Jury Awards $1.5M to Twins Falsely Accused of Cheating on Exam

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  • Опубліковано 14 гру 2022
  • Identical twins Kellie and Kayla Bingham received high grades at the Medical University of South Carolina up until their second-year final exam. They were both accused of cheating due to the twins answering 296 out of 307 questions in a similar way. The sisters say they were immediately treated like pariahs by their fellow students and left the school. The sisters later sued the school for defamation. Six years after the lawsuit was filed, a jury awarded Kayla and Kellie $1.5 million.

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  • @michaelhill6451
    @michaelhill6451 28 днів тому +5332

    The fact a medical school can't figure out how identical twins who grew up together, live together, and study together could have gotten similar scores shows that they deserve a refund on their tuition as well.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 27 днів тому +54

      Dr Bozo provides the finest medical education!

    • @deibele1
      @deibele1 27 днів тому +257

      It's not that their scores were similar. It's that their answer correlation was almost identical. For any two students that aren't identical twins picking exactly the same wrong answers would be astronomically unlikely. For identical twins who study together it's still unlikely but within the realm of possibility. The university failed to account shared study, shared genetic predispositions, shared upbringing, and highly intelligent students who will systematically handle questions they don't know the answers to.

    • @roserocks1979
      @roserocks1979 27 днів тому +5

      fr

    • @paulolsen4430
      @paulolsen4430 27 днів тому +33

      They’re identical twins!!!!!!

    • @metsl1870
      @metsl1870 26 днів тому +3

      This....

  • @joechang8696
    @joechang8696 27 днів тому +2074

    seems like 1.5M is low for delaying a med school dr license by 6 years

    • @keithmoriyama5421
      @keithmoriyama5421 25 днів тому +26

      Give them a Trump fine.... $187. mil

    • @nathanaeldownes2848
      @nathanaeldownes2848 25 днів тому +55

      @@keithmoriyama5421 yeah but the university didnt flagrantly defraud anyone with inflated property areas, deflated property areas, and other various business forgeries.

    • @isleschild
      @isleschild 25 днів тому +65

      ​@@nathanaeldownes2848 oh man, a CNN viewer. You should branch out. Maybe listen to what business owners and bankers think about the incident, rather than legacy media pundits.

    • @DeeGoner
      @DeeGoner 25 днів тому

      ​@@nathanaeldownes2848just so no to hate.

    • @keithmoriyama5421
      @keithmoriyama5421 25 днів тому +32

      @@nathanaeldownes2848 According to the crooked DA. Marologo a 20 acre resort was worth $18 million? Even Forbes estimated it's worth to be just shy of $300 million. Even CNN said it could fetch $240. mil as a fire sale. The house beside it went for $50. mil. What goes around comes around and NY is getting it's just desserts.

  • @aaronscarpa7469
    @aaronscarpa7469 Місяць тому +1002

    $1.5M? Nowhere NEAR close to what they deserve for years of lost wages as physicians. Also, the university should be required to immediately allow them to resume their studies.

    • @valerieking5265
      @valerieking5265 26 днів тому +47

      I wonder how much of that $1.50M went to the lawyers.

    • @aaronscarpa7469
      @aaronscarpa7469 26 днів тому +90

      @@valerieking5265 as someone who has gone to medical school, and knows what kind of ramifications these accusations can have, $20M should’ve been the bare minimum for compensatory damages, with another $20M in damages for pain and suffering.

    • @WardNightstone
      @WardNightstone 26 днів тому

      ​@@aaronscarpa7469Promise it wouldn't come out of salaries of the board they would have nickelyn dimed it from other departments

    • @jeffnelson1961
      @jeffnelson1961 25 днів тому

      @@aaronscarpa7469ohhh please…

    • @AP-gb3eh
      @AP-gb3eh 25 днів тому

      @@valerieking52651/3 it’s always about a third

  • @rickysmyth
    @rickysmyth 28 днів тому +1673

    For a medical school you'd think they would know that identical twins would be similar

    • @keefersmotherland1308
      @keefersmotherland1308 25 днів тому

      They cant even admit what a woman is these days without being worried about the protests afterwards, I am not surprised they have no clue.
      probably the same medical school and professionals that told everyone that Ivermectin is horse paste.
      The CDC had it on their website the whole time, for all immigrants to take 2 doses before entering the US, but the doctors wouldn't admit it in public. So yeah I am not surprised.

    • @user-xf1ur3hu4z
      @user-xf1ur3hu4z 24 дні тому +1

      just cause ur identical doesnt mean in every facit of life.......
      these 2 should be seperated. parents did a poor job leaving them together so much.

    • @runner123ification
      @runner123ification 24 дні тому +13

      @@user-xf1ur3hu4z why?

    • @MrBigBasket
      @MrBigBasket 24 дні тому

      ​@@user-xf1ur3hu4zYou don't know how to raise kids clearly

    • @joelayoub2774
      @joelayoub2774 24 дні тому

      That's not how tests work

  • @amandacox4211
    @amandacox4211 Рік тому +15233

    The simple fact that they study together is enough of a plausible explanation to why their answers would be similar!! Sounds like someone was on a witch hunt!! I'm glad they fought and won!!

    • @kingdeathless5595
      @kingdeathless5595 Рік тому +33

      They don’t deserve the win

    • @justinm6582
      @justinm6582 Рік тому +675

      @@kingdeathless5595 they deserve every penny and more!! they study for hours upon hours ! they should be awarded 1.5 million each!!!

