Posted on 05/06/2016 11:45:32 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Belle Gibson, the disgraced Australian “wellness blogger” who faked terminal cancer and claimed she was cured using natural remedies, faces legal action and penalties of more than £500,000 for profiting from her elaborate global scam.
The state of Victoria’s consumer watchdog launched action in Australia’s federal court against the 24-year-old over her claim that she overcame brain cancer without resorting to conventional medicine – a claim she used to promote The Whole Pantry, her internationally successful phone app and cookbook.
Gibson, who built up a huge social media following, had promised to give some of her profits from her wellness empire to charity but it emerged that no charities had ever received any donations.
Jonathan Pearlman, sydney 6 MAY 2016 • 12:33PM Belle Gibson, the disgraced Australian “wellness blogger” who faked terminal cancer and claimed she was cured using natural remedies, faces legal action and penalties of more than £500,000 for profiting from her elaborate global scam.
The state of Victoria’s consumer watchdog launched action in Australia’s federal court against the 24-year-old over her claim that she overcame brain cancer without resorting to conventional medicine – a claim she used to promote The Whole Pantry, her internationally successful phone app and cookbook.
Gibson, who built up a huge social media following, had promised to give some of her profits from her wellness empire to charity but it emerged that no charities had ever received any donations.
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Neighbor of mine has been telling me for months that carrot Juice is true remedy that cares Cancer.
The only thing that causes and cures cancer is the cocktail of inorganic chemicals.
I saw a guy with cancer of the esophagus who insisted on “natural” treatments and deionized water, while declining standard treatments.
The cancer progressed to a stage where no cure was possible.
Saw a guy in a health food store make similar claims. Said he drinks 8 big glasses a day of the stuff. And I believe him -- he's as orange as an Oompa Loompa.
To be clear, I believe that he drinks 8 glasses a day, not that carrot juice is a cure all.
“Neighbor of mine has been telling me for months that carrot Juice is true remedy that cares Cancer.”
Harrumph. Ludicrous on its face.
We all know Hemp Oil is the only true cure for cancer.
“The only thing that causes and cures cancer is the cocktail of inorganic chemicals.”
Please go on.
Given this was a deliberate hoax I think she should be tried for attempted murder.
Wonder how many will die thanks to this bitch.
There’s nothing more despicable than a filthy charlatan dangling false hope in the faces of desperate people.
I don’t know how the statutes are written in Australia, but it would be interesting to find out.
You mean like Mormonism, Islam, Jehovah witness, catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, new age, self help?
I agree, it’s despicable.
Yes. It’s probably a stretch, but she deserves more than just a fine.
Don't know about cancer, but I never saw a rabbit with glasses.
I never saw a mole with glasses, either.
I never saw a mole with glasses, either.
A terribly cruel hoax. From the time length in the article, perhaps you might upgrade her charge to murder.
When people turn yellow from carrots, it is called carotenemia.
https://pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu/page/carotenemiahttps://pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu/page/carotenemia
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