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So her marriage sucked, and she thought a breast augmentation would help mend fences. But 24-year-old Trista Joy Lathern couldn’t afford a boob job, and that’s why she faked having breast cancer to raise some cash.
Yep, the Texas gal told friends and family she needed life-saving cancer treatment — she even shaved her head! — and then she hosted fundraisers (performances by four bands, a raffle, a silent auction and a bake sale) and raked in $10,000 for her cause.
Ironically, medical records show that Lathern did have a breast mass removed in February, but it was benign. Nothing benign about her cancer hoax, though. She’s been arrested for theft by deception, with a bond set at $7,500.
And did she get the bigger boobs before she got caught? Sure did, to the tune of $6,800. Did it fix her marriage? I’m thinking not.
Melissa on 11/10/2009 at 3:44 pm said:
Holy cannoli! That is… [I can't find the right word. All the ones I want to use are so ugly.]
Let’s go with disrespectful and leave it at that.
Tony on 11/13/2009 at 12:45 pm said:
This is just despicable. I’m speechless and sad. As a breast cancer husband and kidney cancer warrior myself, I know damn what I’m talking about. How low or how sick must that woman be to do such a disservice to other (breast) cancer patients, her community and herself?