Belle Gibson, the young Australian woman who built a wellness empire based on a made-up story about surviving brain cancer, called police to her Melbourne home this week after discovering a couple of media waiting outside.
Dressed in all black and sporting newly dyed dark hair, Gibson, 24, was asked if she had anything to say about her infamous actions, the Herald Sun reports.
The cancer con artist dodged the question but paused long enough to blow the media a kiss before driving away.
Gibson has left her million-dollar three-bedroom home in Elwood to move to more modest surroundings in Northcote.
It’s been more than a year since everything went pear shaped for Gibson and the stories she told about curing her cancer through her ‘lifestyle’ turned out to be a hoax.
The disgraced blogger is currently embroiled in legal action after the Consumer Affairs Victoria was awarded the right to pursue a civil suit against her in March.
The CAV alleges Gibson made false and misleading claims and engaged in unconscionable conduct.
The CAV alleges Gibson's claims about her cancer and her road to recovery were used to market her The Whole Pantry app and cookbook.
It is also being alleged the 24-year-old didn't pass on up to $300,000 of promised donations to charities.
Watch the reportage of the CAV case brought against Gibson. Post continues after video.
Gibson failed to turn up to court for the second time last Friday and is reportedly yet to file a defence in the case against her.
The Age reported that Justice Debra Mortimer has given Gibson until 4pm on July 10 to file before she risks being charged with contempt.
“They are serious allegations and I want Ms Gibson to know the consequences of not contributing in this case."
Gibson could face prison if found guilty of contempt of court.
Top Comments
Why are authorities pampering this depraved con artist? She has missed 2 court dates recently. She is blatantly seeingnhow much she can actually get away scot free with. It is a fact she conned the public out of hundreds thousands of dollars and gave multiple false cure cancer statements in her blog. Is it because she is a pretty young female?
You only have yourself to blame if you believed this most ridiculous story!
The media cannot set up camp outside her home and harass her.
If it were you or I,they couldn't wait outside our homes to harass us.
No, but that is why this lady was able to perpetuate this con in the first place.
If a non-young, non-white, non-glamorous female had claimed to have cured themselves of cancer, no media outlet would have cared.
How can anyone be so deceptive and willingly negatively influence vulnerable people? I spent so long studying Pharmacy and then Public health and I try every day to help people in whichever way I can and I get accused of getting paid by the mysterious "big pharma" (we don't even get free stationary let alone money!) yet there are people out there like this with no educational qualifications putting people in harms way and no one suspects them until the damage is done. It's so frustrating.
How can anyone... Influence...
Easy. In this day and age you need a blog, young, female, skinny ----bingo.
I never heard of her until smug Tara ridiculed her on 60 minutes of self-righteousness. Many pharma people mislead us too. That is why we need forums to discuss issues, rather than be forced fed info that experts think we need to follow.
How can anyone be so stupid to believe her ridiculous story!
What she did was wrong, but at the end of the day people only have themselves to blame.