TikToker Exposed For FAKING Cancer: Maddie Russo Sentenced in Fraudulent Scheme
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Madison Marie Russo was a 19-year-old college student at St. Ambrose University who, for actual reasons we may never know, decided to fake having cancer. Her scheme began on TikTok where she spread her story to thousands of people willing to listen, pray, and follow her along her “cancer journey.” It wasn’t until anonymous witnesses brought her story to the police, citing medical discrepancies in her story. Investigators subpoenaed her medical records and it confirmed what many suspected - Maddie did not have cancer. But for months, she was able to solicit $37,303 on GoFundMe, not to mention that she was supported by several foundations, funds, and schools. She tricked innocent people into giving her money to fight a disease she never had. Maddie was thankfully arrested and charged with theft by means of deception in January of 2023, and in October was finally sentenced to 3 years probation and restitution.
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It drives me nuts to see pictures of her smiling with medical equipment she does not need. She’s mocking sick people.
Equipment she wasn't even using correctly 😂
she is laughing all the way to the bank...all new level of low...
That’s what I’m saying. It’s so offensive. Like girl, I’ll give you my feeding tube since you want it so bad! Take my trauma, isolation, and poor quality of life while you’re at it 🙄
Absolutely mocking them!
I agree, it’s such a huge slap in the face!
she read that whole speech like she was holding a presentation for her middle school class project
hahaha
She sure did. She read the whole script constantly looking over to make sure she had it all down. So sickening.
Yea she's supposed to cram someone's story on her head and dramatically say it in front of u as she's an actress🙄....like how is she supposed to say it 🤔
@@eniola6082the point is that if she was telling the truth she wouldn’t need a script at all 💀 why are u all up in these comments acting stupid
I went to high school with her. The whole town was disgusted when the news broke
Wow😮 where is she in life now, if you don't mind?
Do you have any idea what she was like in highschool?
(If not that’s totally okay, I have no idea how big or small your school was)
Disgusted As they should be. Just horrible..
Wow. Never heard of a cancer diagnosis being given over the PHONE and without biopsy. Ridiculous.
Yeah I had a loved one actually be given a cancer diagnosis over the phone. Could not wrap my head around it
My sister's cancer diagnosis came over the phone to my mother (she was 17 at the time). We were sitting at the dinner table.
@@sierraallen4360biopsy results, or a result of a blood test where if something is present, it is for sure cancer?
I’m so sorry this was done though.
@@Brenda-wj2db yeah they told her what kind of cancer and what stage and everything, she was all alone at home when they told her so I’m glad she didn’t do anything drastic after hearing the new but ended up passing away from it not long after. But I could never imagine getting such news from a stranger on the phone.
My mom was diagnosed with stage 3C breast cancer over the phone in 2023. The call was from a nurse “care coordinator.” I couldn’t believe it wasn’t in an office but apparently it’s standard practice
"I can't get out of bed and get ready " yet has a full face of makeup on....like ok
That's what I'm saying. Chemo totally wrecks you. I'm a month out and I'm still so tired. The LAST thing I want to do is get all dolled up, I barely bathe each day. lol
@@mrsz1988I'm so sorry for your struggles! Prayer sent to Heaven for you. ❤❤❤
That part 😡😡😡
@@mrsz1988sending strength to you!!!
And a fake tan and teeth whitening 🙄 she’s a piece of shit for doing this
The worst part about this is is that people who legitimately have cancer and need help might now being looked at with skepticism and forced to prove their condition. These cases are really damaging
YES!! As someone who has a rare chronic illness these people ruin it for us😭
Exactly!!! It can make ppl think twice about donating or helping those who actually do have cancer. My mom had cancer and passed away in 2016. This kind of stuff makes my blood boil!
Yes exactly my thoughts.
Fortunately, real cases are easy to prove
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As someone who truly did lose her dad to pancreatic cancer 12 years ago this is absolutely appalling on all levels. I watch a 6’4” larger than life man wither away to nothing. How can anyone fake such a horrible disease?? This girl did deserve time. 🤬🤬
I'M SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!.
I promise you, he misses you so much 🤍
As a true survivor of pancreatic cancer and having suffered thru the trauma of a full Whipel procedure and now having to use an insulin pump for the rest of my life I am beyond disgusted by this woman. The changes in your body and life changes you have to make and continue to do so for life is not easy. Such a shame there are people like this.
I’m glad you’re here, I can’t imagine how disheartening, and triggering this was for you. She should’ve went to jail, it’s absolutely disgusting.
You are a warrior and your stories and scars are an illustration of your strength.
I am sorry you had to face that trauma and I hope that you find some peace ❤
I had cancer in high school. I did graduate, but I graduated with a 2.6 gpa. Maintaining good grades was not something I was able to really do. When she says that she was able to maintain her gpa and do all her extra circulars through her “sickness” it feels so invalidating to people like me
I am so glad you are here with us and was able to do your best. Your fight is valid thank you for sharing it with us
Thank God you survived. Congratulations on everything you have accomplished
I had cancer in 8th grade and had to drop out of school. There was no way I could go to school, keep up with homework or have time to go golfing. I barely had the strength and energy to walk from my bed upstairs to the living room downstairs. I was in a wheelchair and when I finally finished my chemo, radiation and surgery, I had to do so much physical therapy in order to walk, they didn’t even think I would be able to walk, but by the grace of God giving me a miracle, I can walk, I have a heavy limp and can’t run or walk long distances, but I can walk. I’m so unbelievably upset and hurt she said the Biotin helped her keep her hair. Losing my hair was one of the most awful parts of my cancer trial. I still have a very vivid image of the first chunk coming out in the bathtub. I was 13 and had to have my mom help me bathe because I was so weak, I WAS 13. I didn’t want to make her feel bad, so I held in my heartache as hard as I could as that chunk of hair sat floating in the tub. It was so awful! My skin turned this terrible grey color, I lost every single hair on my body, you don’t realize until you lose all you nose hair that it actually helps keep it from just dripping. My flipping nails peeled off. I got down to 56 pounds.
