The photo that fooled thousands: How sports 星／主役にする 偽のd having 癌 by sticking iPhone wire up his NOSE to 反対／詐欺 wellwishers

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One of Ireland's most renowned sports 星／主役にするs has pleaded 有罪の to pretending to have 癌 to induce people to give him money - and it all centres on a photograph that fooled thousands.?

DJ Carey, who is 広範囲にわたって recognised as one of the greatest 投手s of all time, pleaded 有罪の to 10 counts at the 回路・連盟 法廷，裁判所 in Dublin's 犯罪の 法廷，裁判所s of 司法（官） on Wednesday.?

億万長者 Denis O'Brien is の中で several people who gave the ex-Kilkenny sportsman money after he fraudulently （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he needed to 基金 癌 治療.

Carey, 54, is one of the most acclaimed 人物／姿／数字s in GAA history, having won five All-Ireland 肩書を与えるs and nine All-星／主役にする awards.?

When he retired from の間の-郡 投げつけるing in 2006, he was あられ／賞賛するd as an 'idol' for young players and a legend of the game.

Since his 有罪の 嘆願, a photograph of the former 星／主役にする has resurfaced on social マスコミ, appearing to show him lying in a hospital bed.?

The image, thought to have been sent to his 犠牲者s, shows Carey with 'tubes' up his nose - which, on closer 査察, seems to be an iPhone cable taped to his 直面する.?

Carey was said to have induced his 犠牲者s to make a 通貨の 支払い（額） to him between 2014 and 2022 after fraudulently （人命などを）奪う，主張するing to have 癌 and 説 he needed 財政／金融s to 得る 治療.

A photograph of DJ Carey, as shown on the Crimeworld podcast, appearing to show the former 投げつけるing 星／主役にする with an iPhone cable up his nose

After retiring from the sport in 2006, Carey enjoyed celebrity status. Pictured with Tess Daly in 2005

In relation to Mr O'Brien, he was 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with inducing him to make a 支払い（額） to him between January 2014 and late 2022.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard from Carey's defence team that while 癌 was referred to in the 起訴，告発, Carey 'does have very 本物の health 条件s' and 要求するd 外科 for a heart 条件 last year.

The 法廷，裁判所 heard he needs to …に出席する check-ups periodically and that 証拠 from his 外科医s can be 供給するd.

The 嘆願 is a remarkable 落ちる from grace from Carey - who enjoyed a celebrity-esque status after retiring from 投げつけるing in 2006.?

In a 上級の の間の-郡 career that lasted for 15 years, he won five All-Ireland メダルs and his 一致する of 34 goals and 195 points from 57 選手権 games 示すs him out as one of the 最高の，を越す scorers in the history of the game.

In a 最近の episode of the?罪，犯罪 World podcast, he wa s 述べるd as the 'Maradona [referring to footballer Diego Maradona] of 投げつけるing' - one of Ireland's native Gaelic games played outside with a stick (hurley) and ball (sliotar).?

Former Kilkenny 投手 DJ Carey arrives at the 犯罪の 法廷，裁判所s of 司法（官） in Dublin on Wednesday where he is 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with inducing people to 支払う／賃金 him money after fraudulently （人命などを）奪う，主張するing to have 癌

Carey, 54, is one of the most acclaimed 人物／姿／数字s in GAA history, having won five All-Ireland 肩書を与えるs and nine All-星／主役にする awards (pictured in 2000)

One of Carey's 犠牲者s 含むd Irish 実業家 Denis O'Brien (pictured in 2018)

DJ Carey with his sons Sean and Mikey in November 2013

伝説の 投手 DJ Carey (left) of Kilkenny and Australia captain Ricky Ponting (権利) during a マスコミ event at Croke Park, Dublin, 2010

But his history of 財政上の struggle has been 井戸／弁護士席 文書d as 連合した Irish Banks 安全な・保証するd an 初期の 負債 返済 法廷，裁判所 order for about £7.3million in May 2011.?

