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Ex-Beauty Queen Faked Cancer for 2 Years and Even Shaved Head as She Collected $30G in Donations
Ex-Beauty Queen Faked Cancer for 2 Years and Even Shaved Head as She Collected $30G in Donations
A 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to up to four years in prison for conning her family, friends and strangers into believing she had cancer while she pocketed $30,000 in donations.Brandi Weaver-Gates of Bellefonte, conned people into believing she had the disease for two years, producing fake medical bills and even shaving her head to make it appear she had undergone chemotherapy, prosecutors said.Read: Nurse Arrested After Her Battle With Cancer Allegedly Revealed to Be Money-Making HoaxAuthorities said she concocted the elaborate scheme because she wanted more attention from her family.On Tuesday, Weaver-Gates was sentenced to two to four years behind bars, followed by five years of probation.
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Pennsylvania Beauty Queen Sentenced to Prison After Raising $30,000 in Fake Cancer Scheme: Officials
Pennsylvania Beauty Queen Sentenced to Prison After Raising $30,000 in Fake Cancer Scheme: Officials
× Pennsylvania Beauty Queen Sentenced to Prison After Raising $30,000 in Fake Cancer Scheme: OfficialsWhen former Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International told her friends and family she had leukemia in March 2013, they did everything they could to help.They hosted fundraisers in her honor, drove her to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment, and even had her carried across the finish line of a race.But friends and family of Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, 24, started to get suspicious when she insisted on attending her chemotherapy treatments alone and her hair grew back after she shaved her head.It was only after contacting the hospitals where she claimed to seek treatment did her friends and family learned there was no record of Gates being a patient or having cancer.
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Former Beauty Queen Jailed for Faking Cancer
Former Beauty Queen Jailed for Faking Cancer
Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates might be a former beauty queen, but the latest reason she's making headlines is not a good look: Earlier this week, the former Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison and 5 years probation for faking cancer.Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowThe 24-year-old woman tricked those who knew her into believing she had been diagnosed with leukemia in March 2013, CNN reports.Friends and family then hosted fundraisers for Weaver-Gates, where they raised more than $30,000, and drove her to and from her "cancer treatments."But she always insisted on attending chemotherapy sessions alone, and her hair grew back in after she shaved her head.
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