Hannah Montana tix lost over fake essay

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.local6.com/entertainment/14944202/detail.html

GARLAND, Texas -- A 6-year-old girl who won four tickets to a Hannah Montana concert with an essay that falsely claimed her father died in Iraq won't be going to the show after all.

The contest's sponsor, Club Libby Lu, withdrew the prize on Saturday and awarded it to another unnamed winner.

"With this decision, we hope to revive the intended spirit of the contest, which was designed to make a little girl's holidays extra special," Club Libby Lu chief executive Mary Drolet said in a statement Saturday.

The girl had submitted an essay that began: "My daddy died this year in Iraq." But Club Libby Lu said the girl's mother has admitted that the story was a lie.

Well, at least there's some justice in this world. I hope the mother gets charged with fraud.

[formerrepuke]

1. A 6 year-old girl learns her mom is a lying scumbag..... poor thing.

[Blue Diadem]

2. I feel bad for that child.

It's so obvious that Mom coached that child to write that. What 6 yr old would come up with such a story on their own? I've heard and read a couple different things with this story. One is that the Mom is claiming she never told the contest officials it was a true story, that when they asked if it was true, she said no it's not true. Then in this article, she even gave them a name of a soldier and the location and date when he died?!

Awful..just awful.