Carey settled his 負債 with AIB in 2018 in a 解決／入植地 that 減ずるd his?負債 of over ?9.5 million to ?60,000 - just 0.63 per cent of the 量 初めは 借りがあるd.?

In 2015, speaking on RTE's Ray D'Arcy 無線で通信する show, Carey said: 'I am not one of those who would say 'I don't care' about 返すing 負債.'

'You borrow money, it should be paid 支援する,' he said, 追加するing that 'to whatever extent that can be, I would still be conscious it has to be done'.

Carey 's family members are also 井戸／弁護士席-known in the world of Irish sport.?

His sister, Catriona,?was a member of the Ireland women's field ホッケー team and the Kilkenny 上級の camogie team.?

一方／合間 his brother ツバメ was also a member of the Kilkenny 投げつけるing パネル盤 as the 代用品，人 goalkeeper.?

Carey had appeared in 法廷，裁判所 in late 2023 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 21 counts under the 窃盗 and 詐欺 Offences 行為／法令／行動する, at which point a four-week 裁判，公判 was 推定する／予想するd to take place this year.

On Wednesday, he arrived at 刑事裁判所s of 司法（官） where he was 予定 to stand 裁判，公判 on deception 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s at the Dublin 回路・連盟 刑事裁判所.?

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD sits with DJ Carey at the photocall to 開始する，打ち上げる Happy Heart Week-end in 2006

Instead, 起訴するing counsel Dominic McGinn told the 法廷，裁判所 that a 陪審／陪審員団 would not be 要求するd as Mr Carey would be entering 有罪の 嘆願s.?

A 宣告，判決ing date has been 始める，決める for Wednesday October 29 and Carey was 再拘留（者）d on 保釈（金） until then.?

Shockingly, Carey is not the only 癌 faker, a fraudster who lies about having the illness to scam 基金s from 関心d 支持者s, to have come from famous origin.?

In 事例／患者s that have 原因（となる）d shock and 乱暴／暴力を加える around the world, the 反対／詐欺 artists with public 壇・綱領・公約s have later been exposed for lying about having the sickness.?

One of the most renowned 事例／患者s 含むs influencer Belle Gibson, who rose to?prominence in 2012 as a self-布告するd health guru who had 'cured' her own brain 癌 through healthy eating, clean living and '肯定的な thinking'.

Within a year, her inspirational Instagram account @healing_belle had amassed thousands of 信奉者s, many of them 希望に満ちた 癌 苦しんでいる人s, who would go on to download her wellness app, The Whole Pantry, and buy her cookbook of the same 指名する.

Gibson (pictured) （人命などを）奪う，主張するd she had undergone 伝統的な 癌 治療s 含むing chemotherapy and 放射線療法 before abandoning modern 薬／医学 to follow a programme of clean eating instead

Throughout it all, Gibson （人命などを）奪う，主張するd her 収入s ? 報道によれば more than $1 million - would be 寄付するd to さまざまな 癌 charities.?

But there was one big problem: Gibson never had 癌, and 結局 her empire （機の）カム 衝突，墜落ing 負かす／撃墜する after two Australian 新聞記者／雑誌記者s discovered she had been lying about it all ? not just her 病気 but her philanthropy, too. にもかかわらず the 反対／詐欺, Gibson never 直面するd any 刑務所，拘置所 time.

After a drawn-out and 劇の 事例／患者 against the 連邦の 法廷，裁判所 of Australia, she was ordered by the 法廷，裁判所 in 2017 to 支払う／賃金 AU$410,000 (US$257,000) for her 誤った （人命などを）奪う，主張するs of charitable 寄付s.

Her story was dramatised in Netflix show Apple Cider Vinegar earlier this year.??

連合させるd with her 合法的な 料金s, she must cough up about half a million dollars (US$313,000). It's been almost a １０年間 since then and she hasn't paid the 罰金.