Wellness blogger will pay more than $ 300 000 penalty for lying cancer healing
'03.10.2017'
Source: The Guardian
Australian Bel Gibson, known throughout the world for her publications and books about healthy lifestyles and proper nutrition, was convicted of lies and fined thousands of US dollars (322 thousands of Australian dollars) for 410 for deliberate deception of her clients and Internet users, writes The Guardian.
The girl lied on her informational blog that she suffered from brain cancer and was successfully cured thanks to alternative therapy and a healthy diet. Among other things, she also "threw" herself three years old to look more solid in the eyes of readers and subscribers.
The judge described Gibson's behavior as “shameless” and awarded a monetary fine. “The girl is obsessively obsessed with her own person,” concluded the doer.
On pages on social networks, in a book and smartphone app, Bel Gibson argued that she was eating right, using the principles of detox diet and leading a healthy lifestyle in combination with alternative cancer treatments - and this is what supposedly helped her to heal. The blogger went to motivational tours, where she lectured in front of an inspired audience and promoted her products. Miraculous healing was observed by hundreds of thousands of people on the Internet and in life.
In fact, the girl never had any cancer. The mythical story aroused the first suspicions when charitable foundations, to which Gibson promised to donate part of the earnings from the sale of books and applications, reported that not a penny from the blogger had been received. The publisher that published the Gibson book has already paid thousands of dollars in a 22 fine.
