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A photo of last month's Mark D & # 39; Amico, left, and Kate McClure speaking with host Megyn Kelly on Megyn Kelly today, At New York.
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A photo of last month's Mark D & # 39; Amico, left, and Kate McClure speaking with host Megyn Kelly on Megyn Kelly today, At New York.
Nathan Congleton / AP
The New Jersey police raided the home of a couple who raised $ 400,000 in online donations for a homeless person but who are now charged with stealing most of the proceeds .
The Burlington County Attorney's Office and the Florence Township Police executed a search warrant in Florence, New Jersey, home of Katelyn McClure and Mark D'Amico, according to local media reports.
The story has attracted national and even international attention. It begins last October, when McClure ran out of gas on a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia. A homeless person, John Bobbitt, approached her and offered her help – going to a gas station and spending her last $ 20 to buy gasoline, so that McClure can go home to New Jersey.
As Vanessa Romo of NPR wrote earlier this week, "In thanks, McClure and Mark d'Amico launched a GoFundMe campaign that went viral and received more than 14,000 donations totaling $ 402,706. Bobbitt a house and his dream car – a 1999 Ford Ranger. "
The seemingly comforting story gave rise to highly publicized television appearances for Bobbitt, McClure and Amico and even to an interview on the BBC.
However, Chris Fallon, a Bobbitt lawyer, says that instead of a house, McClure and Amico bought a trailer from his home that was registered under the McClure name and parked it on his family's land. Fallon says that since then online donations have disappeared.
Bobbitt – apparently an army veteran struggling with addiction issues – filed a lawsuit against the couple, claiming that they were using GoFundMe campaign money as a "personal piggy bank" to finance a lifestyle Press.
The AP writes: "In court Wednesday, the couple's lawyer said Bobbitt had received about $ 200,000." But Bobbitt's lawyer said he had not received only $ 75,000, including a camper and a 1999 Ford Ranger. "
On Thursday, a judge presiding over Bobbitt's trial ordered McClure and Amico to make written depositions next week, taking into account the money they collected on Bobbitt's behalf.
The judge also ordered the couple to appear in court next week.
WVPI, ABC's television affiliate in Philadelphia, reports that a lawyer from McClure and Amico has attempted to assert a Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination for its clients.
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