A Chattered Instagram -influencer responsible for shaking Australia Online Wellness Community by paddling Fraudulent claims cause renewed indignation after a decade of evasive authorities.
Belle Gibson Avoid criminal prosecution After pushing fraudulent claims on its online health blog, resulting in one of the most productive scams of Australia and generated anger of the public and victims of the scam.
The Australian Wellness Blogger is the newest subject of Netflix’s dramatic limited series “Apple cider vinegar.”
The series follows the journey of 26-year-old from single motherhood to international fame in 2013 while describing her diagnosis with terminal brain cancer, sharing updates with viewers and finally announced her recovery of the deadly tumor.
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Belle Gibson will arrive at the federal court in Melbourne, Australia on 14 May 2019. (David Crosling/AAP image via AP)
She used her success story to push her recipes -app and cookbook, “the hole pantry”, with 200,000 Apple Store Downloads In a month. Gibson promised buyers that part of the proceeds would be served to a charity and the family of a child with cancer.
In 2015, the Instagram star set a stunningly reversed, admitted that she had never been diagnosed with the terminal disease and essentially exposed herself as a fraud for her fans.
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Two years later, Victoria in the consumer of Australia Discovered that only 2% of the profit was served and established that Gibson had violated the Consumer Act. The federal court in the country ordered Gibson to pay the remaining 410,000 Australian dollars – or $ 261,000 – and to limit it to do extra health claims.
In a letter to the court, Gibson admitted that he was unemployed, in debt and was unable to pay. According to Australian law, Gibson cannot refuse to pay on the basis of its financial situation, and a judicial order can allow authorities to take additional measures to obtain the money.
Eight years later, the authorities still try to collect the fines – and potential interest – from Gibson, but did not confirm whether money had been recovered.
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Belle Gibson will arrive at the federal court in Melbourne, Australia on 20 June 2019. (David Crosling/AAP image via AP)
“Consumer Affairs Victoria has continued to take actions to maintain the debt that Annabelle Natalie Gibson (Belle Gibson) under judicial order,” the agency said to Fox News Digital.
Gibson did not immediately respond to FOX News Digital’s request for comments.
Although Gibson does not yet have to be held fully responsible for her actions, her scams have had consequences in Australia.
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In 2022, Government officials Rewrited the country’s code with regard to therapeutic health claims after public protest with regard to the consequences of the false claims of Gibson.
Anyone who conflicts with the new guidelines can experience millions of dollars in fines, and people with health expertise cannot endorse companies those goods kick to consumers. Paid testimonials for related products are also prohibited.
“We will not give up and we want justice for the affected,” a Victorian government spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
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Belle Gibson used her popular Instagram account to kick her false claims about how her healthy lifestyle made her fake cancer diagnosis. (Istock)
The dramatic series, called a “true-like story, based on a lie”, did not premiere without controversy. Although online communities have praised its display of harmful welfare culture, others believe that the show is too close to home.
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A man from Queensland, Col Ainscough, lost his wife and daughter – a wellness -influencer – to cancer And believes that the show uses fictional characters to portray his family and to issue an explanation that condemns production.
The show was “insensitive and clearly profit -driven,” said Ainscough.
Netflix did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comments.
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Although the real story of the scam of Gibson still has to achieve a definitive resolution, the Australian authorities claim that they still pursue justice a decade later.
“Behind the recent dramatization of the actions of Mrs. Gibson (are) a very real and long track of companies and individuals that are injured and scammed,” said a spokesperson for the Victorian government in a statement to Fox News Digital. “We will not give up and we want justice for the affected. The fine will not expire and Mrs. Gibson will be pursued by the relevant agencies.”
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
