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Confronting Belle Gibson - the health advocate who faked cancer 60 Minutes Australia (Original Post) Quixote1818 Jan 2019 OP
Munchausen syndrome? hedda_foil Jan 2019 #1
Munchausen Syndrome as a handle Ligyron Jan 2019 #4
The reporter does her job and presses for answers. Wish our reporters did that with Chump tomhagen Jan 2019 #2
she was fined, and I agree, she should be in jail or the looney bin. Hamlette Jan 2019 #3
Watched it in bits rpannier Jan 2019 #5
As an actual cancer survivor TNNurse Jan 2019 #6

Ligyron

(7,645 posts)
4. Munchausen Syndrome as a handle
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 09:57 PM
Jan 2019

for this disorder is a lot less cumbersome than Factitious-disorder-imposed-on-self.

But hey, that's just my take on it.

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)
3. she was fined, and I agree, she should be in jail or the looney bin.
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 09:26 PM
Jan 2019

Consumer Affairs Victoria brought legal action against Gibson for allegedly breaking Australian consumer law. The regulator said it had conducted an in-depth investigation of Gibson's activities and applied to Australia's Federal Court for leave to pursue legal action. Gibson's publisher, Penguin Australia, has already agreed to pay A$30,000 ($22,200; £15,300) to the Victorian Consumer Law Fund as a penalty for releasing The Whole Pantry, which was not fact checked.[10][70]

On 15 March 2017, Federal Court Justice Debra Mortimer delivered the decision that "most but not all" of the claims were proven. Gibson did not appear in court for the decision. Justice Mortimer found that Gibson's claims had been misleading and deceptive, and that "Ms. Gibson had no reasonable basis to believe she had cancer from the time she began making these claims in public to promote The Whole Pantry Book and the apps in mid-2013," but there was not enough evidence to prove that she was not acting out of delusion.[71][11][72]

In September, 2017, Belle Gibson was fined A$410,000 (US$310,000; £240,000) for making false claims about her donations to charity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gibson

TNNurse

(6,931 posts)
6. As an actual cancer survivor
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 10:38 AM
Jan 2019

who had the full plate of traditional treatment: modified radical mastectomy with lymph node removal. chemo and radiation, I tried to watch this but could not get through it.

As a former RN, I have met many people with mental problems and am very concerned for them, but when you make money and influence others with your pathology, I lose sympathy.

She is as sincere and concerned for others as Donald Trump.

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