    • @jamalwilburn228
      @jamalwilburn228 Рік тому +1

      The school wants to protect their integrity and they'll throw lawsuits because loosing money isnt an issue.
      I've been on a fianance board for a university and I've seen thousands liberally handed out by the university for the stupidest of purposes. College is a gurnatedd money revenue so they'll just up the costs to cover losses

    • @Driak22
      @Driak22 Рік тому

      @@kingdeathless5595you don’t deserve anything.😊

    • @n52gremlin15
      @n52gremlin15 Рік тому

      @@kingdeathless5595 look at your profile pic. lol incel

  • @HauntedGardens
    @HauntedGardens Рік тому +7287

    A medical school...doesn't know how identical twins could have possibly answered test questions similarly....

    • @code1865
      @code1865 Рік тому +487

      Thats what I've been thinking about... Did the School skip a lesson or something?

    • @jackabug2475
      @jackabug2475 Рік тому +347

      Yes! I was like "...have they _met_ twins?"

    • @I_AM_ONLYB_21
      @I_AM_ONLYB_21 Рік тому +57

      Exactly

    • @painting
      @painting Рік тому

      Medical schools don't even teach about to cure diseases.

    • @0doublezero0
      @0doublezero0 Рік тому +1

      Surprised? Med schools do a lot more dumb stuff than you realize...

  • @reberi
    @reberi Рік тому +1082

    0.75m for destroying someone's medical career and 6 years of legal battle is a joke.

    • @elward2937
      @elward2937 26 днів тому +17

      most of it will be payed in taxes, so not really 0.75m

    • @SuppaflyZSM
      @SuppaflyZSM 25 днів тому +7

      @@elward2937 only pay taxes on punitive damages, likely none in this case

    • @verslalchimie5824
      @verslalchimie5824 25 днів тому +12

      @@elward2937 No taxes on litigation awards. However, 40% likely went to the lawyers, so they each end up with ~$450,000

    • @soju69jinro
      @soju69jinro 25 днів тому

      @@verslalchimie5824 which pays for medical school fully and some change.

    • @BVN-TEXAS
      @BVN-TEXAS 25 днів тому +11

      Who ever accused them needs to have to sign and swear an affidavit so their name is on the line also.
      It’s just become way too easy to just accuse someone and walk away forcing them to prove a negative.
      They also should have to pay them lost wages for the years this kept them from being a doctor.

  • @Cyndimarino
    @Cyndimarino 28 днів тому +355

    So they ruining their lives with zero evidence that they cheated? They should be tried criminally for fraud.

    • @skysurfer5cva
      @skysurfer5cva 25 днів тому +20

      That's right. Statistics, by themselves, is NOT evidence, although it can lead to evidence. In this case, the school didn't deal with the "why" question, only with the "what" question.

    • @Statsy10
      @Statsy10 25 днів тому +8

      They THOUGHT that they had evidence. The problem is that they had very flimsy evidence.

    • @rhygarthoams9592
      @rhygarthoams9592 24 дні тому +14

      Just the fact that they scored the exact same on the SAT should have been enough for the university to realize they didn’t cheat.

  • @HalfNHalf.
    @HalfNHalf. Рік тому +7530

    You don’t even have to be a twin for this to happen. It could happen with your friend/classmate if you study with them

    • @Tarlyne
      @Tarlyne Рік тому +233

      Yes, I remember getting similar test results with my friend cause we always studied together.

    • @carmon1592
      @carmon1592 Рік тому +28

      I can't imagine how they felt.

    • @B.A.B.G.
      @B.A.B.G. Рік тому +43

      Happened to my sister and two other students she studied with.

    • @barbarakiewe2870
      @barbarakiewe2870 Рік тому +3

      And yet someone who's supposed to be bright enough to teach others is somehow not even smart enough to figure this out. Pathetic.

    • @johngivens2115
      @johngivens2115 Рік тому +9

      It could happen to you and me if we study together.. sooo u tryna come over and study?

  • @AFloridaSon
    @AFloridaSon Рік тому +7309

    I'm glad they got justice. Shame on any of their so-called friends that abandoned them.

    • @kingdeathless5595
      @kingdeathless5595 Рік тому +43

      They don’t deserve it 😂😂😂

    • @HawaiiYou88
      @HawaiiYou88 Рік тому +42

      This happened to me too. 😭

    • @sparklingwater1430
      @sparklingwater1430 Рік тому +2

      @@kingdeathless5595 salty because you’re poor keep crying

    • @Eh.He.
      @Eh.He. Рік тому +239

      I bet they be calling back now that they’ve got that much money in their pockets. 💰

    • @SinisterScoundrel6562
      @SinisterScoundrel6562 Рік тому

      Fake people think the same.

  • @SuperDragonWagon
    @SuperDragonWagon 26 днів тому +99

    Should be paid $1.5 Million EACH!!!!

  • @EVILBUNNY28
    @EVILBUNNY28 26 днів тому +112

    Should’ve requested full tuition refund, plus compensation for 6 years of potential lost work due to the accusations.

  • @cecegreen3831
    @cecegreen3831 Рік тому +5666

    So happy for both of them. The audacity of that institution smh

    • @Handlebrake2
      @Handlebrake2 Рік тому +32

      Sounds like the average institution.

    • @kingdeathless5595
      @kingdeathless5595 Рік тому +2

      I don’t care

    • @XandarYT
      @XandarYT Рік тому +59

      @@kingdeathless5595 nobody asked

    • @takahiro5528
      @takahiro5528 Рік тому +36

      @@XandarYT don't worry about him. He replied the same thing to all comments. He is jealous and just wants attention. That's what stupid people does.

    • @XandarYT
      @XandarYT Рік тому +14

      @@takahiro5528 i figured out he's a bot or a miserable being lol

  • @lisalastnamesmith
    @lisalastnamesmith Рік тому +4036

    My twin were falsely accused of cheating in HS we literally had the exact same assignment 😬 nothing was copied and we had to SHARE the same book because duuhhhh we lived together. It was the most mind blowing experience. We didn't get to walk in our graduation. It was terrible. I wish I could sue looking back but it's been 20 years.