People who pretend they have cancer truly don’t have a flipping clue what absolute torture it is.
I had to go back to 9th grade with a wig and it was so humiliating. People like Maddie and Scamanda will never truly understand what they have done.
@@PopcornNaps Reading this broke my heart. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that, and as a child on top of it all. I hope you're doing well today. Sending you love.
@@PopcornNapsso sad to hear your story but I hope you are well now
A part of me is truly suspicious that her parents were somehow involved or just looked away and pretended not to know. How can a 19 y/o with any sort of relationship with one or both of her parents fake a cancer diagnosis for several months? Neither of them ever wanted to go to her doctor's appointments? This is very strange.
I was having the same thought. At 18/19, how is her mom not insisting to at least drive her to appointments? How is her mom not asking to speak with doctors? I was married and 25 when I got pregnant and my mom still went to a of my few ultrasounds. Doesn’t make sense…
I just commented this. I wouldn’t have been able to keep my mom away if I wanted to. It’s very hard for me to believe they didn’t know.
Yes! Especially her mother. It just doesn't make sense.
Yes 💯 %, I think the enabled her at the very least.
Exactly. I have a 19 year old. I couldn’t imagine not going to doctor’s appointments with him if he had any kind of medical condition.
Her statement in court was literally all about her.
How did she convince her parents and the rest of her family??? Like wouldn't your family want to go with you to appointments and things???
can't say definitely for this case but it might be true. My ex got some kind of cancer and her family didn't know much about it because 1. they didn't really care about it and 2. she didn't want them to care about it. The only person that really knew what was going on was her bestfriend who took her to appointments and stuff.
Wouldn’t they have heard of her GoFund Me account? And all of the speaking engagements she had? Really weird.
In time of the corona crisis you could have gotten away with it because you had to go triu a lot without your family. I had cancer in 2021. It was very lonely.
@@nandaswart4723I am so sorry. I hope you’re doing okay now. Can’t imagine going through that alone.
My mom did ok on chemo..but radiation did her in..and she lost all her hair...why didn't this chick
Her crying in court is literally sickening, like girl NOBODY CARES
She should’ve used the money from that GoFundMe on acting classes 🥱
it makes me immediately think of the Wendy Williams GIF ‘clap if you care’ followed by silence 😂 god she makes my blood boil
The way her lawyer looked at her too. It didn't even seem like she was comforting her, it was more like "Girl not this... not here..."
She's not crying because she is sorry, she is crying because she got caught.. She's a disgusting person
She’s not crying…..
Her courtroom statement was so self-involved and she continued to play the victim. She’s learned nothing, in my opinion.
“I continuously beat myself up” like wtf???
10000000%!!!!!!!
I had an ex friend in my early 20’s fake cancer and I believed her because why wouldn’t I right? she was my friend. she did fake stuff just like this girl. Fake photos, fake doctor appts. I will never understand why she did it. She didn’t want money and always told everyone she didn’t want sympathy. To this day I still do not understand.
While she was faking cancer, I was losing my grandpa to cancer and seeing one of the hardest working and sweetest men I have ever known deteriorate in front of me was something that will stay with me forever.
People like my ex friend and Maddie are so sick and evil.
I had the same thin in high school and the my mum actually got cancer can't believe someone would fake it
She might has a condition called munchausen by proxy
Just one question… where were her parents during all of this?!
That’s what I wonder. 🤔
How did no one close to her know about this charade?
People go to jail for stealing $500 at Walmart.. you’re telling me she got NO JAIL TIME for scamming/stealing over $35,000?!?! Make that make sense. I don’t care if she had good grades.
Exactly... she's a thief and of the most selfish variety too.
Had she been a different color, she’d be doing years.
I hate to be this person but she’s white. White women are allowed to make mistakes when young. If she was black or poc she would have gotten jail time….
she's white soooooooo.....I have a feeling a brown like myself would have been in prison real quick
@@lesleymay6757 absolutely
I wanted to scream when she was reading her statement to the court and crying about how difficult this whole experience was. You know what’s difficult, Maddie? Actually having cancer or another form of chronic illness. Nobody with cancer asked for it. You asked for this.
I hope she gets the help she clearly needs. You don’t just wake up and decide to do this sort of thing for no reason.
She's sorry because she was caught
I agree!!!
Yea her statement made me feel like...this girl has learned NOTHING. Only thing that statement should've had was an apology. Not her sob story
"I've been beating myself up over it" Like yeah, you SHOULD be beating yourself up about it. I am not going to sympathise with her struggles when she brought them so clearly upon herself. I doubt she'd regret it if she didn't get caught.
Pathological liars are practically incurable. She can't really be "helped", only incentivised by societal punishment and reward. That's all her type can understand, and they usually see themselves as victims even when punished for their actions.
Her mugshot shows me that she genuinely never thought she’d get caught
Ok I gotta comment. I’m from Iowa City area and I donated to her. My mom was also going through chemo treatment at that time. Every time I see something about Maddie it infuriates me!
I hope your mom is well
I work in cancer care as a PA. Pancreatic cancer is known to be one of the most traumatic cancers to have. Patients experience extreme pain and often pass quickly without responding well to treatments. This is so disgusting. I’m so angry!
My uncle passed almost a year ago of pancreatic and it was so quickly no one knew what he going through until after he passed 😢
@@wendyreyes8405I'm so sorry. Sending you and your family love.
