woman fakes cancer for free wedding

[lonesomexloveus]

i would never wish cancer or any other illness on anyone, but if it happened to this woman, i can't say that i'd feel sorry for her. in fact, i might say that she deserves it.

i hate people sometimes.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39041806/ns/today-relationships/

Residents of the city of Newburgh, N.Y., are feeling angered — and saddened — over news that they may have fallen for the worst kind of hoax.

Back in April, the local paper ran a story about Jessica Vega, a bride-to-be in her early 20s who had less than a year to live. She said she had acute myeloid leukemia, and she wanted to marry her fiancé before she had to say goodbye to him and their 11-month-old baby girl.

Her story generated an outpouring of sympathy and support from big-hearted locals. They donated a wedding dress, wedding rings, wedding flowers, wedding photos, hair-styling and makeup for the entire bridal party, and a honeymoon in Aruba.

But over Labor Day weekend, those same locals were stunned to learn they may have been tricked. In an article in the Times Herald-Record — the same paper that ran the original piece about Vega — her husband Michael O’Connell alleged that Vega’s cancer diagnosis had been faked.

The newspaper reported that O’Connell said Vega pretended to have terminal leukemia “in order to scam him, everyone they knew and a long list of strangers who heard her story and wanted to help.” The couple is now in the process of divorcing, and O’Connell is pursuing full custody of their now-1-year-old daughter.

Vega denied deliberately tricking anyone. She told the Times Herald-Record that she now doubts the accuracy of her original diagnosis. She said she has a new doctor and has seen her health improve by exercising, eating fresh foods and drinking only water and tea.

‘Never a patient here’

At issue is the trustworthiness of a letter Vega showed a Times Herald-Record reporter back in April to confirm her leukemia diagnosis. That letter appeared to come from a Dr. Dan Costin.

O’Connell said he simply believed Vega when she told him about the cancer diagnosis while they were still dating. He said he didn’t examine the doctor’s letter closely until recently, and he wishes he had looked at it sooner.

With the Times Herald-Record reporter present and listening over speaker phone, O’Connell called Costin’s office and was told that Vega had not been a patient there.

“I can tell you for sure this person was never a patient here,” an office administrator said.

Vega said she would take the reporter with her to see both Dr. Costin and her new doctor about her condition. On the day they were to visit her new doctor, she canceled with the explanation that she had just received her divorce papers.

[drabley]

I say we form a band of hooligans and go and fuck her up. Bitch will wish she had cancer.

[xadamhudsonx]

I find it silly that this is "news"

[lonesomexloveus]

well, if someone gets publically called out for doing such a horrible thing, it should deter others from doing it. hopefully.

[dynamitekid]

fuck this bitch

[nicole]

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/844614--woman-faked-cancer-to-raise-money?bn=1

why is there so much of this lately? people are fucked.

[chlihead]

Well...how low can one go. This is by far the most fucked up thing I read in a long time on "how to save money".

She won my personal "Asshole of the year award"

[suburbanargyle]

Some woman did this to Bucky Lasek I think a few years back and he had showered her family with money and gifts. People are so terrible.

http://www.interstatemag.com/2010/06/the_baltimore_sun_reported_pro.html