    • @pierrettelaf9728
      @pierrettelaf9728 Рік тому +97

      Wait, I thought you were the mother talking when you said my twin.I'm confuse from my twin to I should have sued.

    • @amelia6557
      @amelia6557 Рік тому +65

      Where’s your million dollars?? 😂

    • @leesteal4458
      @leesteal4458 Рік тому +62

      That is so sad.

    • @kaykutcher2103
      @kaykutcher2103 Рік тому +260

      In middle school I was accused of cheating because the kid next to me and I gave the exact answers word for word on the two biggest questions while completely ignoring the fact that I got 92 and the kid next to me got 57. My mother had to march over to the principal's office and guide her step by step to the painfully obvious solution of who the actual cheater was. It was a joke.

    • @MewAesthetic
      @MewAesthetic Рік тому

      narrow-minded and no-common-sense community 🤣😂

  • @sadiegirlson8122
    @sadiegirlson8122 24 дні тому +44

    $1.5M? Hardly enough to pay for the missed years at med school or to continue their education.

  • @davedaves3489
    @davedaves3489 27 днів тому +26

    They were never your "friends". Now you know the truth about those people.

  • @J_PIK
    @J_PIK Рік тому +2507

    That sucks it took SIX YEARS to get justice. That would have been a long and agonizing six years especially since their peers didn’t believe them.

    • @Revealthereal_
      @Revealthereal_ Рік тому +53

      They basically were awarded the law fee money.

    • @URightBut
      @URightBut Рік тому +18

      I hope they get to start again/finish somewhere else

    • @0doublezero0
      @0doublezero0 Рік тому +16

      @@URightBut They went to law school.

    • @URightBut
      @URightBut Рік тому +11

      @@0doublezero0 yeah I saw someone say so. Good for them being unstoppable!

    • @laudableplain4282
      @laudableplain4282 Рік тому

      @@Revealthereal_ the lawyers keep most of it. But its still a money at the end.

  • @C_In_Outlaw3817
    @C_In_Outlaw3817 Рік тому +2527

    As someone who is in medical school, these girls seem like they’ll make great docs

    • @Pagemaster22193
      @Pagemaster22193 Рік тому +248

      They unfortunately gave up their dreams on being doctors. Now they're defense lawyers specializing in defamation cases. The university ruined their reputation badly.

    • @C_In_Outlaw3817
      @C_In_Outlaw3817 Рік тому +7

      @@Pagemaster22193 you’re lying that not true

    • @ann-mariepaliukenas19
      @ann-mariepaliukenas19 Рік тому +7

      @@Pagemaster22193that seems off.Maybe there is something behind this.There is no reason to give up being doctors

    • @Seaflower722
      @Seaflower722 Рік тому +158

      They opted to go to law school instead, and now both work as government affairs advisers at the same Columbia, S.C., law firm. I don’t blame them from changing their career path. A quick online search can confirm that.

    • @Pagemaster22193
      @Pagemaster22193 Рік тому +28

      @@C_In_Outlaw3817 it literally is. Look it up.

  • @Zzyzzyx
    @Zzyzzyx 25 днів тому +10

    It took *six years* for them to be vindicated???!!! Shocking!

  • @johnnybizzle2748
    @johnnybizzle2748 27 днів тому +91

    The medical school administration didn't consider that two identical twins who have lived together their whole lives, who have probably done everything together their whole lives, who probably still lived together in school, and who probably studied together might have very similar academic results and answers?

  • @drfhgoalie
    @drfhgoalie Рік тому +403

    $1.5 million is not enough for the fact that they were forced out of their medical school and loss the income of a doctor in their lives.

    • @Derekzparty
      @Derekzparty 28 днів тому +8

      Newly minted physicians only make about $200k their first year.
      Assuming they split the award and get $750k each that's at least 3 years covered.

    • @jokbia
      @jokbia 28 днів тому +9

      @@Derekzparty depending on the specialty and where you work. From my experience of personally seeing the offers, they range from $500k - $700k. For some ironic reason you would think physicians in bigger urban areas like LA or NY would get paid more but other less populated areas pay significantly more. This one physician i know was offered $900k at a private practice as a 1st year physician in oregon.

    • @WLJ1287
      @WLJ1287 28 днів тому +12

      @@jokbiathat must be some kind of specialty because that is just not a thing

    • @HanginInSF
      @HanginInSF 28 днів тому +17

      Remember lawyers got 33% and you gotta pay taxes (at least on some of it)

    • @joey3947
      @joey3947 27 днів тому +2

      @@Derekzpartythis was six years later though

  • @texanlady4
    @texanlady4 Рік тому +1602

    If I was a test proctor I’d be suspicious of such close scores as well…until I found out they were identical twins that always studied together. Little bit of common sense could have saved these girls a lot of heartache, the court a lot of time, and the school $1,500,000.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому +10

      The test proctor also observed them sliding notes to each other and making signals during the exam. That’s more than suspicious.

    • @ingamingpc1634
      @ingamingpc1634 Рік тому +7

      @@cdsmetalhead99 in my college our teachers let us share notes I don't know about the signals though

    • @wangyeo524
      @wangyeo524 Рік тому +93

      @@cdsmetalhead99 source?

    • @Balletcalvero
      @Balletcalvero Рік тому +122

      @cdsmetalhead9922 stop being a troll. Unless you were in that room, you've got no idea what happened during their test.

    • @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441
      @ladyriethegoldendelmo5441 Рік тому +38

      @@cdsmetalhead99 uh? if that were the case? I am sure they wouldnt be able to sue.