I just lost my grandad who raised me to it...... This makes me sick.... It truly is an awful disease xx
My aunt passed away from 4 types of different cancers September 4th 2020
My father just got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about a month ago. This is a horrible and really hard disease.
She had the audacity to sit there in court and say how "hard the experience has been on her." She brought ALL OF IT on herself! We're all so very sorry that YOU put YOU through so much! How 'bout an apology to your VICTIMS?!
Her thinking is so bizarre! She should be shamed forever. It will follow her! Good luck with any kind of real career other than “ con artist “
Maddie is a complete sociopath! Sociopath will never take an iota of accountability for their despicable actions!
As someone who works in Oncology and watches people hooked up to their chemo treatments every day, watches people DIE. Watches 19 year olds ACTUALLY get diagnosed with cancer….this makes me sick.
Thank you for donating to the pancreatic cancer foundation! I lost my husband to pancreatic neoendocrine cancer 3 years ago. He was 48. Time is a thief.
She was definitely getting radiation alright from that damn tanning bed lol unbelievable 😂
Lol!! Yup!! Sickening
😂😂
Her sitting there reading that script... i cannot.
LITERALLY ITS SO OBVIOUS im only a few min in to the video but how tf did this get taken so faR!
It’s so eerie and creepy looking back. Why you need to read the dates ???
There were points in that script that didn't even make sense, so many ridiculous cliches, it was really cringe to hear
Right!?
Its so obvious that she’s reading something off screen!!!
I love that you have your kitty in the background for emotional support! So cute.
He's soo cute (or she)
prayers for everyone gone/ going through, or lost someone to cancer
I’m not even 10 minutes into this and already I would be skeptical because they called her to tell her she had cancer? Normally, they don’t call you to tell you things like that. They have you come in.
my dr called me
That is actually not true
I got my pathology report on MyChart the day after my biopsy, and my OBGYN called the next day to discuss it over the phone.
I thought the same thing
The told me to come in but I knew I'd stress and not be able to cope so I begged them to just tell me. The specialist called me back within a few minutes and told me I had cervical cancer. My entire body started burning, from my ears to my toes, I couldn't move with the news.
the gym part SENT me. I was a cytoxan patient. Not for cancer, but for an autoimmune disease. Chemo is literally toxin and affected my body and energy so badly that I could hardly make it from the bed to the toilet to vomit, walk downstairs to get a snack, or even really speak or type. If you’ve ever had chemo, you know the kind of fatigue and tiredness I’m talking about. Theres no describing it unless you or a loved one lived it. The gym was a dead giveaway
And she was playing golf, like what?
Cytoxan is called the red devil because it is debilitating. I had this treatment for breast cancer and it’s no joke
why does treatment make ppl even sicker?? make it make sense!
@@oooh19because chemo harms cancer cells and also some of your normal cells, so it impacts your energy
did you hear about a doctor who diagnosed healthy ppl w/ cancer to make money?? that's scary! like imagine you don't have cancer yet they give you horrible treatments which end up killing or severely harming you in order to make money off you! despicable!@@alihassemer06
There’s a special place in hell for people who fake cancer. I lost my cousin back in 2021 and my aunt in 2022. I wouldn’t wish this upon anyone so for people to use it as a way to enrich themselves is just disgusting. We also just lost Toby Keith from his battle. R.I.P. to them and all those who passed from this. 💐🕊️
Exactly! I lost my best friend in 1998 and my mom in 2016 to cancer. You have to be extremely sick in the head to fake something so horrific. I'm so sorry for your loss ♡
@@heezypeasy8611 And I’m sorry for your loss as well. ❤ 💐
I lost my dad to Cancer 2016 .Then lost my oldest sister in 2022. My father inlaw is fighting Cancer also. I can't believe this lady did this.
Absolutely. This is disgusting. My children lost their grandfather to lung cancer which went to his brain and liver .. how dare she be so cruel and evil . People are dying everyday from this horrible disease. And she wants make money off it . Absolutely disgusting. She def needs jail time . If you ask me . She got a slap on the wrist ..
@@rosestarr59I heard about it when my friend who went through cancer was needing the GoFundMe. Hardly anyone donated and I couldn’t understand. Then I heard about this girl and I couldn’t believe it! No wonder people don’t give more. It’s a shame.😢
These situations really piss me off, I was six years old when I lost my father to brain cancer. The people with these illnesses and their families go through so much pain and people are out here faking it for clout and money. 🤬
My gosh! I am so sorry that you lost your father at such a young age to such a terrible disease, may he rest in peace. 💓🌺💓
I was like 12 and being accused of faking my cancer. This wouldn't have happened if ppl just didn't fake this stuff.
If she took treatment away from even one person who died due to lack of resources she should face involuntary mansluaghter charges. Cancer is no joke. I had endometrial and ovarian cancer simultaneously. Thankfully I live in England with good hospital care. My heart goes out to all those who suffered at her actions and for those battling cancer or have succomed to it and their families. Keep up the good works you do in all areas, kendall. Hugs from across the pond
YES! Great point. I hadn’t thought about manslaughter.
I was thinking the same thing, especially after Rhonda talked about how she took special resources from actual patients. If any of those patients died because they couldn't get medical help/second opinions, she deserves to do time over it
You're completely right. The time, resources, and support that she wrongly received would have gone to so many other people. I also want to say I'm glad to hear you overcame your battle with endometrial and ovarian cancer. You are amazing!
She literally committed wire fraud and got no time. Blows my mind! I'm sure her age and looks had something to do with it.
I agree, she should have had some prison time.
