Having become famous all over the world for having survived cancer, she has just been condemned for having deceived public opinion.
An Australian blogger who had wrongly claimed to have suffered from brain cancer and to have survived it thanks to natural therapies was sentenced Thursday, September 28, to a fine of 275,000 euros.
The Melbourne Federal Court ruled that Belle Gibson had deceived public opinion when she published a best-selling cookery book and smartphone app in 2013.
After reaching fame thanks to the story of her alleged victory against her brain cancer, Belle Gibson, 25, published a best-selling cookery book in 2013. “The Whole Pantry” featured 80 mostly plant-based recipes inspired by his alleged battle with disease.
A great success story … completely false
The Australian blogger explained that she used natural therapies, Ayurvedic medicine, for example, and followed a diet free of gluten and refined sugar to overcome the disease. A great Australian success story that collapsed in 2015.
That year, the young woman confess in The Australian Women’s Weekly to have lied and never to have been ill. It also emerged that she did not donate as promised to charities.
She was fined AU $ 410,000 after earning around AU $ 420,000 in income from her book and social media activities.
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