Posted by Carl R. Manley on September 30, 2010 at 1:45am
When I first heard about this story I shook my head in disbelief at how can a woman do this to her own skin. It's bad enough we people with vitiligo have to deal with people steering at us because of our skin, but to deliberately throw acid on your face to disfigure it is way beyond comprehension and she claims it was a failed suicide attempt but if that was the case why didn't she just drink the acid instead of pouring it on herself and I hate hearing about stories like this because when people lie and blame it on a person of color it makes the story more tragic. I hate when people committ crimes and want to blame it on others especially black people because there's already to much racism in this country anyway without people like her making the situation even worse
Woman pleads not guilty in acid attack hoax case
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- Her face was red and blotchy but largely unbandaged as a 28-year-old Vancouver woman appeared in court to plead not guilty to charges arising from her false claim that a stranger splashed acid in her face.
Bethany Storro has confessed that she made up the story about the facial burns she suffered Aug. 30. She's since said she put drain cleaner on her face trying to kill herself.
Her court appearance was the first time she'd been in public since a hospital press conference Sept. 1 when her head was covered with bandaging. On Wednesday, she had one small bandage on her nose.
Storro faces theft charges. Prosecutors say she spent part of the money donated to cover her medical bills.
Deputy Prosecutor Tony Golik says she accepted donations for help with facial burns she suffered Aug. 30. Police say she later admitted putting drain cleaner on her face.
Court records indicate Storro spent about $1,500 of the nearly $28,000 donated. Storro's parents have said the money will be returned.
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This story disturbs me on so many levels! I have battled with self-injury for a long time so I could relate if that were the case with her but I don't quite buy her story.
They reported that she had a laser facial peel two weeks before the "suicide attempt." With the money provided from donations, she paid off that bill for the laser peel, paid for dinners, train tickets and various shopping sprees. Certainly not behavior of a person who has just attempted suicide.
I think that she probably wanted another facial peel, couldn't afford it and decided to attempt one herself. That obviously didn't work out and everything from then on out has been a lie to cover up the previous one.
Wow looking at how beautiful this woman's skin complexion was I'm still shaking my head over this and why would she want to purposely destroy that beautiful complexion
I'm with ya.... You wonder how someone can hurt or disfigure themselves like that. Obviously, there are underlying problems with this woman. And to blame someone else, that's pitiful....
Hey Chris if this woman really had mental issues she would of threw it in her face without the glasses to protect her eyes so by her using eyeware to protect her vision that told me there was some sort of sanity involved in this situation
Some people just don't know how good they have it, huh?
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that there's some accompanying mental illness. My money is on munchausen...
That said, I hope she's happy. I'd love to have her complexion and would buy that complexion only the fanciest face creams! I'd spoil that skin rotten and read it bedtime stories, too. Heiresses across the globe would weep when they knew what a charmed life I'd provided for that skin :-)
When I think about how my own face looks with this vitiligo on it, this story saddens me because she intentionally did it, but is she really crazy because the investigators said she bought a pair of sunglasses before doing this to herself so that told me that she was not really all that crazy because she protected her eyes and since she claim she was trying to committ suicide why didn't she just drink the acid instead of pouring it on her skin this whole story upsets me because first of all she lied and said a black woman did this too her and it's bad enough that we have all this racism in the world without somebody making the problem even worse
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They reported that she had a laser facial peel two weeks before the "suicide attempt." With the money provided from donations, she paid off that bill for the laser peel, paid for dinners, train tickets and various shopping sprees. Certainly not behavior of a person who has just attempted suicide.
I think that she probably wanted another facial peel, couldn't afford it and decided to attempt one herself. That obviously didn't work out and everything from then on out has been a lie to cover up the previous one.
This story reminded me of Hang Mioku.
Wow looking at how beautiful this woman's skin complexion was I'm still shaking my head over this and why would she want to purposely destroy that beautiful complexion
Hey Chris if this woman really had mental issues she would of threw it in her face without the glasses to protect her eyes so by her using eyeware to protect her vision that told me there was some sort of sanity involved in this situation
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that there's some accompanying mental illness. My money is on munchausen...
That said, I hope she's happy. I'd love to have her complexion and would buy that complexion only the fanciest face creams! I'd spoil that skin rotten and read it bedtime stories, too. Heiresses across the globe would weep when they knew what a charmed life I'd provided for that skin :-)
carl, people are crazy and are usually looking for a scapegoat for problems they create for themselves.
When I think about how my own face looks with this vitiligo on it, this story saddens me because she intentionally did it, but is she really crazy because the investigators said she bought a pair of sunglasses before doing this to herself so that told me that she was not really all that crazy because she protected her eyes and since she claim she was trying to committ suicide why didn't she just drink the acid instead of pouring it on her skin this whole story upsets me because first of all she lied and said a black woman did this too her and it's bad enough that we have all this racism in the world without somebody making the problem even worse