She definitely deserved jailtime in my opinion. These cases are just so sickening to me. And the fact is: She got caught. It's not like she stopped, because she felt remorse. Even in her "apology" she whines about how hard this has been for her. Just gross behaviour. I wish ableism was talked about more often, because it's a huge problem. Thanks for covering this case, Kendall! ❤
I'm sorry but what law would this be breaking that's deserving of incarceration?
@@renata-tsekhanovetskaya first degree theft
Yes!! The "apology" no empathy for who she hurt (just vague one liners) but the whole thesis how this "experience" will make HER better
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Totally agree, not only did she steal good people's money but she also caused emotional damage to those around her and people online who believed her, felt bad for her, or related to her as actual cancer patients. That should warrant jail time.
I recently lost my aunt to cancer and the way she withered down and didn’t look like the same person. It was really hard. This is so grossly disrespectful.
I am currently in remission from cancer. This case hurt me so much. It is absolutely infuriating and disgusting to know someone is capable of this kind of evil.
I'm an ICU nurse and have been for around 8 years now. When I saw the picture of the unbridled/not taped/not sutured NGT sticking out of her nose connected to a bag of water I about fell in the floor.
I could not believe that people fell for her from the get go. She was absolutely robotic and not in the shocked and overwhelmed way.
It was the purple end of the giving set shoved up her nose for me 🤦🏼♀️
I'm a palliative care nurse and this is insane.
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No one who has cancer behaves like this. She sounds so rehearsed, and you can easily tell these thoughts are from her head, not her heart. She's so obviously fake.
Exactly. There was 0 emotion and she kept looking to the side when she talked, reading from a script🤷♀️
As a healthcare worker who have seen a lot of people struggle with cancer, this is so infuriating.
Her complaining about not being able to go anywhere is INFURIATING. I have chronic pain, I can't go anywhere, I can't do anything some days. If I choose to go put and have fun I have to completely empty out or filter out my schedule for the days before and after, or else I'll be rolling in bed from the pain, disgusting
As someone living with a chronic illness and following lots of creators that also do, I cannot image the pain I would feel finding out that someone I was inspired by was faking it. Not only does it take that inspiration away it take double that, it’s soul destroying.
Being ‘the perfect sufferers’ that looks great, post often, trauma dumps enough to get sympathy without people getting uncomfortable is a skill these people learn,
Because they don’t have trauma because they don’t need sympathy, so they usually gain a higher following and more support than somebody who actually needs it. If they only knew what it was really like, even for a day.
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I’m so sorry you’re suffering. I will pray for you 🙏🏻.
as a fellow Spoonie, who is also an advocate, i gotta say that's a perfect analysis. very well said.
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Same here. I have mystery illnesses going on and seeing people like Maddie faking it for fame and fortune, it makes it very hard for the real people suffering everyday to get anyone to believe us.
Exactly my feelings. I also suffer for chronic illness. And worst, I’m without treatment (no money), and to see these things is horrible. Really horrible.
I went to highschool with a girl who was just a grade below me, and she died of osteosarcoma the night before her 15th birthday. It hit me SO hard, because I was like “I barely knew her, and now I never will”. Literally with every line in her GoFundMe, I’m like “I could not possibly roll my eyes harder” but then I read the next line and I DO ROLL MY EYES HARDER. She deserves to be followed around by this forever. So inconsiderate.
Yes. My friend's daughter was 12. Devastating. I struggle to make sense of a world where this happens. All our lives were damaged 💔
@@StefanieC11 hope your friend and their family are doing okay 🤍🤍
Thank you for sharing
The people who initially went to the police about her are utter heroes yo
I had stage 3 cancer and have been cancer free for 7 years now! But I have to tell you… this REALLY REALLY ticks me off that someone would even dare fake what almost killed me!!
People today…🤬
As someone who went through chemo at the age of 20 due to having non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, this is the most annoying person on this planet. I hope she gets what she deserves because I went through all that at 20 thinking I’d never have kids never live in a normal life and possibly die, I physically looked like I was on drugs. I lost all of my hair. It was the darkest time of my life and my family’s life but she’s out here pretending to have such disease getting ready every day going to the gym I would spend three days after chemo, hiding in my room, sleeping puking, etc. but still trying to live a normal life while she’s out here getting money from people for a disease. She has no idea about. I hope she gets everything and more that she deserves.
Absolutely agree
Thanks for sharing your story. And I'm so sorry that people think it's okay to fake what you have actually gone through. In fact, that's what makes me the most angry at cancer fakers. It's not the fact that they lied, it's not even the fact they do it to gather sympathy and attention. It's the fact that it's a big kick in the face to people who have actually had to go through it. Cancer fakers, in my opinion, need to be held legally responsible for what they have done.
The gym comment got under my skin as well. After chemo (for breast cancer) I'd be so sick and in pain I would just sleep for days. The thought of even walking across my very small apartment was too much sometimes. I'm so sorry you went through everything you did, and at such a young age.
I can relate to all you said! Non-Hodgkin survivor in my twenties too 💚 Nobody can understand how it feels to go through something like this.
@@blerinamerdani9115 because due to her actions it's going to make it even harder for people to get help. The money she took could have gone to countless families who actually need it. Do you know how much chemo can cost? Not even counting the surgeries and radiation if needed. Cancer isn't somerhinf to fake for attention. When I was diagnosed a girl went around and told everyone I was faking it and that threw me for a whole list of mental trials. It is the worst thing in life to go through and watching her give girls like me false hope of being able to go through cancer but still go to the gym and do basic tasks is so daming. I know there were people who watched her who thought they just went strong enough because she was doing so much better than they were at just basic tasks. I know because I would have thought the same thing if I was watching her tik toks while I was at home just trying to life after chemo I would feel like absolute garbage for not being able to do the same daily tasks she did.
