A little while back, a Washington woman claimed that
she was attacked by someone who threw acid in her face. We didn’t cover
it because, obviously, that’s not particularly funny. Now, 28-year-old
Bethany Storro outed herself as a liar having made up the attack
(unfortunately, she did acid up her own face, though) and police are
saying her story was always full of holes. So now we’re covering it!
Yay, standards of journalistic coverage.
Vancouver, WA police
commander Maria Schuman told
“Good Morning America”:
But people became suspicious when Storro canceled an appearance with Oprah Winfrey and even more suspicious when several homeless people came forward to a local newspaper and said that Storro was “clearly alone when she dropped to the ground screaming.”
It’s unclear why Storro would do something like this. The obvious guess would be for attention but, in my humble opinion, a cup full of acid isn’t necessarily the greatest way to get attention. I mean Jesus, people have reality shows for making cupcakes or giving parking tickets. You don’t exactly have to reinvent the wheel here, Storro.
At least now we all know throwing acid on your face is a bad idea. No way I could have known that otherwise. Always figured that was all sunshine and rainbows. Burning, disfigured rainbows, but rainbows all the same.
Acid Attack Hoax: Red Flags, But No Motive [ABC News]
Posted by Chris Spags
Vancouver, WA police
commander Maria Schuman told
“Good Morning America”:“Truthfully there were red flags from the beginning. Initially just the manner of the attack, when she’s talking about being splashed in the face with acid and the demarcation, the placement of injuries on her face… the thought that she was wearing sunglasses at 7:30 at night when she normally doesn’t wear sunglasses. Just small things that didn’t quite add up to a picture of normalcy.Storro had initially told the world that a black woman approached her saying, “Hey pretty girl,” then threw a cup of acid in her face.
“Things really weren’t adding up,” she said.
But people became suspicious when Storro canceled an appearance with Oprah Winfrey and even more suspicious when several homeless people came forward to a local newspaper and said that Storro was “clearly alone when she dropped to the ground screaming.”
It’s unclear why Storro would do something like this. The obvious guess would be for attention but, in my humble opinion, a cup full of acid isn’t necessarily the greatest way to get attention. I mean Jesus, people have reality shows for making cupcakes or giving parking tickets. You don’t exactly have to reinvent the wheel here, Storro.
At least now we all know throwing acid on your face is a bad idea. No way I could have known that otherwise. Always figured that was all sunshine and rainbows. Burning, disfigured rainbows, but rainbows all the same.
Acid Attack Hoax: Red Flags, But No Motive [ABC News]
Posted by Chris Spags
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