Balloon Boy Family Slammed With $42,000 Fine
Posted on Dec 22, 2009 @ 04:42PM
It may not be a very merry Christmas for Balloon Boy parents Richard and Mayumi Heene this year - they've just been hit with a $42,000 bill.
The bill is from local, state and federal agencies for the Heenes' October stunt when they claimed their six-year-old son had crawled into a hot air balloon in their back yard and been whisked away into the skies.
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Many watched in horror as news crews scrambled to cover and emergency services were dispatched in the rescue operation. When the balloon finally landed the boy was not inside, he was hidden in the attic at his parents' house. He later said during an interview on national television that the incident was done for a show.
Richard and Mayumi Heene went on to plead guilty to false reporting to police, a Class 3 misdemeanor. Richard, the mastermind behind the hoax, also pled to charges of attempting to influence a public servant, a Class 4 felony.
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But maybe the Heenes don't need to put their Christmas shopping plans on halt just yet. The Heenes' attorney, David Lane tells RadarOnline.com, "the amount is in dispute. At sentencing tomorrow the judge will be informed that the parties are seeking to resolve the disputed amounts."
"Also Richard will ask that his wife not be given any jail time."
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The Heenes are to be sentenced Wednesday in Larimer County. A judge could determine then what they owe in restitution to the agencies that responded, from police to the National Guard and the Federal Aviation Administration.
"If they've got records to show these are legitimate costs, then we can discuss it," Lane says. "But, first off, these people don't have that kind of money."
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IF THEY KNEW THE RIGHT PEOPLE , IT MIGHT OF WORKED
Posted Wed, 12/23/2009 - 7:02am
It´s not good for the kids to grow up in a family like this, with a parents teaching them to lie to authorities,
I hope the children will be put in fostercare
Posted Wed, 12/23/2009 - 6:54am
"But, first off, these people don't have that kind of money." Too bad, so sad. He should of thought about that BEFORE the stunt. Too tell/teach ur kids to lie is reprehensible. IMO the amount is too small.
Posted Wed, 12/23/2009 - 6:20am
Richard needs all the money he can earn-- for those bi-polar meds!!
Posted Wed, 12/23/2009 - 5:16am
Richard Heene NEEDS to GET A JOB FAST!!!!he stays at home cooking up these sicko schemes and involving his kids., instead of going to WORK!!!! his dopey wife NEEDS A JOB!!!!! i hope they cannot file bankruptcy on this debt....
Posted Tue, 12/22/2009 - 11:51pm
that's not nearly enough. i hope the farmers sue them. a huge chunk of their land was ruined.
Posted Tue, 12/22/2009 - 8:05pm
GLAD TO SEE THERE HAVING TO PAY SOMETHING EVEN IF IT DOSE NOT SEEM ENOUGHT FOR THE STUNT THEY PULLED.
Posted Tue, 12/22/2009 - 7:13pm
That doesn't seem like enough $$ for a fine. Send Mayumi back to Japan and put papa in jail. The kids will be better off in foster care or better yet adopted into a sane family.
Posted Tue, 12/22/2009 - 7:00pm
Better get a paper route!
Posted Tue, 12/22/2009 - 5:50pm