I lost my dad to cancer at 24. Not sure if I'm more offended by her faking cancer or her horrific tan.
Her tan is almost as bad honestly
😂😂😂 thanks for the laugh!
I am also struggling with this one 😂😂😂
The vocal fry is pretty scary also😅
😂😂😂 I couldn’t have said it better myself
As the daughter of a person who died from pancreatic cancer, I felt upset seeing her lack of repentance when she appeared in court, and also with the weak sentence they gave her. It felt like justice was not served, compounding the pain of people losing a loved one to such a devastating disease.
people who do this sicken me. I have cancer and I hide as much as I can from friends and family so they don't get too sad or worried. I don't brag or tell everyone what I'm going through. i can't talk about what I go through on the daily because I don't want attention. so this beyonds pisses me off.
i struggle day to day for money because i don't have much and im still head strong fighting happy with what i have and she stole $33,000+ dollars from people and organizations and would still be stealing if she didn't get caught.
My husband died from stage 4 lung cancer. The last 6 months of his life were brutal with constant trips for radiation and chemo. In between he was so sick he could not get out of bed and became unable to eat. Nothing worked and he passed away. When I watched her talking and smiling about golfing and going about her normal routine without a care in the world I must admit I felt a lot of anger. We did not receive or ask for donations. We did not do cute videos on TikTok but my husband fought. He just didn’t win. I agree that 10 years was too much time, but I think 5 years in jail would have really sent the message that this was not a joke and she was a seriously flawed person who needs to feel some real consequences for her actions!!
I am so sorry you had to go through all the pain you did and then had to be slapped in the face with this girl’s deceit. I lost both of my parents last year, my mama from Alzheimer’s and my daddy from a massive heart attack 4 months later. The pain and helplessness of being a caretaker is brutal and most have to manage without assistance as there is much more need than there are resources. The fact that she took resources away from patients who needed them just makes me furious and I agree that she needed to have deeper consequences than she got. From the bottom of my heart, I wish you healing and peace knowing you did everything possible to make it through the hardest time. ❤
@@foxymama9203 thank you so much.
I’m sorry for your loss!
I’m so sorry for your loss. I can’t imagine the pain you feel watching scammers like her. She should have gotten a real sentence
I am so sorry for your loss :(
Listening to this girl cry in court and constantly say “I” and “my” as she cries and talks about how it is hurting HER and HER family is sick. This chick still doesn’t get it.
That's how I felt listening to her cry in court. She still has absolutely no idea. The fact that she thought it was appropriate to mention how scary the court process was for her - seems very tone deaf considering jail time wasn't even on the table! I have the feeling she has some serious enablers in her life. I think she'll be a Parasite for the rest of her life.
YES! I was hearing the same thing. She's sorry that she got caught. she's "struggled" with what she did because now she's afraid she'll face consequences. Just a horrible, horrible animal she is.
Her reading off a script really sends me. Someone who really goes through this doesn’t need a script to recount the “possibly worst day of their life”
I noticed that in the first few seconds of her video clip
My soul mate died of cancer. What makes me so mad is that she acts like being strong willed and a fighter is why she is doing so good. All the sick ppl who loose hair and struggle just don’t fight hard enough. How dare she.
11:25 you can legit see her looking over at what i’m about 99.99% sure is a script💀
i have been searchinggggg the comments for someone else that thought this was pre-written! shes a loser
Yep, I noticed that too
Right! I saw that. She kept glancing to the right. She probably stole statements from actual cancer patients.
Was about to comment this!
I noticed that... she was so freakin fake, too bad people didn't suspect her and report her earlier.
Retired nurse here. Someone sent me a message, asking me to donate. The picture was the one with feeding tube. I told this person I felt this was someone faking cancer and DO NOT give this person money. Then I got my cancer diagnosis and I got really mad. I have melanoma and am on immunotherapy. A good day is when I can make dinner, do a load of laundry, walk to my local market-one of those things. The saving grace for me is that I live in France and I love the French healthcare system.
Wishing you much luck on your journey ❤ I pray for your complete recovery 🙏❤️
I know how you feel. I have small cell lung cancer stage 4. I 🙏🏻and hope for u that u beat your cancer.
Yes! The "one thing." If it is a good day, I can do "one thing." Sometimes that "one thing" is making a meal, on really good days that "one thing" might be going out for a meal. I have to plan my life so carefully because there is so little energy to go around.
Bonne chance 🖤
Thank you for dedicating part of your life to help others I am currently a nursing student in California , I wish you recover 🫶 sadly there are people who will never understand the meaning of having a life threatening diagnosis.. you deserve to win this battle keep going 🙏
My grandfather passed from pancreatic cancer, let me tell you pancreatic is no freaking joke. It is extremely aggressive, fast moving, and survival rates are very low. Pancreatic cancer patients deteriorate so insanely fast. He didn't even make it a year. Why on earth anyone would do what she did is beyond me. It makes a mockery of others suffering. It truly hurts my heart, I'd do anything to have had more time with him.
As a someone who lost her father to pancreatic cancer, I find this woman disgusting!!!! To have seen my father struggle and, while going through chemo & radiation, say that he was fine because it was the younger people there that he had more concern for because he'd lived a lot of life already. . . She deserves no sympathy & I hope she feels the pain of what she did some day.
I gotta grab my coffee hold on
Bonsoir Tatie kendall j'espère que tu vas bien je suis présente pour cet nouvel épisode merci tu fais un excellent travail bonne journée je t'aime fort maman 😊❤🦄
this is amazing i read this RIGHT as i grabbed my coffee lol
@@katelynjoymoore5008have a nice coffee lol I am drinking mine too rn :)
Same
literally making my cold foam right now before i start😂🥰
If a doctor is going to give you a cancer diagnosis I don’t think they will give you that information over the phone they normally give you that information to you in office
How I received my breast cancer diagnosis: I'd had a biopsy the day before, and the plastic bandage came off, so I went into MyChart to look up the post-procedure instructions, and saw that the pathology report was in. 😬 My obgyn called the next day to tell me my diagnosis and let me know that they were referring me to an oncologist.
