It seemed like an American Cinderella story: when New Jersey resident Kate McClure ran out of gas in a “sketchy” neighborhood in Philadelphia, 35-year-old homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt offered her his last $20 dollars for gas, which he went and fetched for her himself.
McClure and her boyfriend Mark D’Amico responded with a GoFundMe campaign to raise $10,000 so that Bobbitt could get safely through the winter. The story captured the hearts and minds of many readers, and the campaign raised more than $400,000 in Bobbitt’s name. This, however, is where the story gets ugly.
The last update to the GoFundMe page described a plan in concert with Bobbitt’s “lawyer” and “financial adviser” to acquire a home and vehicle for him. However, Bobbitt said he never spoke to a lawyer and only met a financial adviser once. The couple claims to have already spent half the money on him in that time — but their story does not seem to check out.
Rather than putting the money into trusts, as was explicitly stated, the remaining $200,000 is held in one of D’Amico’s savings accounts. While Bobbitt lives under a bridge, McClure has purchased a new BMW and taken vacations to California, Florida, and Las Vegas — all, she claims, on the salary of a receptionist for the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
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10 comments:
F'ing GREED.
It corrupts even the kindest hearts.
Thieving and cheating are usually right around the corner. Lying is always right there.
She should be ashamed, but greed usually plays harder, so shame sits on the sidelines for people like her....
Send her to Afghanistan for a tour.
Anyone surprised? New Jersey scum.
She is ready for a job in Congress, LOL!
I wonder if the Clinton Foundation is hiring?
OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is just downright common. She should be made to live under the bridge and let the homeless man have her job. Somebody should make sure that he gets the remaining money in the boyfriends account. Damn rotten people
She did her internship at the Clinton Foundation that is where she learned this and got her morals too!
more reason to not give to these stupid funding sites! except for the one I established!
UPDATE
They stopped his $ bc he was doing DRUGS.
So 4:49, that gives them the right to keep his money? I say have them put in jail and pay back the guys money.
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