A homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., was famously seen to give his last $20 to a young woman, Kate McClure, who had run out of gas. Then McClure and her husband, Mark D’Amico, raised $400,000 on GoFundMe by way of thanks, only to end up publicly shamed after only gaving a small portion of the funds to Bobbitt. Authorities now say, though, that it was all a wheeze, the three of them working together from the outset.
In the latest bombshell development, according to a new report authorities believe the entire tale was a ruse conceived by McClure, D’Amico and Bobbitt in a scheme to cash in.
All three are reportedly expected to be charged with conspiracy and theft by deception for working together to concoct the story.
The précis as alleged: they all scammed the media and the public, then the couple scammed Bobbitt, presumably believing he wouldn’t go to the authorities because then everyone gets busted. But he did, and everyone got busted.