Ballon Boy Parents Foiled by Police, Will Face Criminal Charges
Oct 18, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News,Weird But True | Tags: Parents of the Year
Surprise, surprise: Authorities plan to file charges against Balloon Boy’s parents for staging the whole “Our Son May Be Stuck in a Homemade Flying Saucer!” routine.
The “a-ha!” moment that led authorities — and the rest of the world with any semblance of common sense — to realize what had happened was when CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked the six-year-old boy why he had not come out from hiding when they called his name.
“You guys said we did this for the show,” the boy responded.
Promptly followed by a loud THUD! when his father’s heart dropped.
On Sunday, Sheriff Jim Alderden called the incident a “hoax,” adding that investigators believe the evidence indicates that “it was a publicity stunt” by the family in hopes of “better marketing themselves for a reality television show at some point in the future.”
Couldn’t they get a show by going the more traditional route: by just popping out another five kids? Geesh.
The parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, met in a Hollywood acting school and “put on a very good show for us,” Alderden said. Charges could include conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, making a false report to authorities, attempting to influence a public servant, and sticking their child with a VERY unfortunate nickname for the rest of his life.
Eize
says:
Busted!
October 19th, 2009 at 3:34 am -Amy
says:
I am hoping it was not a hoax, because that would be a twisted thing for the parents to do.
October 19th, 2009 at 1:04 pm -Michael C
says:
It’s odd that we’ve all been calling him “Balloon Boy”.
He was never in the balloon, hmmm attic boy perhaps. Vomit boy would be better!
October 19th, 2009 at 11:51 pm -