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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Mae Lorraine Lorenzo

Belle Gibson's New Identity: Fraudster Now Called 'Sabontu' And 'Adopted' By An Ethiopian Community

Belle Gibson (via Instagram/bellegibsonofficial)

Belle Gibson, the disgraced wellness influencer who falsely claimed to have cancer to promote her lucrative brand, has now been rejected by the Ethiopian community that once reportedly 'adopted' her, according to a new documentary.

After exposing her fraud in 2015, she largely vanished from public view—only to re-emerge under a new identity years later. She sought to reinvent herself and ingratiated herself with the Ethiopian community, but her past eventually caught up with her.

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