‘‘All she wanted to do was get married before she died,’’ John Heagney said. ‘‘We planned our wedding and her funeral at the same time.’’
John fell for Elizabeth “Elle” Edmunds fast. But within months, he was doing the unthinkable: “We were picking out the songs she wanted at the funeral and the kind of flowers she wanted”.
His fiancée, Elle, was desperately sick. He was caring for her every day, pushing her in a wheelchair. “She was in bed for seven months, her hair started falling out.”
But Elle Edmonds didn’t have cancer. John now believes that she was dosing herself with chemotherapy drugs that she bought online.
This week, Elle’s lawyers appeared in court to respond to fraud charges laid by New South Wales police. Police have charged Elle with “obtaining financial advantage by deception”.
Last year, Elizabeth “Elle” Edmunds, 31, allegedly told people she had ovarian cancer (which later spread to her lungs). She shaved her head and set up a fundraising page. The mother of six apparently told family and friends that her cancer was untreatable and that she had been given three years to live.
Read more about it here: A vile scam exposed after a mother of 6 pretends to be dying of ovarian cancer.
She posted regular updates to thousands of followers on the “Help For Elle” Facebook page, many of whom donated generously. Through her own fundraising efforts and those of others she allegedly raised the grand sum of $2500 ($1780 was raised through a crowd-funding website, while another woman raised $800 through a charity walk).
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I have some spare surgeries and chemo if these ladies would like a taste of a real life with cancer?! http://www.imtoobusyto.blog...
I would have thought that anyone who donated money to belle Gibson or purchased her app etc could instigate fraud charges against her or alternatively start a class action. surely there us a lawyer out there who would have fun with that.