  • @kidgrebo1
    @kidgrebo1 Рік тому +22

    They were accused of cheating with basically 0 evidence. Some people from that college should be fired and sued personally.

  • @ajosephbaumhauer4071
    @ajosephbaumhauer4071 25 днів тому +26

    1.5 million was not enough for the damage done. People need to think things through before they pass judgment

  • @EmmanueltheGod
    @EmmanueltheGod Рік тому +434

    Those friends aren’t real friends then smh

    • @justinm6582
      @justinm6582 Рік тому +33

      i rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies! they have each other. they dont need enemies

    • @NadiaGirl1
      @NadiaGirl1 Рік тому +4

      I agree is sad

    • @Official_Kings_Versus
      @Official_Kings_Versus Рік тому +6

      Glad I don't have any friends...

    • @URightBut
      @URightBut Рік тому +1

      Not surprised they treated them like that. Some of the most conniving and psychopathic people go into medicine

    • @minaryeon9259
      @minaryeon9259 Рік тому +3

      They were jealous probably

  • @Akira-888
    @Akira-888 Рік тому +977

    The school system is a disgrace. $1.5 m is way too little for all that damage to them professionally, emotionally and mentally. $5-8m would seem the basic. Not to mention those who knew them and decided to abandon them on that whim of allegation. Good riddance to such trash acquaintances. Many best wishes and blessings to these 2 twin sisters. Stay strong and God bless and protect you both. 🙏💖💪😇

    • @lolawants2008
      @lolawants2008 Рік тому +5

      Agreed

    • @betsylaughlin8652
      @betsylaughlin8652 Рік тому +18

      Agreed-if someone offering me 1.5 million-split 2 ways with another person-for ruining my life, I’d laugh. 1.5 mil isn’t nearly enough.

    • @spankyssurprise1361
      @spankyssurprise1361 Рік тому +21

      @@betsylaughlin8652 Their lives aren't ruined. They'll get a fat payout then accepted to another school.

    • @tgvinfinite2607
      @tgvinfinite2607 Рік тому +4

      @@spankyssurprise1361 exactly

    • @darthmatoro
      @darthmatoro Місяць тому +11

      Plus depending on what kind of doctor they would become, the opportunity loss in their potential salary greatly exceeds 1.5M on top of the expensive med school costs

  • @mattp4079
    @mattp4079 2 місяці тому +10

    They never became doctors but work for a lawyer. Too bad, the world needs more MDs and fewer lawyers.

    • @johnblair8146
      @johnblair8146 26 днів тому +1

      The world needs fewer insurance company lawyers.

  • @druler65
    @druler65 Рік тому +18

    $1.5 mil is such a low settlement. They would have made in excess of $10mil each if they had been allowed to finish and pursue their dreams.

    • @arakan2996
      @arakan2996 Рік тому +3

      They did follow their dreams and continued their studies in another university

    • @lvega5606
      @lvega5606 17 днів тому

      They're probably making more net income with the career they switched to. They're lawyers at a firm now.

  • @sleepycat92
    @sleepycat92 Рік тому +168

    Those supposed friends who disinvited them from weddings and didn't trust them were clearly not true friends. Glad they got rid of toxic people in their lives.

  • @ChallysAnimatedLife
    @ChallysAnimatedLife Рік тому +212

    Wow. Shame on every ‘friend’ that shunned them like that. Some people really show their true colors.

    • @derrickconnolly9164
      @derrickconnolly9164 27 днів тому +5

      My mom told me a long time ago. After my Best Friend and I had a falling out. She told me. You really only have one friend in life. And he's the undertaker. The person to ever let you down.

    • @justliberty4072
      @justliberty4072 22 дні тому

      @@derrickconnolly9164 The undertaker almost always lets you down... about 6 feet.

  • @jasmineertha8351
    @jasmineertha8351 Рік тому +35

    Something similar happened to me and my cousin. We were a month apart in age but both raised together by my grandmother and she treated us like twins. Dressed us the same and what not. We got accused of cheating because our work was similar. We told them we have the same grandma who teaches us the same. They didn't go for it and gave us both two different tests in a seperate rooms. But even with the questions slightly different, our answers were all still very similar. Showing the same thought process but obviously not cheating as they were different tests.

  • @keithbraham6438
    @keithbraham6438 Рік тому +13

    This similarity is extremely common in identical twins. There have been numerous reports worldwide of twins living thousands of kilometers/miles apart that know the moment their sibling dies, gets injured etc.

  • @allys744
    @allys744 Рік тому +644

    I’m glad they won their case. What an insane case. Just because they’re twins who decided to take similar career paths, they’re accused of cheating? It’s sad to see that institutions get suspicious when they see high grades like that. I wish these girls all the success in the world

    • @yunarukami6161
      @yunarukami6161 Місяць тому +4

      What's even more sad is that the institution just assumed the cheating without any proof of cheating to begin with.

    • @DM-px9ip
      @DM-px9ip 19 днів тому

      Also if you study together, twins or not, it makes sense that you would answer questions about the material in a similar way.

  • @tank100286
    @tank100286 Рік тому +252

    That settlement would definitely pay for any school fees/loans if they have any. That's what that school get. Good for the twins.

    • @LuckyPunkProd
      @LuckyPunkProd Рік тому +9

      More like they got their money back and then some.

    • @zee9709
      @zee9709 Рік тому +21

      Took 6 years and devided by 2 tho, its not enough to cover lost time they can earn with medical degree.

  • @janettpenas
    @janettpenas Рік тому +19

    Crazy that the ones who cheat never get caught but then they falsely accuse the innocent ones 🤣

  • @LordLoMR2
    @LordLoMR2 Рік тому +7

    $1.5 mil is actually nothing considering they had to leave medical school. After lawyer fees it will be less than 1 mil then divided by 2. And the 6 years they lost.

