Van Morrison Kid a Hoax

Van Morrison announced that the rumors floating around that he recently fathered another child are not true. He says that a hacker broke into his website and planted the false report. The media of the world grabbed it and ran with it before he could have it removed.

“The reports were complete and utter fiction. None of it was true,” Saunders (his publicist) said in a telephone interview. “But Van generally doesn’t feel the need to engage with the media, whether the news is good, bad or indifferent. Michelle and Van studiously stay out of the limelight. They wouldn’t have been aware of the traction these false reports were getting globally.”

Balloon Boy Parents Plead Guilty in Court

The Colorado couple, Richard and Mayumi Heene, accused of pulling a hoax by reporting their son was aboard a runaway balloon is avoiding more spectacle and a trial by entering guilty pleas. (Nov. 13)

They say the only reason they did it was so the wife wouldn’t be deported to Japan.

Sheriff in ‘Balloon Boy’ Case may havee broke Privacy Laws

A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate accusations that the Larimer County sheriff violated privacy laws in the case of the runaway balloon that was believed to be carrying a boy. The boy’s parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, are accused of lying to the authorities by saying their son Falcon, 6, was aboard a balloon launched from their backyard. The Larimer County District Attorney’s Office said the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office would look into Mr. Heene’s lawyer’s claims that the sheriff, Jim Alderden, broke privacy laws by discussing the involvement of child welfare workers in the case.

NY TIMES

GOOGLE

Balloon Boy Mom Admits ‘Hoax’

Balloon boy’s mom has admitted her family’s story is full of hot air.

Mayumi Heene, who with her husband sparked a national panic when they said their 6-year-old son, Falcon, was stuck in a runaway, helium-filled balloon, allegedly told cops the story was a hoax.

“Mayumi described that she and [husband] 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,” a newly released police affidavit said.

Richard told cops that the Colorado couple built their weird, flying-saucer-shaped balloon specifically for the hoax, according to the Denver Post.

But David Lane, an attorney for Richard , said the confession was meaningless.

“[Mayumi's] English is not that great, first of all,” he told the paper.

The couple originally told cops their homemade weather balloon broke free while they were testing it on Oct. 15, and they feared that Falcon had climbed inside. The balloon’s trip was telecast nationwide and sparked a massive rescue effort.

Falcon later was found hiding in the family home.

Suspicion of a hoax arose when the child blurted out during an interview that they did it for television.

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden has said he will recommend that charges be filed.

NY POST

Balloon Boy: People are pissed

Paul Pozarnsky, 25, of Fort Collins holds a sign while standing near tripods during a news conference Saturday at the Heene family’s Fort Collins home. Pozarnsky and his brother, Jarrod, both held signs mocking the hoopla. Jarrod Pozarnsky’s sign read: ‘Put balloon boy on TV: America’s Most Wanted.’ (Rich Abrahamson/The Coloradoan)

Jordan Good, 13, front, chuckles Saturday after listening in on a news conference with Richard Heene at the Heene family’s Fort Collins home. Good is pictured with Jarrod Pozarnsky, 27, left, and brother Paul Pozarnsky, 25, right. Good and Paul Pozarnsky are from a nearby neighborhood. (Rich Abrahamson/The Coloradoan)

Falcon Heene made international news after his parents reported the boy, 6, had floated away from the backyard of their Fort Collins home in a UFO-shaped helium balloon Oct. 15. A massive search ensued along the balloon’s approximately 50-mile flight path after the balloon landed empty near Denver International Airport.

The boy eventually emerged from hiding at his parents’ home Thursday evening, and the family immediately began granting television interviews. Within hours, however, the public’s support turned to skepticism and eventually to outright hostility Sunday when Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden declared the whole thing a hoax concocted by the Heene family to get themselves on television.

It worked.

COLORADOAN

Balloon Boy IS A HOAX!

Colorado County Sheriff Jim Alderden says the Heene family could face criminal charges in the near future.

Was Alien Balloon Boy a HOAX?

A couple who frantically told a 911 dispatcher their 6-year-old son had floated off in an inflatable balloon remain in the spotlight, but now it’s for a series of bizarre TV interviews about the escapade, a previous 911 call and efforts to land a reality TV show gig.

Sheriff’s investigators hoped to talk to Richard and Mayumi Heene again Saturday to resolve lingering questions over whether the drama — with military helicopters scrambling to catch up to the helium balloon and rescue the boy supposedly inside — could have been a hoax.

It turns out, little Falcon Heene was hiding in the rafters of the family garage, apparently without his parents or two brothers knowing.

Richard Heene dismisses allegations of a hoax as “extremely pathetic.”

Yet doubts surfaced after a CNN interview in which Falcon Heene told his parents “you said we did this for a show” after his father asked why he did not come down from the rafters during the search Thursday.

Read Full Article at GOOGLE

HOAX: Michael Jackson Exiting Coroner’s Van

This is a Hoax!