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Related: About this forumConfronting Belle Gibson - the health advocate who faked cancer 60 Minutes Australia
People like this belong in jail. Their lies can end up killing people! This is really serious!
hedda_foil
(16,379 posts)Ligyron
(7,645 posts)for this disorder is a lot less cumbersome than Factitious-disorder-imposed-on-self.
But hey, that's just my take on it.
tomhagen
(3,604 posts)Hamlette
(15,412 posts)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
rpannier
(24,350 posts)She angered me too much to watch all the way through with no breaks
TNNurse
(6,931 posts)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.