Last night on 20/20 they had a special report called "Debt Collectors gone Wild!" Well, read this and tell me that debtor's don't lie, swear and scream at debt collectors who do a good job and follow the law. (I can absolutely attest to wild, terrible debtors!)
January 19, 2007
Today in Lying Authors!
Another author lying, but this time not on paper? Hm. Maybe it's time for a return to fiction?
Dawn Annandale, the author of Call Me Elizabeth, a "true story" of a mother who turned to prostitution, has admitted lying about allegations of rape and wasting police time in court.
The 39-year-old bestselling author could face a prison sentence when she returns to Folkestone magistrates' court next month.
The court heard that she told police an intruder had broken into her home at Lyminge, near Folkestone in Kent, and raped her on 14 March last year. She believed that the accusation might delay a £35,000 debt collection court hearing against her three days later.
Scary how we can hang the debt collectors, and not even show the other side of the story.
» Woman burned herself alive to end debt from BizCreditPolicy
I thought the story I recently read and posted about a woman claiming she was raped to get out of a debt when she wasn't raped was bad, and then today I received this story in my mailbox. The headline... [Read More]
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