@@wideride8320 That's how my mom found out she had thyroid cancer. Sometime in 2020 or 2021, there was a new law passed that any medical results and/or notes made by healthcare providers are uploaded to your chart. The downside to this is that a lot of the time, the patients see their results before their dr even gets a chance to see it.
its her reading her “diagnosis” for me 😗 as a healthcare worker, this sickens me…people do anything for attention now. But faking a chronic illness, is just beyond.
The mental battle that you have when you have a chronic dissease it's so exhausting. Can't believe how she was getting away with it. For me she deserves those 10 years in prision.
I’m an Oncology (Cancer) nurse and this is disgusting to see. My cancer patients are the best population because they are so grateful and appreciative of the little things as much as the big things. It’s so heartbreaking knowing anyone would fake or glorify their conditions as an “aesthetic” to get attention. My goodness, she is disturbed….
She deserves to be in jail. Taking away resources from someone who needs it??? That’s disgusting
Just like any ordinary thief, imo. Right?
I think jail is wayyyy too far, how would that do anything to actually help this situation? not to mention are you willing to justify the up to $100,000 per year of taxpayer money it would cost to incarcerate her?
@@renata-tsekhanovetskayaJail is too far? She should of gotten at least some time. Ten years suspended is just a slap on the wrist. People go to prison for doing less than she did.
@@scottdavidson526 sorry to break it to you, but there are more than 400,000 people currently incarcerated in the United States that have not even been charged with a crime, nor faced trial. and thats not even mentioning people who incarcerated for far more inconsequential things. Let me ask this; do you think those people deserve to be there? Do you think someone should be imprisoned for what they decide to put in their own bodies? I'm curious where you draw the line, and to be honest I'm a bit baffled that you would would really try and unironically make the argument that because people are wrongfully(!!!) imprisoned for less, that justifies this. That argument is so blatantly fallacious it's not even worth taking the time to unpack, because if you can't see how inherently unstable that reasoning is then there's no point in me trying to be reasonable with a force completely devoid of empathy.
@@renata-tsekhanovetskaya wasting your time defending her in MULTIPLE comments, pathetic aren't you?
My Grandma/mom died of pancreatic cancer. 😢 she was only 63 yrs old. We found out in December that she had it and she died May 10th. It took her life in only 5 months. She got sick very very quickly. She was miserable and bloated 😢 she was so so sick 😢it was absolutely devastating. I can’t believe this girl stood beside actual sick patients and pretended to be going through it too 😡😡😡😡
Lost 2 beloved friends to cancer in recent years. Very traumatic to see how they suffered. People who fake it should be locked away. Sickening. My blood is boiling.
Our family runs a nonprofit for families with children going through cancer. Our son is in remission and we are trying to give back with gratitude. The biggest challenge, which I didn’t expect, is the number of people who falsify the application and get defensive when we request proof and clarification. I feel bad for those families who are genuine because we are now forced to question everyone to be sure we are using donations appropriately and following all IRS guidelines to remain a nonprofit.
God bless you Sue. Very sad you even have to do that, this is a sick world! Happy to hear your son is doing better 🩷
i had cancer when i was 13-14 and i had made a friend who had cancer and a girl that she went to school with posted a tiktok with the caption " I wish I had cancer I want gifts and free things." As someone who almost died multiple times it makes. me sick that people fake it and want it for stupid reasons.
I hope you are well now
I have known several people who lost the battle to cancer. They were significantly overweight. Nearing the end, they had hair but was ligh as a feather. Eyes as yellow as the sun. Pain unbearable. Its unbelievably heart wrenching. At times, there is nothing hospitals can do for pain.
First, when you have something as serious as cancer. They dont just call you and tell you. They actually have you come in to discuss everything they found. At least, it's what they did with my dad. He passed away three years ago from stage 4 colon cancer. I miss him so much....he went 2 years looking good until the very end. He got so frail and thin. It was hard to see him look like that. Cancer isn't something people should joke about or use for attention. It's disgusting anyone would.
Once upon a time they didn't give a cancer diagnosis over the phone. Nowadays they definitely do.
My grandpa had throat cancer. He couldn't leave his bed, he couldn't do anything. He loved golfing and did it almost every day but he couldn't do that anymore. He lost all his hair, he loved his hair. He was suffering and was confused sometimes. The only thing that really gave him comfort was watching shows we all used to watch. He wanted to see me be on one since I wanted to become a vet. I remember the last time I saw him, I knew it in my heart it would be the last time. He was a complicated but loving man.
We spread his ashes on the golf course he always went to.
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My grandma had throat cancer and passed as well. It’s a horrible disease. Sending you hugs.
the thing that drives me NUTS about cases like this is like, where was her family? her friends? ANYONE? are you telling me that NO ONE in her personal life suspected anything? did her parents not question this "diagnosis" when she first started? did she seriously have NO FRIENDS who might have thought twice? i really have a hard time believing that nobody in her life noticed, or maybe she's done something like this before and gotten away with it. idk, and obviously i dont know her or her family so its not particularly fair of me to be critical. but i just dont buy that everyone totally believed her the whole time.
Yup 💯 Highly suspicious
THIS!!!! How did nobody call her out
Yes!!! I commented this same thing! How did no one notice? She was posting on social media, giving news articles, etc.
Did the doctor office not know? Her mom? Anyone!!!???? Hello!!!!!!
