The fraud was finally revealed. A TikTok influencer has been forced to apologize after lying about her cancer diagnosis for 8 years. Brittany Miller, 3.5 million subscribers on TikTok, admitted on camera to faking stage 3 stomach cancer which launched her career on the social network in 2017.
Known for her “lifestyle” and “food” content, the 29-year-old young woman has been the center of attention for a week and revelations from The Sun. The British daily published an investigation detailing how she faked her illness to become “a prominent influencer” when she was 21 years old.
“I am lost and confused”
“It wasn’t a long-running scam or manipulation story like we would like people to believe,” Brittany Miller tried to explain to her customers while apologizing. This created disease stems from a “stupid belief” in one of the people he loves so that the person concerned is “very sorry”.
“At the time, I didn’t realize how serious this was, but it is serious,” he said. I was depressed, I had suicidal thoughts, I was lost, I was confused – I lost my partner, I lost my job and there were so many other things that year that contributed to my mental illness. »
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Britanny Miller had been ridding her social media and internet of her lies since 2017 until an old fundraising page claiming she had been diagnosed with stomach cancer resurfaced. He said the fundraising page was set up in his name by a friend. “As soon as I saw there was a donation, I immediately closed the page and I didn’t receive a cent,” he assured.
As reported by the BBC, local police confirmed that an investigation into fraud by false statements had been opened, and Britanny Miller was sentenced to twelve months’ suspended prison sentence in July 2020. According to local media, the young mother had been reported to social services earlier this year for child abuse. Without ever telling the customer.
