A woman who raked in almost $200,000 in donations after an appearance on CNN falsely claimed she was the mother of three young children who faced homelessness.
Dasha Kelly of Las Vegas was featured in an Aug. 2 CNN news report about the end of the federal eviction moratorium, CNN reported. She had started a GoFundMe page to raise the $2,000 she owed in back rent and said on the page that she had three young daughters.
Kelly’s GoFundMe campaign quickly raised nearly $200,000 after her appearance on CNN with Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri and the girls who Kelly implied were her daughters.
CNN’s Keith Boykin tweeted, “Dasha Kelly lost her job as a Las Vegas casino dealer, and she and her three daughters were facing eviction yesterday. But thanks to @CoriBush pressuring Pres. Biden to extend an eviction moratorium, and a CNN appearance, she has a home and nearly $200,000 in a GoFundMe campaign.
The eviction moratorium was later extended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It was then discovered that Kelly is not the mother of the three children.
Their father, David Allison, is Kelly’s boyfriend, according to CNN.
“After CNN aired a story about her potential eviction, Dasha Kelly clarified to CNN that she is not the mother of the three children featured in the story,” a CNN update reads.
“CNN has verified she takes care of the children in her home for periods of time. She says she originally described herself to CNN as a mother because she considers herself to be like one to them.
“CNN has learned the children are also cared for by their mother, Shadia Hilo, and their father, David Allison, who is Kelly’s boyfriend.”
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that GoFundMe required Kelly’s fundraiser to be updated “to provide more information to donors.”
“In addition, GoFundMe has proactively notified all donors with directions on how to request a full refund,” GoFundMe said in a statement. “After [Aug. 23], GoFundMe will release the funds, minus any refunds.”
Kelly did update her GoFundMe page, clarifying that she is not the girls’ mother.
“The girls recognize me as a mother figure in their lives, but I am not their biological mother,” Kelly wrote.
“My partner is the children’s father whom I do not live with, and I take care of these girls in my home for periods of time, and have for the last couple years. I’ve loved these girls unconditionally, and have been out of the kindness of my heart. I treat them as my daughters, and care for them in this way. This detail doesn’t change my original need for donations to avoid eviction, and I will be using the funds to get back on my feet and support my family. … I will also be putting money aside for the girls in a savings account.”
CNN has been known for bias, but this account was outright fake news. People were even willing to pay toward the fake news in this case, with the non-mom walking off with much of the funding. This is yet another case of not being able to trust CNN to deliver the truth.
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Look like CNN fallen for Cori Bush scams! In a way you can call it by what it really is! Two black women helping the other to scams a business out of 200k! Your type of scam done by these everyday! Lying, using a second person to make it sound real! Pay three children enough money to purchase toys! Who else has done this?
When are those corrupt hacks at CNN going to be held accountable for their lies??
She wants to walk away with most of the fund? She should be walking into a JAIL CELL!
Lock the funds up until a real go fund me deal is found!
Who in their right mind watches CNN?
First off — how gullible are people to fall for anything that comes out of the communist non-news network ???? Secondly — I would NOT believe anything that comes out of cori bush’s mouth, I believe she is a lying corrupt democrat piece of trash. The two of them purposely misled the public and ALL the money should be refunded or better yet- seeing how so many people have money to throw away — the whole $200 grand should go to “homeless Veterans” !!!!!!!!
This is the “Stupidity that runs the White House” .
CNN is part and parcel of the Cori Bush scams and always have been.
I am so done with CNN. Awful with Chris C. and D. Lemon. Poor reports and twisted .
WHEN WILL ALL AMERICANS WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THE bid en/ har ris COMMUNIST REGIME IS KILLING AMERICA AND AMERICANS??? IF YOU PEOPLE WANT COMMUNISM HOW ABOUT MOVING TO china or russia, BUT REAL AMERICANS HAVE TO KICK THEM ALL OUT!!!
She lied – all money needs to be returned. Just proves CNN does not check their stories before reporting.
not only did she lie this is fraud and she needs to be arrested!
CNN SHOWING HOW THEY ARE (sick)
FUCK”EM !
CNN is not only FAKE, everything about them is FAKE. Fake news stories, FAKE moms, raising money for FAKE moms, everything. I’m curious if they actually have any genuine journalists? Maybe they’re all FAKE also. I can’t imagine anyone with an ounce of sanity or common sense watching CNN.
A fake news agency sponsoring a fake mom! What is so surprising in that? Keep wasting your time paying attention to the Communist News Network (CNN) and you shall be duped again!
Amazing.! Fake news supporting fake mom.
You can’t believe anything CNN says, as they are the voice of the Democratic Party, just like ABC, NBC, CBS. There isn’t a news channel that tells the truth. I can show an example, they wrote terrible things about President Trump, which were not true. I don’t get my news from anyone, I do my own research, there’s plenty out there. Its all filled with lives, just enough to keep them legal.
cnn is trash news as always and there is not enough truth in bidden to really add to anything usefull. a lier alwaya believe his own lies. it’s up to the real oeople to sort it out but there is enough sheep out there for volentary slaugder for the slaugder house.
Lock the sleaze bag up for fraud. There are plenty of job openings in Vegas. The lazy skank wants to live a life of luxury through fraudulent schemes. This is typical of Demonrats who have been suckling on the welfare teet their entire lives. These scumbags wouldn’t know a hard days work if they tripped over it. The skank & Chinese news net.
are the problem of what’s causing the USA to plummet down hill.
Make that commie cu*t Bush pay back the entire amount out of her own pocket. Then throw her ass into prison for fraud.
CAN’T EXPECT ANYTHING BETTER FROM A COMMUNIST NATIONAL NETWORK ? ? ?
Fake news at CNN? Who would ever have thought that this could happen, ha ha ha. All three of these entities , Cori Bush, the fake mom and CNN can go “F” themselves. Demoncreeps, CNN and their followers are scum and can not be trusted or believed about anything they say ever..
So true ! Commie Bas turds
Wait. So at the end of the article she insinuates that her rent situation is okay. Did she pay for the rent with money received from the fraud? Then she goes on to say that the remainder of the money will go into savings accounts for the girls. Again, why? According to her she is kinda, sorta, like their mother. Based on that theory, these kids in essence have 3 parents to save for them – their father, their mother, and their “other mother”.
Probably a sex Exchange, for those two pieces of SCUM
Have CNN pay back all of her supporters as they pass fake news. Then fine them 3 times the money raised and close them down.
Are there any of these characters who are honest?
Fake CNN? Fake Mom? or Fake Democratic Rep. Cori Bush? – not a single honest person – shameless liars!