the family’s pain into good.
“I’m truly sorry you and your family had to go through both of those experiences to get to this point,” the NFL alum said. “But what I will say is you are doing what you set out to do.”
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