Balloon Boy's Mother -- It Was All a Hoax

The mother of the "Balloon Boy" has finally come clean, admitting the whole ridiculous fiasco was the hoax everybody knew it was anyway.

In a search warrant affidavit that was released today, Mayumi Heene told sheriff's deputies she and Richard "knew all along that Falcon was hiding in the residence."

In the document, it says "Mayumi described that she and Richard Heene devised this hoax approximately two weeks earlier ... she and Richard had instructed their three children to lie to authorities as well as the media regarding this hoax."

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden has said he will recommend charges against the family including conspiracy, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, making a false report to authorities and attempting to influence a public servant.



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goodjob.

Posted at 6:45PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by dabid

2. Throw em all off a cliff

Posted at 6:47PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by adfadf

3. IDIOT....
---- an utterly foolish or senseless person.
2. Psychology. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.
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Posted at 6:49PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by homie 1 kanobe

4. The mom was hiding being the father hating press reading the articles, one could not know that BB had a mom. She is equally guilty.

Posted at 6:50PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by What She Wants

5. Bout time the truth comes out..what kind of role models do these parents think they are?? Nothing but damaging these poor kids!! GET SOME HELP PEOPLE! GEEEZ!

Posted at 6:51PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Kimberly

6. OMG Really? It was a HOAX-I'm shattered

Posted at 6:50PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by javaman

7. Well, after the fact, something we the "ordinary people" knew all along.

Posted at 6:52PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Mswings

8. shameful...

Posted at 6:52PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by CinCal

9. How about charging them for the rescue efforts....dumb asses!

Posted at 6:55PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Bob Loblaw

10. Time for some tough justice: toss'em in jail, have he kids in foster AND fine any network that gives these bozos their own reality show.

Posted at 6:55PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Frank

11. OBVIOUSLY this was all a hoax. I can't believe I actually felt "sorry" for this family for a minute (when I really did believe that Falcon was up in the air/or even worse...dead.) Shame on these parents. They are setting a terrible example for their children.
I think the parents need to seek some kind of help. As for Falcon's father, he has some MAJOR anger-management issues (as first discovered on "Wife Swap") and needs to get help for that too.

These parents are disgusting and I am appalled that they actually planned this hoax. Way to scare the entire nation-just to get your "15 minutes of fame" b/c clearly being on two episodes of "Wife Swap" just WASN'T enough. PATHETIC. THESE PARENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC.

Posted at 6:55PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by dani

12. Richard Heene's lawyer, David Lane, said "allegations are cheap" and that he's waiting to see the evidence.

Fred Newsome,
CSN Team
http://www.cheatsheetnews.com

Posted at 6:56PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Fred Newsome

13. WHAT!?!?!?! it was a hoax??? but the story seemed so believable, and the parents so genuine

Posted at 6:57PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by kb

14. Good for her coming forward and telling the truth. Hopefully, this will help her and her husband deal with reality. They both need to be held accountable for their actions and prosecuted.

Posted at 6:57PM on Oct 23rd 2009 by Janet

15. I really believe she is a battered wife. It is hard to understand if you have not been one, however a a severely battered wife, (not just physical, mental, verbal and financial) will do anything for acceptance from her batterer.
She does need help.
She needs to distance herself from Richard for sure.

Posted at 12:33AM on Oct 24th 2009 by radarluv

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