While the world was riveted by the tragic saga of the doomed Titanic submarine, a related drama played out on Instagram in the latest example of how every story seems to have a sordid social media angle.

On Thursday after a desperate days-long search, the Coast Guard confirmed the deaths of five passengers aboard a tour submarine headed to view the wreckage of the Titanic, saying the underwater vessel suffered a “catastrophic implosion.” Communication with the submarine was lost on Sunday, and U.S. Navy sensors detected a possible implosion in the area around the same time. Search crews have since found debris from the submarine near the wreckage of the Titanic.

As hope of finding survivors faded by the hour, over on social media, the stepson of one of the missing passengers seemed unbothered.

Brian Szasz, the stepson of British billionaire Hamish Harding who perished on board the submarine, ignited an outrage storm when he posted about attending a Blink-182 concert while his stepfather was missing at sea.

Szasz, a 37-year-old audio engineer based in San Diego, confirmed that he was Harding’s stepson in a Facebook post on Monday asking for “thoughts and prayers that the rescue mission will be successful.” Hours later, he posted a picture of himself at the San Diego concert.

”It might be distasteful being here but my family would want me to be at the blink-182 show as it’s my favorite band and music helps me in difficult times!” Szasz wrote.

He added in a tweet to the Blink-182 band members that he was “devastated but coming to the San Diego show tonight so you guys can give me hope and cheer me up.”

Social media users and the media quickly reacted with disbelief and outrage. On Tuesday, Szasz responded by saying he is “not sorry.”

“Yes I went to @blink-182 last night,” Szasz posted on his Instagram Stories with a photo of him at the concert. “What am I supposed to do sit at home and watch the news? Not sorry this band has helped me through hard times since 1998.”

Szasz later said his mom Linda “asked me to delete all related posts. Thanks for the support.”

However, Szasz dug himself deeper when social media users noticed that he had reacted to a crude post by an OnlyFans model.

On Wednesday as the search for his stepfather inched closer to a harrowing oxygen level deadline, Szasz tweeted at OnlyFans model Brea, who posted a photo of herself in a bikini with the caption, “can i sit on u.”

“Yes please!” Szasz responded along with an emoji of a smiley face with hearts.

His OnlyFans tweet came just a half hour after Szasz asked his Twitter followers to “Please keep my family in your prayers!”

Szasz’s comment section was immediately flooded with people calling him out for responding to “thirst traps” and going to concerts while his stepdad was missing.

The situation caught the attention of an out-of-the-blue critic, rapper Cardi B, who gave Szasz a tongue-lashing for his behavior.

Cardi B speaks on billionaire lost on the submarine 👀 “I’d rather be broke and love” pic.twitter.com/0ShQVDTE10

— My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) June 21, 2023

“Ay so one of the billionaires that’s missing underwater, on the submarine sh*t… One of the billionaires, they stepson is at a concert, right, a Blink-182 concert,” Cardi B said in an Instagram video she posted Tuesday. “People was like, ‘Uh what is he supposed to do, be sad at the house? Is he supposed to go look for him himself?’ Yes. You supposed to be at the house sad. You supposed to be crying for me, you supposed to be right next to the phone waiting to hear any updates about me.”

The Daily Wire’s Candace Owens tweeted that she agreed with everything Cardi B said about the “submarine stepson from hell.”

Cardi B responded with a GIF of a kangaroo giving the side eye.

https://t.co/snReKedKdX pic.twitter.com/1EULArzUc2

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) June 22, 2023

Szasz lashed out at Cardi B on Twitter, calling her a “pos trashy celeb” and accusing her of “trying to get clout off me and my families [sic] suffering.”

“Shame on you Cardi get some class!” Szasz said, adding a jab at Cardi B’s career.

“Cardi B we know all of your latest releases are trash but is your career this desperate for attention now??” Szasz tweeted.

Cardi B responded by throwing the clout accusation back at Szasz.

“The point was the whole world is praying for these people in the submarine and this man son is online shaking d**ks for girls off onlyfans and going to Blink 182 concerts,” she tweeted.

The point was the whole world is praying for these people in the submarine and this man son is online shaking dicks for girls off onlyfans and going to Blink 182 concerts. You was looking for clout all along, nobody knew who you were until you said that was ya stepdad!!! This is… https://t.co/FQ8pfR55Ob

— Cardi B (@iamcardib) June 21, 2023

“You was looking for clout all along, nobody knew who you were until you said that was ya stepdad!!! This is why people you hate you spoiled brat billionaires yall so desensitize,” the rapper added.

Cardi B also threw a barb at YouTube gossip blogger Tasha K, who accused her of “posting guns” right after the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, her husband’s relative and bandmate.

“And Tasha K with your despicable a**.. to bring up Takeoff to prove a fake a** point is disgusting. I lost weight, I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep, me and my man STILL dealing wit that to to this day. I’m a rapper, we targeted all the time so of course I have guns for protection,” Cardi B tweeted.

Szasz eventually deleted his Twitter account, calling the situation a “f***ing nightmare.”

On Thursday though, he took to Instagram to call Cardi B “a complete b****” who “has no idea what’s going on.”

