A wellness blogger who lied that she has the cure for cancer and was selling natural remedies has been sentenced by a court.
Wellness blogger, Belle Gibson
A Court in Australia on Wednesday found a wellness blogger, Belle
Gibson, guilty of deceiving and misleading people on using natural
remedies and nutrition to cure cancer.
The disgraced health personality, who made tens of thousands of
dollars selling books and a mobile app about her miraculous recovery,
was taken to court by Consumer Affairs Victoria after it was revealed
that she never had the disease.
Justice Debra Mortimer said during the judgment that Gibson, 25, may have “remained under some kind of delusion that she had cancer.”
“She may have had other psychological or psychiatric issues.
“Those possibilities are reasonably open on the evidence. I am not persuaded on the evidence she was acting unconscionably,’’ Mortimer said.
However, the judge also found Gibson guilty of using vulnerable
groups, including a terminally ill five-year-old, and engaging in
misleading or deceptive commerce to sell her wellness products and boost
her own image and success.
Gibson had promised “a large part” of everything her company earned would be donated to charities.
“Gibson’s company, between 2013 and 2015, earned 420,000 Australian
dollars (318,000 dollars) from sales of the app and the book and of
this figure, but only 10,000 dollars was donated.
“(Gibson) deliberately played on the genuine desire of members of the Australian community to help those less fortunate,’’ Mortimer said.
Gibson had claimed that she cured her cancer with Ayurvedic medicine, oxygen therapy and a gluten and sugar-free diet.
She has been absent from court since case was brought against her in 2016, with no lawyers representing her.
Consumer Affairs Victoria is seeking for Gibson to pay a fine and publish an apology in newspapers acknowledging she lied.
However, the penalties for her misconduct will be handed down at a later date.
Concerned citizens have taken to twitters to condemn Gibson.
Baron of Burleigh @BoyfromBurleigh twitted on Wednesday that, “Belle Gibson gave false hope to thousands of cancer sufferers with lies and deceit. Jail the piece of dog shit”.
“Belle Gibson would never have had so much impact if her miraculous claims were reported responsibly (or not at all)," another Dr Darren Saunders, said.
-dpa/NAN
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