People like her usually don't have close friends. I am interested to know more about her family/whoever was closest to her and if they suspected anything. There has to be at least ONE person who asked if they could go with her to appointments, see paperwork, etc
Just came here to say the same thing!!! No one noticed that she wasn’t showing an ounce of symptoms from having multiple cancers at once and going through chemo? No one suspected anything when she is running around acting like Wonder Woman?
My mom took biotin and still lost her hair during chemo. This outrages me, as the daughter of someone currently going through cancer I am disappointed with people like this that do this all for attention
My dad was diagnosed just before Christmas, 2006, and he passed on March 11, 2007. I'll never forget all he went through, the pain, the chemo sickness.....my dad, who was Spanish as a first language, reverted back to the mind of a child while on morphine, and that didn't even help his pain. This case makes me so angry.......she mocked all those families, those patients....for whatever reason she did it, and only felt remorse because she got caught. She didn't get enough time. Not nearly enough.
❤❤❤ sending you love from one child of lost parent to cancer to another. My Mom was diagnosed December 11,2018 and passed away February 13,2019.
She should have got a year in prison, plus the fines and repayment. She should also have been ordered to do community service. Her self pity party in court would have had me throwing hands.
My middle son got diagnosed with kidney cancer when he was 3. It was awful. Seeing your child in pain is the worst. 🥺 It pisses me off so much when people fake illnesses. It’s disgusting. Luckily, my son has been in remission for the last 6 years. 💜
I’m so glad he’s in remission ❤❤❤❤
Thank you. 💜
Did he need a transplant ? Or is he currently on one kidney of his own? Im a kidney/ dialyses patient myself.
God bless your son, Prayers for a continued recovery!!!!!❤
Congrats to you and your son! Hoping everyone stays healthy 🤞❤️🩹
As some who lost her mom to cancer shortly after being told she had it, let me say that there are no words in the English language that properly convey how much I despise people who fake having cancer.
girl you always have the coziest setup. i love it and adds more listening to cases
My dad died of cancer June of 2022. He was 54. Im grown, but my 8 year old brother now has to grow up without a father. My daughter will never know her grandpa. He wont walk me down the aisle for my wedding day. I miss him so damn much. F$%# cancer. And omg im literally now hearing her say "idk if ill get married, blah blah blah" makes me SO angry!!!! This girl is such a pos!!
I’m so sorry for your loss
Same here, lost my mom recently at the end of 2023 and my dad a few years ago both to cancer. She deserves the karma coming to her. Sorry for your loss as well.
@@ashleyymarie3699 thank you
@@miaoumaiden sorry for your loss as well!! This girl is sickening and yes definitely deserves the karma she will hopefully receive!!
I'm so sorry for your loss
I lost my mum to cancer on the morning of my 25th birthday. She was a shell of herself. I feel for anyone who has lost a loved one, or is going through it themselves.
I am so sorry for your loss ❤ I lost my mom to cancer when I was 32. I can't imagine losing your mom at 12. Sending you lots of love!!!
I lost my grandpa to colon cancer he died at 55 and this story is very triggering to anyone whose gone through this. A shell of themselves is the best description of the real things they fight everyday. Cancer took him so fast and I miss him everyday. So sorry for your loss❤
sending you so much love i’m so sorry you went through this ❤
I'm so sorry. I lost my mom last June and she was unrecognizable. It haunts me, how much she suffered
Wow. I feel your pain. 23 years old when I lost my mom to cancer-
I’ve always felt my mom sees me & has been with me for instance when I had my children.
God Bless ❤️😊
"This experience has been one of the most difficult things I've had to navigate-" I'm gonna stop you there girl. You know what would be something MORE difficult to navigate in your life?
The woman faking her cancer is clearly reading from a script WTF why would anyone do that!
Its sad that other people get jailed for way less while she just walks out with 3 years of probation. What a mess of a system
Yes! Pisses me off to tell you the truth1
You sure got that right! She’s one lucky white girl.🙄🤮 Also, she was waaaay old enough to know this was a very VERY bad thing to do. If I’d been the judge she would’ve gotten at least 3 yrs of prison time.
Seriously!! People that have weed on them could spend years and years for possession but LYING about having cancer just gets swept under the rug.
Thats literally whats going on with me... 5 years probabation. I get off in January but this stuff always rocks me to the core.. like NO WAY i deserved more time than this person. @michaelavalek2649
It's not that shocking; the system regularly launders money from taxpayers for good causes: housing, environment, racial inequality, supporting victims of war, etc.... and they never use that money for those reasons. Nothing ever happens to them. It's a system that's literally set up for corruption and exploiting good people. It's also a system that demands that YOU give up a significant portion of your paycheque, while they print money flippantly; and use NONE of it for anything good.
i knew a girl in HS who told one of her close friends that she had leukemia. when she was finally called out, her excuse was “i just felt like saying that”. how do you sleep at night lying about that?
to be fair it's highschool. Anyone who has a mental illness or complex that leads to attention seeking behaviors is given a real spotlight in the highschool social circles. Not saying it's right but hopefully she's done some self exploration since then.
Her punishment should be having to actually endure all these treatments she claimed to have gone through.
She's one of those people who loves to hear herself talk. My eyes hurt from all the rolling I cannot stand liars like this. How disgusting
I'm a cancer survivor (uterus) I'm stunned that she didn't get any jail time. So awful for her to do this. She has no idea what a cancer patient goes through, no Manhattan kind of cancer. I'm glad at least that the judge did not agree to wipe her record clean and she's going to live with that for the rest of her life. Thank u Kendall for bringing these cases to us , it's important to know what kind of people are out there. 🙏🏻👍🏻
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I'm a stage 3C ovarian cancer survivor. When I heard about her case I was in the middle of treatment. I stand by what I said then, her punishment should be to have to go through six cycles of taxol, carboplatin, and avastin...at the very least
@@Wendyo630 thank you
@boober4413 totally agree 🙏🏻
I’m only a few minutes in and there’s no way an onco will call and break that kind of news to someone, especially a young adult, they have cancer. No good doctor would ever do that!
