A British woman even managed to cheat on her boyfriend by telling melodramatic lies for over four years. Laura McPherson, 35, faked terminal cancer to raise awareness of her partner John Leonard, 44, and get him to pay for the silicone implant surgery he needed after a mastectomy.
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The hoax was so elaborate that Laura even posed for a photo in a hospital bed wearing clothes with the slogan “Breast Cancer Support” written on them to convince her boyfriend that she was undergoing treatment. In testimony, a British court called the plan “cruel and calculated.”
Over the years that he was deceived, John spent approximately £25,000 (approximately R178,000) in treatment and treatment costs related to his illness. One of his most surreal moments was when he gifted Laura a £30,000 Rolex watch to celebrate her “cure” from cancer.
According to British media reports, Laura said she had multiple cancers, including breast, cervical, ovarian and bowel cancer. She even made her daughter believe she was going to die.
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