  • @radiantmasterpiece5649
    @radiantmasterpiece5649 Рік тому +362

    Something similar happened to me! My freshman year of college in a history 101 class, it was over a paper that we had all semester to write. The professor accused me saying it wasn't me who wrote the paper because "it was the first ever A+ paper she ever got in her class" and she said was going to get me kicked out of the university. I was in such shock and pleaded with her telling her I wrote this paper and it was all me. She was so mad it was the first ever A + paper that she ended up giving me a B-... Looking back I wish I would have gone to someone in higher authority about that because it was so wrong and terrifying.

    • @icomment7715
      @icomment7715 Рік тому +4

      Yea right... your paper was a C+ at best.

    • @Caitilizzie
      @Caitilizzie Рік тому +43

      Yikes… that’s awful. What a terrible professor, hopefully they’re not still teaching because they deserve to have gotten fired

    • @anonymously_famous
      @anonymously_famous Рік тому +12

      @@icomment7715Were you in their class or sm?

    • @RAdaltonracer
      @RAdaltonracer Рік тому +15

      @@icomment7715 Hey Einstein, thanks for the comment from the peanut gallery.

    • @Marco_El_Afro-Latino
      @Marco_El_Afro-Latino Рік тому +12

      ​@@icomment7715The most you could ever hope to get on any paper is *ketchup*

  • @chihauhaun
    @chihauhaun Рік тому +366

    I once got called in to test if I plagarized a paper because it was "beyond accademic levels". Everything checked out but the experience rattled me. My sage advice to you: never throw away your draft copies or keep only the final version because they will ask for your draft copies (luckily I had enough research written out that she believed me but not having an older draft almost got me kicked out of uni for something I didn't do)

    • @AIBot929
      @AIBot929 Рік тому +67

      ouch 😬 they said you weren't smart enough to have written the paper... that's pretty f'ed up

    • @burning4rmwithin
      @burning4rmwithin Рік тому +9

      How long ago was this? My university always made us submit our papers to this website that checks for plagiarism. And we had to turn in every draft we've written to keep record. Prevents people from turning in a completely different final paper.

    • @chihauhaun
      @chihauhaun Рік тому +4

      @@burning4rmwithin It was 2016ish (maybe 2017). We only had moodle to submit the final product but certain profs wanted it in person and didn't use moodle. No plagarism checks via moodle either. Cool that they streamlined the process though

    • @burning4rmwithin
      @burning4rmwithin Рік тому +3

      @chihauhaun nah this was some time ago...2007-2016 was when I did undergrad+grad.

    • @jackabug2475
      @jackabug2475 Рік тому +7

      When I was in 6th grade my teacher asked me if my parents wrote my book report.
      _Every time_ we had a book report.
      Even though, every time, I told him (truthfully!) that my parents couldn't write that well...

  • @mimijohnson5803
    @mimijohnson5803 24 дні тому +1

    They should have been awarded far more money than that after 6 years of fighting.

  • @dbabakh8911
    @dbabakh8911 19 днів тому +1

    Shame on all those "friends" that abandoned them.

  • @alainacolding8317
    @alainacolding8317 Рік тому +247

    My brother and I were in college together and took two classes together. My professor mentioned to me once that he knew my brother and I studied together because our answers were always very similar. Insane to me that a school wouldn't think of this explanation 😳

    • @KKarama1
      @KKarama1 Рік тому +18

      They for sure knew. Someone had it out for these ladies

  • @jaynash6447
    @jaynash6447 Рік тому +516

    What fool thought their scores were suspicious? Usually siblings aren't in the same grade so they cannot study together. Usually they don't select the same major so they wouldn't be testing together. But in THIS case....
    Twin sisters that grew up together AND studied together. Why wouldn't they score identically?

    • @zaithehedgewolf4587
      @zaithehedgewolf4587 Рік тому

      Cause the test is a joke many people who score high scores this idiot people think they cheated

    • @justus009
      @justus009 Рік тому +19

      Exactly!!😖

    • @espada06143
      @espada06143 Рік тому +4

      For reals

    • @charliemoody1659
      @charliemoody1659 Рік тому +24

      My younger brother and I tied each other point for point on both the SAT and ACT and took the tests two years apart.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому +2

      What, do you think they share the same brain? You have no clue how psychology works.

  • @severtone263
    @severtone263 25 днів тому +3

    $15M would have been more like it for me.

  • @rivkaclifford427
    @rivkaclifford427 23 дні тому +2

    They're identical TWINS!!! Shame on every "friend" who dissed them, ghosted them, etc,

  • @wakeupthisisntreal8168
    @wakeupthisisntreal8168 Рік тому +175

    Honestly the fact that the school would accuse them of cheating without any actual proof is messed up, especially since the answers were "similar" not identical.

    • @digby_dooright
      @digby_dooright Рік тому +6

      I just hope were accepted somewhere else and continued their program. That's like dashing someone's dreams. It's so hard to get into medical school in the first place. 😢😡

    • @thefairychild
      @thefairychild Місяць тому +6

      @@digby_dooright It's doubtful they were able to get in somewhere else. Plagiarism accusations will follow you, even if you left voluntarily.

  • @vidhoard
    @vidhoard Рік тому +85

    What kind of friends would abandon them like that?? Wow.

  • @micuenta2958
    @micuenta2958 Рік тому +5

    Me and my twin took the SAT 3 times and scored the same scores 3 times.We tested in separe rooms.Our GPAs were very similar in HS and college. We don't even study together.We both work hard. The fact that they had to leave their school makes me so mad.