I have a type of leukemia, CML, and I had to go into the office and was advised to bring someone with me and then told I have chronic myeloid leukemia.
Hey I just wanted to say keep up the fight! I’m fighting as well right now and I wish you all the best!
I thought exactly the same thing about getting her diagnosis over the phone. My dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and I was with him when the doctor brought us in to give him the diagnosis.
I am so so sorry to hear this. Please keep fighting. Sending you strength and love because I have been there too ❤ Not leukemia but a different type of cancer. As much as this girl SUCKS, I gotta point out that this does happen. My endocrinologist called me on the phone after hours to tell me my pathology results came back cancerous and that he needed me to come in so we can discuss treatment. I really appreciated it actually, since I knew he took the time after the office closed to call me and not make me wait for an appointment.
My gf actually got her results in the app our medical group has, so not a phone call but close enough
Exactly. I was thinking the same thing. Doctors call you and want you to come in to discuss results like this.
This makes me sick. My beautiful sister in law passed away from aggressive cancer 6 months ago at 36. Seeing her battle for 2 years, realizing that she wouldn’t be a mom, see her nieces grow up and live a full life was devastating. She was so incredibly brave and strong but lost her battle in the end. It was the worst day for all of us, seeing her waste away and make peace with death was harrowing and painful. The fact that some person would do this for internet clout and attention is disgusting and disrespectful. I can’t believe someone would do this.
As an Iowan who just lost their mother to cancer, who took care of their mother in stage 4, who took their mother to their appointments at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center AT the UofI Hospital and went through so much and struggled so much, this is absolutely and utterly disgusting.
I don't understand? How did her family not know she didn't have cancer? How did she make speeches and no one verified her medical diagnosis? I'm so so confused.
Right! It just seemed like everyone just allowed her to do this and then when it was brought to light, everyone was like "😱".
My uncle had cancer and he’s in his 60s and someone is always with him at every drs appt ! He never goes alone !! How did her parents not go with her to appts ! If that was my 19 year old daughter I’d be with her during chemo and her appts to get her test results etc ! How on earth did they not realize it and just take her word and not go wit her ! My cousin is also fighting cancer ( my uncles daughter believe it or not ) and she again is never alone at any appt ! We always make sure she has someone with her ! The fact everyone believed her and she was just alone through it all surprises me !
@@alientingz7733 From what I read she was not on good terms with her family.
I lost my mom to cancer when I was 17…. and this just makes me sick. How dare she. I’m not saying that I hope she ends up with cancer, but if she did, it would be poetic AF
energy is real, karma is real. she’ll get hers.
Me too. Their horrible people
I lost my mom in 2021 to cancer and I feel this exact same way.
I lost my dad to cancer when I had just turned 18. I hate liars like her. they dont know the hell cancer patients go through
Poetic justice
I just had my 30 year anniversary for t1d so this is a tough one for me to hear even personally. This disease has robbed me of so much life and it's a terminal illness... without one little hormone it's slow and painful death in a matter of days.
I need financial help god social media mutual aid is both amazing and so frustrating. I think I have to bow out of this video. Sending love.
I’m curious what her family thought …did they go along with it
So NOONE in her circle of family and friends knew she lying?? Such a sad and desperate person!!
I feel like her family had to know..
She didn’t have a problem getting to the tanning bed and the teeth whitening salon.
Pshahahaha true she still had time to spray tan and use those white-strips
The tan is so bad
Right ! It’s bad ! 🤣
Hahaha, my thoughts exactly. and the money , time and energy to play golf.
"teeth withening salon"
i was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia at 12 years old and went through treatment for 10 months, thankfully coming out in remission, and still am. As you said, yes, watching her explain everything truly infuriated me. It blows my mind people can just say things like this and trick everyone.
i went to st ambrose, she got “diagnosed” the same time that my husband actually was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. he passed away just a year later and this story came out and i have genuinely never been more pissed off in my life, especially when she claimed to have had the same cancer as my husband. we have a beautiful daughter who lost her dad at only 8 months of age and here this girl is. i have rage in my heart for people like her.
Oh this girl… 🤣 taping a feeding tube to her nose lmao I can’t.
That and she claimed the feeding tube bag she had held her chemo. No doctor or nurse would dispense chemo drugs into a feeding tube bag.
Girl yes the taping was so off and not even taped correctly. Also the placement of her port is totally off. The dressing is all botched and not a sterile application. As a nurse this totally frustrates me. Like can you imagine being the person to call her BS out on TikTok?
No one ever accused her of being a genius.
She not only lived in my town but also shares my name with no relation… It has even affected my life in a negative way. It’s despicable what she did… so many people suffer with cancer… we all know someone and loved someone that has had to deal with this… I am so glad she’s been held accountable.
Not really, she's on probation. she should be in jail like the common thief she is.
When you said she lied about having ALL my heart broke. One of my friends has sadly passed from this at the young age of 15. And now my grandfather has been battling lung cancer for almost a year and we just got a not so great report. The fact that anyone would do this is terrible! I hope she never has to go through what my friend had and what my grandfather is currently going through. This is truly sick to say the absolute least!
This is so upsetting and infuriating to me. My husband is currently fighting stage 4 brain cancer. I can't imagine what would possess someone to do something like this.
Praying for your husband and your family!!!
@@tammicattron6156 thank you so much