Stepson of billionaire lost at sea in the Titanic Submarine responds to Cardi B pic.twitter.com/cyqsTAYeSb

— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) June 22, 2023

The exhausting social media drama became a lurid international story in its own right this week, competing for attention with the actual story, the ongoing search for the five missing explorers.

With rescue efforts coming to a tragic close and Szasz’s Twitter and Instagram accounts quiet now though, perhaps the rest of Harding’s family will be able to grieve in peace.

From his iconic roles in “The Usual Suspects” and “American Beauty” to his starring role as Frank Underwood in “House of Cards,” Kevin Spacey was loved the world over.

But in October 2017, when the #MeToo movement was in its infancy, Spacey’s world came crashing down.

Actor Anthony Rapp, known for his roles in “Rent” and “A Beautiful Mind,” accused Spacey of making inappropriate sexual advances toward him decades earlier, when Rapp was just 14-years-old. Rapp alleged that Spacey, while apparently drunk, made a sexual advance toward him back in 1986. Rapp made a similar allegation – without Spacey’s name – in a 2001 interview with The Advocate.

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As with many #MeToo era allegations, others came forward with their own claims, including Harry Dreyfuss, son of famed actor Richard Dreyfuss, and Boston anchorwoman Heather Unruh, who claimed Spacey had sexually assaulted her son. In total, over 30 people made allegations against Spacey, including eight people who worked on the set of “House of Cards.”

Spacey apologized to Rapp after the allegations were made, releasing a statement that read:

“I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor. I’m beyond horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years.”

“This story has encouraged me to address other things about my life,” Spacey continued. “I know that there are stories out there about me and that some have been fueled by the fact that I have been so protective of my privacy. As those closest to me know, in my life I have had relationships with both men and women. I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man. I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior.”

Spacey’s decision to come out as gay when responding to the allegations garnered criticism from other gay celebrities, including George Takei and Lance Bass. They alleged that Spacey was trying to distract from the issue by focusing on his sexuality and excusing his behavior by citing his alcohol use.

Without additional proof of Spacey having committed any of the actions of which he was accused, he was cut from “House of Cards” and a biographical film about Gore Vidal. Spacey was replaced by Christopher Plummer and his scenes were reshot.

In addition to losing roles, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences rescinded its decision to give Spacey an International Emmy Founders Award in 2017. Spacey’s publicist and talent agency soon cut ties with him.

What followed was a series of investigations and charges against the Academy Award-winning actor that have largely gone nowhere.

In April 2018, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office announced it would investigate a claim that Spacey sexually assaulted an adult man in 1992. In July 2018, Scotland Yard announced that three additional allegations of sexual assault had been made against Spacey. In the United Kingdom, this meant Spacey was facing several investigations into his behavior, largely stemming from his time as the artistic director of The Old Vic theatre in London.

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In September 2018, a lawsuit was filed claiming Spacey sexually assaulted an unnamed masseuse in Malibu, California, two years earlier.

In December 2018, authorities in Nantucket, Massachusetts, charged Spacey with felony sexual assault based on the allegations by Heather Unruh, who had claimed Spacey assaulted her 18-year-old son. The son told police he had been texting his girlfriend while Spacey was allegedly groping him, but neither he nor his mother were ever able to turn over their messages, eventually saying the cell phone used was missing. In June 2019, Unruh’s son filed a lawsuit against Spacey for emotional damages, but a month later, he voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning he could not file it again in the future.

Just two weeks after Unruh’s son dismissed the lawsuit, Massachusetts authorities dismissed the charges against Spacey.

The unnamed massage therapist who filed a lawsuit against Spacey also died during this time, so all criminal cases against Spacey were now closed, as Los Angeles hadn’t brought charges against him, nor had Scotland Yard.

In September 2020, three years after Rapp made his initial allegations, he filed a lawsuit against Spacey alleging sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress as part of the Child Victims Act. Along with Rapp, an anonymous man was also included in the lawsuit, claiming Spacey had sexually assaulted him in 1983 when he was 14-years-old. The next year, this anonymous man was dismissed from the case after he refused to publicly identify himself.

The civil trial against Spacey took place in October 2022, with a jury eventually finding that Spacey did not molest Rapp. As for his earlier apology, Spacey said his publicist had made him write it.

“I was being encouraged to apologize and I’ve learned a lesson, which is never apologize for something that you didn’t do. I regret my entire statement,” Spacey said in court in New York City. “It’s my responsibility. I put it out there. It was really wrong. It was really bad and I’m deeply sorry. I have to own that.”

In 2020, however, before Spacey faced a civil trial over Rapp’s allegations, his production companies were ordered to pay the studio that produced “House of Cards” $31 million for violating its sexual harassment policy. Spacey appealed, but the decision was upheld on August 4, 2022.

On May 26, 2022, British authorities charged Spacey with four counts of sexual assault, with an additional seven charges brought against him on November 16, 2022. Those more recent charges relate to a single complaint regarding incidents that allegedly occurred during Spacey’s time at The Old Vic.

Earlier this month, Spacey told media outlets that he planned to return to acting as soon as he is cleared in the British criminal court. There is no guarantee he will be found not guilty.