This is correct. I've been going back and forth with DeZa on GameFaqs, and to his credit (only the best trolls do this) he's not backing down from what he claimed and seems deadset that it's happening. He/she has slipped up a couple times though, one of the most notable being that Stealth and the others are using everyone thinking it's Inkling as a red herring to keep them off of the real character's trail (allegedly Ridley).
So yeah. This is undoubtedly the work of a stubborn troll who gets their jollies out of getting people's hopes up for something that frankly will never happen.
That being said, if there's any here who DID get their hopes for a Ridley reveal (I know there's a lot of overlap between Ridley and K. Rool fans), give your hopes to me and I'll take them on. And then drop this rumor and move on.
You see, no matter how bad the leak or claim, I ALWAYS get my hopes up for Ridley, so sadly, I'm already lonnng gone, chugging away on the hype train that's bound for nowhere but a trainwreck.
No reason any of you should go down that path too.
On a K. Rool related note, I got my sister into him the other day. Here were her words when I showed him to her: "Wow. He looks REALLY cool!"
I'm proud of her.