I can’t prove anything is out of order, but it doesn’t make sense that she would now be reduced to begging for coins from strangers online. Her sister could help out by explaining why. To leave that part unexplained, unacknowledged looks suspicious.
Yes, it's suspicious her sister didn't want to go through how her sister, who had her glory 38 years ago, didn't have as smooth a road, after the spotlight is off.
Yes, why wouldn't a sister want to humiliate her sister, who she loves, publicly. Everyone wants to remember her as the smiling pixie she was in 1984. How dare she show us that everything isn't sunshine and rainbows after that.
People in the U.S. think every celebrity is wealthy. Even amateur athletes, who had their heyday long before million dollar deals.
It could be something shady, but it doesn’t trip my wire.