According to the sassy crime victim news correspondent diva, otherwise known as Nancy Grace, 23-year-old Jessica Vega pretended to have terminal cancer so she could attract sympathy from friends, relatives and strangers alike who stepped in to give her a dream wedding - FOR FREE! The rings, the wedding dress and the photos all were donated. The catering hall was heavily discounted, and the (awful) bride and her (dumb as a doornail) groom flew off to their honeymoon in Aruba with donated money, using plane tickets bought by well-wishers.
Apparently, the jig was up when Vega's rocket scientist husband, Michael O'Connell, finally realized that his long-time partner (and mother of his child) didn't appear to be ill.
According to various news sources, a criminal investigation is pending.
So our question to all you Matlock wannabes: What could she be charged with and/or convicted of?
Theft by deception?
ReplyDeleteFraud? And depending upon either the total amount of the donations and gifts (based on fraud), or the totals from individual donors, maybe larceny/grand larceny? Just guessing. wow....would love to get my hands on her to assess her diagnoses!!
ReplyDeleteAggravated Theft (value greater than $10,000). What a whack job!
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