One Direction fan caught up in Zayn Malik ‘cheating' scandal finally speaks out – 13 years after ‘leaked call'
13 years after a "leaked call" circulated social media, an American fan - who is now a married mother ans successful makeup artist - has claimed that she is the woman who was caught up in the scandal that took place at the height of the band's popularity.
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In 2012, an audio clip of a man inviting a group of women up to his hotel room went viral.
At the time, fans claimed the man was Zayn, who was dating Perrie Edwards.
Due to the man on the call having a Northern accent and Zayn being from Bradford, fans were convinced it was him.
Another "clue" that left fans thinking the man on the other end of the call was Zayn was because he mentioned a friend called Harry who wanted "booty".
At the time of the rumours swirling, Zayn did not address them.
But 13 years on, Tricia Corona has claimed she was the woman on the phone and detailed her version of events.
Taking to TikTok to describe meeting Zayn and the rest of the boys at a One Direction event at a Walmart store, she recalled: "We're standing in line and Zayn's making eyes at me."
She then explained how her pals told her to give Zayn her number.
"Like the hoochie that I am - or that I was I should say because I'm a happily married woman now - I wrote my number down and I stuck it right in my bra," she recalled.
She then claimed that as she reached the front the queue, Zayn said: "I like your jubblies [breasts]."
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Tricia then recalled: "I pulled my number right out of my dress, slid it across the table and said 'if you wanna hang out later - call me'."
She the alleged that Zayn told bandmate Harry to put the note "in his pocket".
Tricia then recalled how when she and her pals were driving home, she received a call.
"I answer and you can hear all of them yelling and giggling and talking," she alleged.
"I say hello and they don't say anything and hang up," she went on.
Tricia then claimed that the prank call happened an "absurd amount of times".
But then she allegedly got a call from Zayn at midnight asking her to join him at his hotel in Philadelphia.
She agreed and her and her pals drove back.
"He's calling me every two minutes 'where are you? How far away are you? You have to be quicker - you have to get here fast because we do have to leave.'
"We finally get to Philly and he calls and he's like 'we left, we had to go, I told you. We're going to New York City why don't you come meet us there?'."
Tricia then claimed Louis Tomlinson called her and said: "Don't shoot the messenger, our tour manager has put his foot down and he says no girls back to the hotel tonight."
Tricia then explained how she sent Zayn a text saying: "If you want to rebel against your babysitter tonight, let me know and we'll still come."
She then alleged that he replied saying: "F**k the babysitter, come anyway."
Tricia and her friends then drove to New York and arrived at gone 2am.
Zayn allegedly then told hotel staff hat she was their makeup artist so she was allowed to their room.
Tricia claimed that no NDA [nondisclosure agreement] was involved but said her mother had heard the leaked audio and was upset - which is why she never spoke out at the time.
"It was not funny at the time," she said, adding how Zayn had "his own stuff going on".
Tricia added: "And yes he is a celebrity and all that but he is still very much a person and I didn't want to throw him under the bus like that.
"So you can use your imagination I guess about what happened when I got up there.
"That's the story of Crystabel Riley," she concluded.
The Sun has reached out to Zayn Malik's representatives for a comment.
Fans of the band, who were familiar with the leaked call from 13 years ago, were quick to react.
One person said: "I'VE BEEN WAITING YEARS TO HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS."
Another added: "I have been waiting 13 years for this story."
And a third wrote: "I never thought i'd ever be given this information. what a gift."
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