Rattled ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ Haliey Welch Resurfaces After Meme Coin Scandal: ‘I Take This Situation Extremely Seriously’
Apparently shaken by the fallout from the Hawk (CRYPTO: HAWK) meme coin crash, social media influencer Haliey Welch, widely known as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” on Friday broke her silence on Friday, addressing the public for the first time since a lawsuit was filed by investors.
Welch, 22, shared a statement on microblogging platform X expressing her commitment to uncovering the truth, assisting impacted individuals, and holding those responsible accountable.
“I take this situation extremely seriously and want to address my fans, the investors who have been affected, and the broader community,” Welch wrote. She also urged those who experienced losses to contact Burwick Law, the firm representing the plaintiffs.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT, known for his critical analysis of crypto scams, highlighted prior community warnings about the HAWK coin.
In a tweet dated Nov. 6, he wrote, “We were warned,” alongside a screenshot of another user’s tweet, which said, “Hawk Tuah girl was gonna do a coin, they assembled KOLs [key opinion leaders] for it, but then it kind of fell apart. They wanted me on …