Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Because of this announcement , many Alliance members began to distrust Stone Cold , looking at him with suspicious eyes , to which Stone Cold vehemently denied the charges and called Vince a liar .
Simplified: Because of this announcement , many Alliance members began to distrust Stone Cold , looking at him with suspicious eyes , to which Stone Cold denied the charges and called Vince a liar .