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Social Media Claims Kennedy Jr. Mutilated Raccoon on Trip

4/20/2026

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In mid-April 2026, a social media claim alleged that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cut off a raccoon's penis during a family road trip.
TMZ reported the claim, tracing it to Isabel Vincent's book RFK Jr: The Fall and Rise and Kennedy's diaries.
Snopes has not confirmed the claim's authenticity and awaits responses from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Isabel Vincent.

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Story summary

In mid-April 2026, a social media claim alleged that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cut off a raccoon's penis during a family road trip.
TMZ reported the claim, tracing it to Isabel Vincent's book RFK Jr: The Fall and Rise and Kennedy's diaries.
Snopes has not confirmed the claim's authenticity and awaits responses from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Isabel Vincent.