  • @lisaharvey9940
    @lisaharvey9940 24 дні тому +3

    A medical school that does not understand that identical twins who live and study together could get similar scores! Maybe this medical school isnt " the best."

  • @Phoenix-J
    @Phoenix-J Рік тому +41

    School:"Why did you write down the same answers."
    Me: "Why did you write down the same questions."

  • @mariatrinitymya8618
    @mariatrinitymya8618 Рік тому +472

    Wow it's amazing that they got everything the same. Even the exam score. These sisters care for each other to the whole next level. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @arodyanksfan
    @arodyanksfan 24 дні тому +2

    I was accused of cheating on college because a teammate of mine was close to me. She got an A, I got a C+. When I asked for proof, they said each test was given a code and because we were teammate and our codes matched up in sequence, it was cheating. She sat a row behind me for the exam and several seats away. We were cleared of the cheating but our coach was furious at the school.

  • @nunya3163
    @nunya3163 25 днів тому +3

    Never make accusations without actual proof.

  • @Zednoght
    @Zednoght Рік тому +258

    School: These 2 students with the same last name, who look like twins, likely live together, possibly study together and may have a close relationship to one another have been found with similar test scores... they must have cheated.
    If I was the Judge: Get out

    • @Pagemaster22193
      @Pagemaster22193 Рік тому +17

      For so called educated people they sure were ignorant.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому +1

      They also gave 54 of the same incorrect answers and answered like 290 out of 300 questions the same. The odds of that happening, accounting for them being twins, was determined to be 1 in 10^35. They were also observed passing notes and making signals during the exam. Read the full story.

    • @Zednoght
      @Zednoght Рік тому +7

      @@cdsmetalhead99 unless they got those notes, and can verify they had the answers on them, this feels like he said/she said, plus if they were sure this was, having them take a second test in separate rooms to verify there case should have been the first course of action then immediate blame, this is a legal matter that dooms ones life, even if it was true, lack of evidence would not help

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому

      @@Zednoght On one of the pieces of paper one of the twins wrote "I'm waiting," indicating they were waiting for the other one to show them the answer on their computer screen. It doesn't get any more obvious than that.

    • @wangyeo524
      @wangyeo524 Рік тому +7

      @@cdsmetalhead99 I'm sorry, but could you post the link to a source that states just that? I Googled the case and none of the articles I found explicitly stated that bit about the written "I'm waiting" bit. Also, if the proctor observed them making signals, shouldn't they have been called out during the exam instead of a recollection from the proctor only during the investigation? There's a thing called confirmation bias which makes the proctor sus...

  • @abbylynn8872
    @abbylynn8872 Рік тому +159

    Five classmates and were accused of cheating. We all missed the same 3 questions. We studied together for every assignment. We made the flashcards together. We divide up the list and make 5 cards each. We proofread each others assignments. We even proofed and tested other classmates projects. Turns out we should have gotten a perfect score, the instructors answer was incorrect. They expected only the one answer but in fact there were 2 correct answers. Ex... their answer was A, but A and B were both correct, so the correct answer was C for both.

    • @muffpaid6955
      @muffpaid6955 Рік тому

      Why you didn’t put them 3 questions on the flash cards? I’m curious

  • @caramelhoni6881
    @caramelhoni6881 26 днів тому +1

    They deserve way more, than what was awarded to them.

  • @Ketchup_And_Rice
    @Ketchup_And_Rice Рік тому +3

    figuratively sharing the same braincell doesn't count as cheating

  • @eddievergara5509
    @eddievergara5509 Рік тому +372

    The incident where the twins were wronged and branded as cheaters by their school reminded me of a different incident involving a young woman who sued her former high school and won the lawsuit after the school violated her right in speech and falsely suspending her for a week from school because she made a social media post outside of school hours about her venting on not being accepted by the varsity cheerleading squad she wanted to join.
    ETA: My bad about the misinformation on the suspension part. It wasn't a week suspension from school but rather a year suspension from ever participating in cheerleading. Again my apologies on the misinformation part because it has been more than a year when that article came out. And for anyone wondering the name of the lawsuit, its the Mahanoy School District vs B.L. lawsuit.

    • @limmiedee7405
      @limmiedee7405 Рік тому +11

      that's so unconstitutional it's almost unbelievable a school would do that. a year's suspension, and for what?? being a little upset you didn't make the varsity cheer team? which by all accounts is a pretty reasonable reaction for a person to have. if anything, the response should've been a thank you for trying out and best wishes toward future tryouts or auditions. not getting offended and banning her from participating in the sport

    • @GolDGreg
      @GolDGreg Рік тому +5

      @eddievergara5509 You sound like a level headed person I’d want to be friends with after that edit

    • @Trusttheprocessagain
      @Trusttheprocessagain Рік тому

      So they pay their med school fee with that money

    • @Dr_KW
      @Dr_KW Рік тому

      Honestly doing her a favor not letting her be a cheerleader lol.

  • @jennanuziato1784
    @jennanuziato1784 Рік тому +41

    Wow. I’m an identical twin and it’s not uncommon for us to make IDENTICAL errors on exams. We score within a few % on university exams and with standardized test.

  • @selizasoto
    @selizasoto 11 днів тому +1

    Just terrible. 1.5 wasn't enough.

  • @jerrellstrawn6409
    @jerrellstrawn6409 23 дні тому +2

    The 'award' equals $125k each for each year - hardly what an MD makes.

