Patterico's Pontifications

11/13/2009

It’s Come to This

Filed under: Crime — DRJ @ 1:02 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

A Texas woman is accused of pretending to have cancer in order to raise money for breast implants:

“A Texas woman lied about having breast cancer and spent $10,000 raised at a benefit to have her breasts enlarged, authorities said.

McLennan County sheriff’s investigator James Pack said in court records obtained by the Waco Tribune-Herald that 24-year-old Trista Joy Lathern shaved her head to look like a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. She was arrested Nov. 4 and is charged with theft by deception.

Pack said Lathern, formerly of Robinson, wanted breast implants to try to save her seven-month marriage. Her husband, William Lathern, filed for an annulment the day she was arrested.”

Lathern and her husband have two young sons, and he was apparently unaware of any fraud. It appears her co-workers were similarly misled when they gave up vacation time so Lathern would have time off for chemotherapy.

However, a local spokeswoman for Susan G. Komen for the Cure said “she hoped the case would make donors more aware” before they donate their time and money. How sad that the lesson she learned is not to trust people. I’ll remember that the next time the Susan G. Komen Foundation asks me for a donation.

— DRJ

28 Responses to “It’s Come to This”

  1. This post loses its punch without a high-def pic of the subject matter.

    JD (dc4402)

  2. Yes, but it was lying for a good cause.

    Jeffersonian (5363b6)

  3. I am surprised that she didn’t try the obama defense.

    Obama claims that if you merely got a raise under the stimulus, your job was saved.

    So by the same argument her breasts were saved, right?

    A.W. (e7d72e)

  4. This post loses its punch without a high-def pic of the subject matter.

    Comment by JD — 11/13/2009 @ 1:36 pm
    O come on, JD. Don’t be like that. Don’t go there. Come.on.
    Ditto that!
    I find the post most hilarious. They should make a movie out of this.

    The Emperor (82e13a)

  5. High-def pic of the subject matter.

    m (b9acf0)

  6. I love her.

    happyfeet (71f55e)

  7. I love her.

    Comment by happyfeet — 11/13/2009 @ 2:15 pm

    Me too.
    And come to think of it, I think the real culprit here is her husband. It was his demand for huge breasts that led her into this love-crime. She did this for love, yes? Poor woman was just trying to save her marriage. LOL!!!

    The Emperor (82e13a)

  8. I need eye bleach. You cannot unsee some things. Like that KSM hairshirt photo.

    JD (7b3948)

  9. yes. she was driven by her passion, clearly.

    happyfeet (71f55e)

  10. oh. that would be a picture. She has a long long road ahead of her.

    happyfeet (71f55e)

  11. I can understand why the husband wanted ‘something’ out of this marriage.

    What a dish, NOT!

    Andy (b63f79)

  12. This just proves, once again, that we need health care reform, so that the taxpayers ObamaCare can buy her new boobs!

    The very liberal Dana (474dfc)

  13. ..and exactly how many marriages have been saved by implants?

    Dana (e9ba20)

  14. Just think of the number of marriages created or saved by fake boobies.

    JD (43c16b)

  15. Heh. Are we using Obama accounting practices or regular accounting?

    DRJ (dee47d)

  16. JD @ 3:55 p.m.,

    I would need stats to verify that, JD; and exactly what is the percentage of husbands that are suggesting that implants would be the saving force of their troubled marriages vs. wives suggesting it? (Of course none of this would in any way excuse the extraordinary stupidity and/or desperation of wives who believe this line of crap!)

    Dana (e9ba20)

  17. I know several women that bought bolt-on’s. Though their husbands most certainly do not mind, it was also most certainly their wives’ idea. I contend fake boobies have created or saved 125,000,000 marriages, by the current generally accepted accounting practices. Stimulus paired.

    JD (43c16b)

  18. I so am going to get skulled with a stilleto.

    JD (43c16b)

  19. Just look at her. You can see low-self-esteem written all over her. The breast job wouldn’t have been enough.

    The Emperor (82e13a)

  20. Duck and cover, JD!

    *Thwack*!

    I’m seriously challenging your 125,000, too. Must be that new Pelosian math…

    Dana (e9ba20)

  21. Dana – I said 125,000,000. Fake boobies are going to be responsible for world piece, one pair at a time.

    JD (43c16b)

  22. Didn’t she play Toad in American Graffiti?

    Matador (e01f85)

  23. I am going to tell 2 stories on this topic that generally reflect poorly on me … My best friend’s wife has a pair of ginormous bolt-on’s. I do not want to disrespect my Better Half, nor my best friend, and since I cannot help but stare at those prominently displayed chest-missiles, I try to not talk to her. She thinks I do not like her.

    A girl once told me “my eyes are up here”, to which I responded “your fake boobies are down there”.

    I am flawed.

    JD (43c16b)

  24. KSM didn’t get a v-neck.

    m (b9acf0)

  25. boobies. I remember boobies from earlier this week. These ones I think you call them stupendous. Also this is the most awesomest video that can be made using the video technology of our time it’s almost magical how much is going on in this video.

    happyfeet (b919e7)

  26. Well, we know that fake boobs are necessary. When Captain Janeway and the USS Voyager rescued Seven of Nine, the captain had the doctor remove all of Seven’s Borg implants that could be safely removed. It was obvious in both that episode and the whole rest of that sorry series that the doctor deliberately left two of Seven’s Borg implants in place. Clearly, they were necessary for her health.

    The Star Trek fan Dana (474dfc)

  27. Yes, hap, but no boobies.

    I was also very disappointed in that link to the perp. At least they could show the scene of the crime.

    Well, I have my memories. You’d think after seeing thousands of them as a doctor it would be a turnoff but there is a difference. Sort like a Ford and a Bugatti. Even auto mechanics like Bugatties.

    MIke K (2cf494)

  28. oh. You have to wait a bit for the boobies but they both kind of just jump out at you if you hang in there. I think they might be Austrian ones.

    happyfeet (b919e7)


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