A newly released video shows the mother of the 6-year-old boy purported to be in a runaway balloon finally acknowledging to authorities it was all a hoax, contrary to her husband's repeated public denials just before reporting to jail.
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The father who pleaded guilty to orchestrating America's balloon boy hoax is to turn himself in to begin serving a 90-day jail sentence Monday following a media blitz in which he said he was innocent.
Richard Heene told The Associated Press that (...)
The balloon boy's supposed life-threatening journey in a runaway balloon riveted the nation for hours. But it will be years before the perpetrators of the October hoax – his parents – can benefit financially from the publicity stunt.
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The Colorado parents of three children could wind up in jail after admitting in court they fabricated a story about their son in a runaway balloon to gain publicity for a possible reality TV show.
Richard Heene appeared before a Larimer County (...)
An associate of the father who allegedly carried out the now-infamous balloon boy hoax to promote a proposed reality show is wanted for questioning after e-mails surfaced showing the two had discussed a similar stunt months ago as part of a public (...)
Deputies searched the home of a couple caught up in Colorado's “balloon boy” saga after the sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in a case that at first sparked fear for the child, then relief he was okay, to suspicions of a hoax.
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