  • @sei7730
    @sei7730 Рік тому +54

    How can you call yourself a medical school and can’t understand the great similarities between twins…

    • @URightBut
      @URightBut Рік тому +3

      Bc medical school doesn’t focus on anything that’s not granted by the AMA, aka everything “alternative” “pseudo” or even basic nutrition, it doesn’t benefit the sickness-cycle business model

  • @mercedestrb1250
    @mercedestrb1250 Рік тому +34

    twins who studied together have similar answers?? shocker! so glad that they got justice bc there’s no way 💀

  • @JenniferOBrien-vd9dh
    @JenniferOBrien-vd9dh 23 дні тому +1

    I’m an identical twin and was accused with my twin also of cheating in school over 20 years ago. It really upset us at the time.

  • @kissgergo5202
    @kissgergo5202 22 дні тому

    The fact that they were immediately univited to weddings and getting ignored by their "friends" show what kind of friends those people really were

  • @MamazitaCole
    @MamazitaCole Рік тому +260

    They’re like “we know you twins sent telepathic answers to eachother during the exams” 💀 I’m kidding lol I’m glad they got reimbursed for their embarrassment/devastation ❤ God bless them 🛐🌸🥰 👯‍♀️

    • @Edgarto156
      @Edgarto156 Рік тому +1

      Lmao

    • @itwasaliens
      @itwasaliens Рік тому +13

      No, the school legitimately tried to argue that in the court case. I'm not joking. They actually tried to argue that identical twins may have telepathic abilities.

    • @chrisr25071
      @chrisr25071 Рік тому +2

      even if they cheated, the school has to proof it. That is how the legal system works; it doesn‘t matter what you‘ve done, it only matters if they can proof it.

    • @kessygladue2634
      @kessygladue2634 Рік тому +1

      @@itwasaliens d asf

  • @maragigure272
    @maragigure272 Рік тому +19

    My childhood best friends were identical twins and they did so many things that were the same without even trying. They wore the same clothes without knowing what the other was wearing (just in different colors), they’d say the same thing at the same time, they were both incredibly smart and tested almost identically when they were in the same classes together. They even would have the same dreams as each other, and as babies had their own language. One could tell when the other wasn’t feeling alright, even when they were miles away from each other. I honestly think theres more to identical twins than we know and this is just one thing we don’t understand about them.

    • @pixpusha
      @pixpusha 23 дні тому

      I whole heartedly agree.

  • @hoopaholicstickum
    @hoopaholicstickum 24 дні тому +1

    Should have been much larger legal award!!!!

  • @stephaniegardner8586
    @stephaniegardner8586 23 дні тому

    How dare the school automatically think that!😡

  • @sydneywalton3221
    @sydneywalton3221 Рік тому +74

    Something similar happened to my parents when they were in college. They studied together for an exam, and answered the questions similarly to each other, and got accused of cheating. However, they were able to prove that they weren’t cheating.

  • @RobertoLopezstudyis
    @RobertoLopezstudyis Рік тому +22

    The twin sisters should also get an apology from the University and from their fellow classmates for all of their suffering and humiliation they have been through!

  • @dlamarca
    @dlamarca 16 днів тому

    And this is a medical school?!? Shameful. What a disgrace. Good for these women for standing up to this.

  • @nolongeramused8135
    @nolongeramused8135 24 дні тому

    Only $1.5M? Should have added a zero to that.

  • @heyitsmorgan1097
    @heyitsmorgan1097 Рік тому +173

    i don’t even know them and i’m so proud of them for standing they’re ground and fighting for they’re truth you go girls !! y’all deserve it , congratulations 🎉

  • @annietellez3266
    @annietellez3266 Рік тому +70

    Do they not realize that they’re twins!!? 🤣 I’m a twin and would study with my sister and we would even get the same answers correct and wrong. So I’m glad they got justice.

    • @NadiaGirl1
      @NadiaGirl1 Рік тому +11

      Right all the school had to do was check previous test they took and also maybe make them take it again.

    • @jennxjisoowinterlvr3643
      @jennxjisoowinterlvr3643 Рік тому +6

      its the powers of the twinsss. great minds think alike~

  • @mc333777
    @mc333777 25 днів тому +1

    The school needs to know the meaning of identical.

  • @angeloangelides713
    @angeloangelides713 25 днів тому +1

    A great story. Justice in court

  • @cprxprt150
    @cprxprt150 Рік тому +24

    Institutions of higher learning do not always have the wisest of faculty.

  • @youngmasterzhi
    @youngmasterzhi Рік тому +26

    This is why some educational institutions use multiple versions of different exams; that way, it reduces the risk of students cheating AND randomly tests the students on their diverse critical thinking skills

    • @siry5164
      @siry5164 Рік тому +1

      I was at a final exam and one of the questions on the exam was not written correctly, according to the text, so I got up and showed it to the professor’s and I ended up getting an A in the class.

    • @youngmasterzhi
      @youngmasterzhi Рік тому +1

      @@siry5164 Maybe that was the true test, the ability to detect mistakes

    • @yovtobe
      @yovtobe 23 дні тому

      ​@@youngmasterzhiuh oh you're saying the proctors failed their test?!

  • @vortozan5395
    @vortozan5395 23 дні тому +1

    The amount of mental gymnastics they’ll have to endure for the rest of their lives cause of this incident is incredible. 6 years to prove your innocence when you were 2 perfect years into med school to become a doctor would be mind-numbingly depressing.

  • @doggygaming950
    @doggygaming950 23 дні тому

    The disgusting nature of some people always shocks me.

  • @mindwipe0074
    @mindwipe0074 Рік тому +10

    Similar issue at my Uni. If the school *thinks* you cheated-like same code to solve the same problem-then you’re at risk of an honor code violation. It only takes a bad professor to pull the trigger

  • @Billboy_
    @Billboy_ Рік тому +13

    "You did too good on a test? That's sus bro?"

  • @OTatime
    @OTatime 25 днів тому +1

    That $1.5 million settlement is way, way too little. Should have been at least triple.

