
The story of Belle Gibson is one of the most troubling tales of deceit in recent Australian history.
Just 23 at the time of her undoing, the wellness blogger and mother-of-one, had spun a lie so enormous and so intricate, it’s impossible to fathom how she ever thought she’d get away with it.
Not only did she falsely claim her fabricated brain cancer was cured through alternative therapies, she told people she’d undergone multiple heart surgeries and suffered multiple strokes. She also lied about her upbringing.
Watch a snippet of The Whole Hoax, Gibson’s now-famous 60 Minutes interview. Post continues after video.
In September 2017, Gibson was handed a $410,000 fine by the Federal Court for duping her Australian consumers out of half a million dollars from the sales of her The Whole Pantry wellness app. She had promised to donate the proceeds to multiple charities.
After facing several warnings for not paying the fine for breaches of consumer laws, Gibson, now 28, was ordered to appear in the Federal Court in May 2019 to explain herself.
Now, after failing to pay back the fine, which has since ballooned to more than $500,000, Gibson has had her home raided.
As Gibson has refused to pay the fine, authorities executed a ‘seize and sell’ warrant on the 28-year-old’s Melbourne home in an attempt to regain the fine.
In a statement, a spokeswoman for Consumer Affairs Victoria said: “Sheriff’s Officers visited an address in Northcote today to execute a warrant of seizure and sale on items belonging to Ms Gibson.
“Consumer Affairs Victoria is committed to recovering the debt Ms Gibson owes the Victorian public and will continue to pursue Ms Gibson until it is repaid in full.”

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I’m sorry but how do you not know how you pay your phone bill etc? Still attempting to con people (the court especially) and failing
The ‘victims’ were as much to blame as she was.
Who in their right mind would believe some silly woman with no medical credibility?
If modern medicine cannot cure Grade IV GBMs then why would you believe rubbish like that sprouted by her?
The ‘victims’ only have themselves to blame for clutching at straws.
What she did and got away with is actually quite laughable.
Belle has spent all the money and can’t pay the fines....now what?
Who would believe it? I don't know, maybe people who are so desperate to live that they're willing to try anything?
Humans desperately want certainty and hope. Actual medicine doesn’t offer those very often, because doctors are honest when they don’t have magic answers. And chemotherapy is a horrible, painful process. Is it surprising that when faced with doctors saying ‘this is really hard and we don’t know if it will work’ and someone else saying ‘this feels great and I guarantee it will work’, that sometimes people who are tired and desperate and financially strained choose the second option? Unless someone has been in that situation I don’t think they can credibly say that they would never fall prey to the con.
I watched a loved one suffer and die in front of me from a Grade IV GBM.
She and us, her family did not fall prey to cons such a this.
No expense was spared in trying to save her life. All the money in the world couldn’t save her.
Still wouldn’t listen to rubbish from her.
Use some common sense.
Well said.