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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The parents who carried out the balloon boy hoax were sentenced to jail Wednesday and given strict probation conditions that forbid them from earning any money from the spectacle for four years.
Originally posted by Agree2Disagree
What kind of sick twisted world do we live in where the drive to be the center of attention is so great that people willingly attempt to fool their fellow humans?
I'm disgusted.
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
forget jail time
send him to the guillotine!
for his own selfish reasons he wasted important state resources and played with the emotions of millions of fathers and mothers showing empathy.
Send him to the guillotine!
Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden announced Sunday that he's seeking charges, including felonies, against Richard Heene and his wife, Mayumi. Alderden said the stunt two weeks in the planning was a marketing ploy by the Heenes, who met in acting school in Hollywood and have appeared on ABC's reality show "Wife Swap."
"We certainly know that there's a conspiracy between the husband and wife, you've probably seen some of the e-mails and some of the things on the Internet suggesting that there may be other conspirators," Alderden said.
Alderden said documents show that a media outlet has agreed to pay money to the Heenes with regard to the balloon incident. Alderden didn't name the media outlet but said it was a show that blurs "the line between entertainment and news."
It wasn't clear whether the deal was signed before or after the alleged hoax, or whether the media outlet was a possible conspirator.
"Let's call it (my statement) short of speculation that a media outlet was in on the hoax, but let's not discount the possibility," he said.
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
forget jail time
send him to the guillotine!
for his own selfish reasons he wasted important state resources and played with the emotions of millions of fathers and mothers showing empathy.
Send him to the guillotine!
If you train a dog to kill you can't kick it everytime it bites a child