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Mayumi Heene - whose 6-year-old-son Falcon was feared to have floated away on a "homemade flying saucer" last week in Colorado -- has admitted to authorities that she and husband, Richard, lied when they said the Oct. 15 incident was not a hoax.
Former Wife Swap star Mayumi, whose son was found hiding in the family's attic after an exhaustive search, told a Larimer County sheriff's investigator the fabricated story was planned in an effort to garner publicity.
Mayumi also said that she and Richard told their three boys to lie to investigators and members of the media.
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"Mayumi described that she and Richard Heene devised this hoax approximately two weeks earlier," investigator Robert Heffernan wrote in a sworn affidavit, released Friday. "The experimental flying saucer was specifically made to carry out this hoax."
In the days after his son's brief "disappearance," Richard Heene did the morning talk show circuit denying the publicity stunt. "Now I am starting to get a little ticked off because I am repetitively getting asked this in the last couple of interviews," he told NBC's Meredith Vieira. "What do I have to gain about this? I am not selling anything. I am not advertising anything."
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Richard and Mayumi Heene may face felony charges for staging the helium-balloon disappearance of their son Falcon; the parents of three boys may also be charged by Social Services for conspiracy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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AlecWell, "Juan", you may want to know that in America some of us still value proper English. How can you feel yourself qualified to pontificate on America when you apparently don't know what punctuation is, and think clauses like "dreams was" makes sense??report abuseposted November 11, 2009 2:55 PM PST
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nessTHEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!!! TAKE THEIR KIDS AWAY AND GIVE THEM TO A LOVING FAMILY! PEOPLE WHO USE THEIR CHILDREN FOR A QUICK BUCK SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE!!! I MEAN THAT IS ABUSING YOUR CHILD WHEN YOU STAGE A HOAX LIKE THAT!!report abuseposted October 28, 2009 10:47 PM PDT
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TerriWith all the horrible things we see and hear in the news happening to children I can't believe these people would stoop as low as to make it seem as though their son were in danger...pathetic is the only word to describe them.report abuseposted October 26, 2009 11:37 AM PDT
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JACKIESUEthose people need some serious medical help...next thing we'll see him on Help I'm a %@!*#, get me out of her reality show.report abuseposted October 24, 2009 10:36 AM PDT
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TylerWow, what a difference a week makes. Last week Mom made a false report, coached her kids to lie, and then lied to authorties after the boy was found. This week she admits it was a hoax. These are horrible parents, if you listen to her 911 call you can see how crazy this woman is. She is an unfit mother married to an unfit father. I feel bad for the kids.report abuseposted October 24, 2009 10:34 AM PDT
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