“Everything was a cruel lie”: what it’s like to realise your best friend is a con artist

What it was like being Belle Gibson's best friend

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“Everything was a cruel lie”: what it’s like to realise your best friend is a con artist

By Marie-Claire Chappet

3 months ago

5 min read

Belle Gibson built a huge social media following with the claim that she was curing her cancer through healthy eating – but it was all a lie. Her friend, Chanelle McAuliffe, recalls how she discovered Gibson was a fraud


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