A former Pennsylvania beauty queen accused of faking leukemia to benefit from fundraisers has apologized and promised to pay all the money back.
23-year-old Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates of Bellefonte (Center County) recently waived her preliminary hearing. Police believe Weaver-Gates benefitted from at least four fundraisers, including an event in April that raised $14,000.
She is a former Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International pageant winner. She allegedly told people, including her family, that she was diagnosed with cancer. Court documents allege she even went as far as having relatives drive her to John Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.
Weaver-Gates’ attorney says her client feels “liberated from the lies she’s been living” and that she’s “truly sorry.”
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