The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Generous Texans are feeling duped and angry after it came to light that a woman who solicited over $10K in donations to treat her breast cancer used the funds to upgrade her healthy breasts. Trista Joy Lathern, 24, shaved her head to further the scam, but investigators say she never suffered from cancer in the first [...]
Mizozo (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
I have heard about women doing a lot weird stuff to get money for breast implants, but this one tops the list. 24-year-old Trista Joy Lathern claimed that she had breast cancer and no health coverage to pay for the treatment. In August she held a all-day benefit organized to raise funds at Wacos Hog Creek Icehouse Saloon where move than 100 people showed up. She collected around $10,000,...
The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Count Trista Joy Lathern’s husband and co-workers among those who now feel misled and betrayed by her alleged pretense that she had breast cancer and was undergoing the rigors of chemotherapy.
The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Authorities say a Robinson woman told them she lied about having breast cancer and then spent $10,000 raised for her at a charitable benefit on breast implants in an attempt to save her failing marriage.McLennan County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested 24-year-old Trista Joy Lathern on Wednesday on state jail felony theft by deception charges. She remains free on $7,500 bail after...