  • @ano070602
    @ano070602 Рік тому +22

    Sounds like the school needs to do a better job at investigating things.

  • @chadachwilliam5515
    @chadachwilliam5515 Рік тому +4

    Good for them, now sue the actual teacher for loss of wages.

  • @clayz1
    @clayz1 26 днів тому +1

    I guess that living together, studying together, testing together, being together from babyhood can be interpreted for cheating.

  • @user-co7fb6qe5w
    @user-co7fb6qe5w 25 днів тому +1

    This country needs more dedicated students as these two. I would of thought they would encourage you not reprimand you. Keep the faith and move forward.

  • @lesliebrickey8357
    @lesliebrickey8357 Рік тому +28

    I am so happy for you that justice prevailed! And sorry you had to go through all of that!

  • @FyingfoxGaming
    @FyingfoxGaming Рік тому +25

    I'm very glad that they both got the justice they deserved, the fact that their friends & peers abandoned them & treated them like scumbags for the reason of cheating even though it wasn't true makes me think the twins were hanging out with fake friends, I hope they both find more new best friends like really I would've been feeling more than completely outraged if I were to find out my new friend(s) were to be faking on being my friend.

  • @victormeza7859
    @victormeza7859 24 дні тому +1

    HAD 10 BLOCKS OF TESTS // IF
    YOU FAILED ONE; YOU’RE OUT.
    STUDYING TOGETHER, YOU
    HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. GOOD JOB

  • @TheTweetybird1122
    @TheTweetybird1122 14 днів тому

    That medical school should be investigated!

  • @chiemekaa
    @chiemekaa Рік тому +12

    A medical school of all places should understand the bond between IDENTICAL twins firstly, and the fact that they've been doing activities TOGETHER from infancy. Should be no surprise on them testing similarly.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому +1

      They definitely understand it better than you do, because that’s not how the brain works.

    • @chiemekaa
      @chiemekaa Рік тому +1

      @@cdsmetalhead99
      I'm not sure you do either.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому

      @@chiemekaa I'm not the one who claimed to know more than doctors

    • @wangyeo524
      @wangyeo524 Рік тому +1

      @@cdsmetalhead99 also, several one-half of twins or siblings of twins commented on this video that they had similar experiences of cheating accusations because they answered similarly should tell you something.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому

      @@wangyeo524 It doesn't tell me anything. That's called anecdotal evidence.

  • @ufmm4325
    @ufmm4325 Рік тому +10

    They deserve a formal apology from the university and reinstated in their field of studies at the point where they were pressurized to leave.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому

      No, they deserve nothing because they cheated.

    • @kavhi3731
      @kavhi3731 Рік тому

      @@cdsmetalhead99 hop off the internet and get a life.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Рік тому

      @@kavhi3731 If you actually read the story instead of just watching a 2 minute sensationalized "news" clip then you'd see I'm right.

    • @kasa9884
      @kasa9884 Місяць тому +1

      @@cdsmetalhead99 Except they didn't cheat and the university had no proof. That's why the university lost the case. I read the whole story.

    • @cdsmetalhead99
      @cdsmetalhead99 Місяць тому

      @@kasa9884 that’s not how it works. Being acquitted in court doesn’t mean you’re innocent, it means the jury didn’t think the proof was sufficient. Which is absurd because they clearly cheated.

  • @kepckatherinec805
    @kepckatherinec805 27 днів тому +4

    I’m glad they won their suit. Did they get to finish medical school elsewhere?

    • @johnblair8146
      @johnblair8146 26 днів тому +2

      No, they became lawyers.

    • @stephenpalmer7278
      @stephenpalmer7278 25 днів тому

      Good ​@@johnblair8146

    • @1981lashlarue
      @1981lashlarue 21 день тому

      @@johnblair8146 Not true. They may work for a law firm, but they're not lawyers.

  • @jimmydishkawnt
    @jimmydishkawnt 27 днів тому +1

    School: look! She didnt just copy the answers, she even copied the surname.😅

  • @Colli40000
    @Colli40000 Рік тому +5

    I had a study group in college and a teacher thought we cheated on a test because we had similar answers. So annoying.

  • @VolumePerfection
    @VolumePerfection Рік тому +48

    My question is what did they do after leaving the school? Did they apply to another med school together or did they go to different schools? This happened 6 years ago so what they do in those years

    • @vyae5874
      @vyae5874 Рік тому +23

      Not sure but they’re defense lawyers now so it seems they set on a different path.

    • @Didenne
      @Didenne Рік тому +32

      @@vyae5874 kind of sad.. they could’ve been doctors

    • @loner1878
      @loner1878 Рік тому +5

      They decided to go to law school instead.

    • @URightBut
      @URightBut Рік тому +3

      @@Didenne not sad. Maybe with their background they can go into medical law and actually make a lasting difference in this world

    • @catwoman2596
      @catwoman2596 Рік тому +2

      @@Didenne medical malpractice kills more than any disease could and now they can help with that.

  • @MrsCurioCheerio
    @MrsCurioCheerio 25 днів тому +1

    Lost 2 prospective doctors for cheating accusations, for _both_ to only be compensated $1.5 mil _after 6 years_ for their academic and professional losses (and legal fees) which does not sound anywhere near the restitution for a case like this

  • @randyzeitman1354
    @randyzeitman1354 21 день тому +1

    Sounds incredibly small for six years of delay of med school income.

  • @krabsstd4106
    @krabsstd4106 Рік тому +5

    One good thing they got out of it was knowing who their true friends really were. The fact that these "friends" would believe the school over them is disgraceful. A true friend would stick by their side and remain loyal even at their lowest point. I guess in a way it was kind of a blessing in disguise!!!