A | DAVENPORT, Iowa -- An Iowa woman who falsely claimed to have cancer and documented her “battle” on social media will stay out of prison after a judge gave her probation and a suspended sentence.Madison Russo, 20, never had pancreatic cancer, leukemia nor the football-sized tumor wrapped around her spine she that claimed in postings on TikTok, GoFundMe, Facebook and LinkedIn. But over 400 people sent her donations. As part of the 10-year suspended sentence handed down Friday, she was ordered to pay $39,000 in restitution and a $1,370 fine. If she stays out of trouble for three years of probation, she'll stay free.The Bettendorf woman pleaded guilty in June to first-degree theft. In court on Friday, Judge John Telleen declined a defense request that would have wiped the conviction off her record if she completes probation successfully. He said people who deal with her in the future should know that she once engaged in a “criminal scheme,” and that “serious crimes must have serious consequences.”“Through this scheme, you deceived your friends, your family, your community, other cancer victims, charities and strangers who were motivated by your supposedly tragic story to donate to help support you,” the judge said.Russo told the court she made her story up because she hoped her fake cancer battle would force her troubled family to focus on her.“A lot of people have made speculation as to why I did this and how somebody who looked like they had everything together could have such a mess,” she said. “I didn't do this for money or greed. I didn't do this for attention. I did this as an attempt to get my family back together.”Her sentence also includes 100 hours of community service. She paid the $39,000 restitution earlier, and the money was being held by the court. GoFundMe has already sent refunds to donors.Her scam unraveled when medical professionals spotted discrepancies in her story online. Police subpoenaed her medical records and found she had never been diagnosed with cancer at any medical facility in the area. She was arrested in January.Scott County prosecutor Kelly Cunningham recommended against prison time because Russo had no criminal history, had good grades in college, was employed and was unlikely to reoffend. That bothered Rhonda Miles, who runs a pancreatic cancer foundation in Nashville, Tennessee, that donated to Russo and testified at the hearing.“It was devastating to sit there and watch the Scott County prosecuting attorney act like a defending attorney, so that was tough,” Miles said. “And I think she’ll have a lot of questions to answer from the locals on that at some point. Why were you defending this girl when you were supposed to be prosecuting?”Russo apologized to the court and her victims, and said she wished she had sought out help regarding her family.“I fully acknowledge what I did was wrong. And I'm incredibly sorry," she said through sobs. "If there was anything I could do to take it back I would. The reality is I can't.”。 「死ぬのが怖い自殺願望って、どういう意味ですか」 SNSで知り合った女子高生と「一緒に自殺する」と約束した男は、裁判官のこの質問に黙り込み、答えることができなかった。【画像】「死ぬのがこわい」…女子高生を樹海に置き去りにして逃げた男の“恥知らずな素顔” 埼玉県内に住む女子高生Aさん(当時17)を’25年6月8日に富士の樹海に誘い出し自殺の手助けをしたとして、未成年者誘拐と自殺幇助の罪に問われていた岐阜県美濃加茂市の無職・覚間悠仁(かくま・ゆうと)被告(22)。
B | 2月13日、さいたま地裁で開かれた判決公判で井下田英樹裁判官は、「被告人の関与が、被害者の自殺の実行に及ぼした影響は大きく、犯行態様は悪質」などとして、「拘禁刑2年4ヵ月(求刑3年)」の実刑判決を言い渡した。
C | 覚間被告は、自身が自殺願望を抱えるようになった理由について、こう述べていた。「高校の頃から自分の容姿や見た目がコンプレックスでした。顔の悩みで、不登校になった時期もあります。自分の容姿が醜いから、認めてもらえないし理解もされないと思っていました。働き始めてからも、苦しかった高校生の頃を思い出して、こんなつらい思いをしてまで、なんで仕事をしてるんだろうと、会社を欠勤したこともあります。
D | そして、生きててもつらい、死んだほうが楽だと考えるようになりました」 過去に飛び降り自殺をしようとしたが、あと一歩が恐くて踏み出せなかった。また、’25年5月にも別の女性と待ち合わせ、自殺しようとしたが、やはりできなかったのだという。それでも、「誰かと一緒なら人生を終えられる」と考えていた覚間被告は、SNSに「一緒に死にませんか」という書き込みを続け、そこで知り合ったのがAさんだった。公判で代理人弁護士が読み上げたAさんの母親の意見陳述書によると、Aさんは小さい頃から他人との距離を上手に取ることができず、生きづらさを抱えているように見えたという。
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