A photograph of Avril Lavigne and Steven Anthony Lawrence posing together was found saved on Osama bin Laden’s hard drive.
Photo of Avril Lavigne, Steven Anthony Lawrence Found on Osama bin Laden’s Hard Drive
A meme circulated on social media in January 2025 claiming that a photograph of Canadian singer Avril Lavigne alongside American actor Steven Anthony Lawrence was found saved on a hard drive belonging to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Under the pretense of the rumor, the image was supposedly discovered when U.S. military officials raided bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed him in 2011.
The claim has widely circulated on social media, often with the caption: “Just a friendly reminder that Osama bin Laden had this image saved on his hard drive.” For example, one Instagram post (archived) featuring the photograph gained almost 650,000 likes as of this writing.
The post’s caption read:
This image, featuring Avril Lavigne in her signature early 2000s punk style alongside Steven Anthony Lawrence was found saved on Osama bin Laden’s hard drive during the raid on his compound in 2011. The discovery of such pop culture artifacts among his files was unexpected and showed a bizarre contrast to his public persona. Bin Laden’s collection also included other random and seemingly mundane items, which has since sparked curiosity and analysis regarding his interests and daily life during his years in hiding. This particular photo has since become a peculiar part of the narrative surrounding the infamous terrorist leader.
Similar posts circulated on other social media platforms including X, Threads, and Reddit.
What else was on bin Laden’s Hard Drive?
In the weeks following the May 2011 raid, U.S. intelligence analysts examined digital and hard-copy materials recovered from bin Laden’s compound as part of their investigation into his operations.
Between May 2015 and January 2017, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence publicly released three tranches of the documents. Additionally, in November 2017, the CIA released nearly 470,000 files that included a variety of materials such as bin Laden’s personal journal and audio and video files.
Today we released nearly 470,000 files recovered in 2011 raid on Usama Bin Ladin’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.https://t.co/QZcoAu3uEw pic.twitter.com/Dn8awV9ndn
— CIA (@CIA) November 1, 2017
As The Guardian reported in 2017, “loaded on one computer was video of the Rowan Atkinson comedy Mr Bean dubbed in Pashtu, the local language in western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, episodes of the animated programme Wallace and Gromit, and the viral video ‘Charlie bit my finger’. There were also more than 30 videos on crocheting.”
Let us note here: While U.S. officials said they obtained these files from bin Laden’s compound, that fact does not necessarily mean he personally uploaded, accessed or viewed them.
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