Mayumi Heene has come clean to authorities. Heene says she and her husband Richard lied when they said the "Balloon Boy" incident was not a hoax, according to an affidavit obtained by the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
The mother of three told a Larimer County sheriff's investigator the story was created to make their family "more marketable for future media interest." Mayumi also admitted that she and Richard told their sons to lie to investigators and the media.
The mother of three told a Larimer County sheriff's investigator the story was created to make their family "more marketable for future media interest." Mayumi also admitted that she and Richard told their sons to lie to investigators and the media.
- 10/24/2009
- Extra
Turns out mom knew it was "for a show," too. Balloon Boy's mother, Mayumi Heene, has admitted to investigators that the whole "my son flew away" thing was a hoax and that she and her husband, Richard, knew all along that Falcon was asleep at home. "The motive for the fabricated story was to make the Heene family more marketable for future media interest," states the search warrant served on the family's home last week, which was obtained by the Coloradoan. Well, no wonder the local sheriff went from being pretty sure it wasn't a hoax to being pretty damn sure it was. According to the document, Heene told Sheriff's Investigator Robert Heffernan that she and...
- 10/24/2009
- E! Online
The mother of "Balloon Boy," Mayumi Heene, has confessed to lying to authorities and said that the release of the 20-foot Mylar balloon on Oct. 15 was "intentional as a hoax," according to an affidavit obtained by the Fort Collins Coloradoan. In the affidavit sworn out by sheriff's investigator Robert Heffernan, Mayumi Heene said she and her husband knew all along that their son Falcon, 6, was not on board the balloon but rather hiding in their home, and that the motive for the hoax was to make their family "more marketable for future media interest." Even though Mayumi has confessed, her...
- 10/24/2009
- by Vickie Bane
- PEOPLE.com
It looks like Balloon Boy's mother has admitted what everyone has suspected all along: That the October 15 panic over six-year-old Falcon Heene was a staged publicity stunt. Mayumi and Richard Heene garnered worldwide attention when they claimed that Falcon was trapped in a 20-foot Mylar balloon that had been inadvertently released and was flying high above Colorado. (The boy was eventually found in the attic of the family's garage.) But now People magazine reports that Mayumi has admitted in an affidavit sworn out by sheriff's investigator Robert Heffernan that they knew all along that Falcon was not aboard the balloon, and...
- 10/24/2009
- by Celebuzz
- Celebuzz.com
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