Balloon Boy's Parents To Plead Guilty
Posted on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 8:17am PDT By X17 Staff
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Balloon boy's parents, Mayumi and Richard Heene, have both plead guilty to charges against them in the hoax the fame hungry family pulled on the entire nation.
Mayumi Heene is pleading guilty to false reporting to authorities, a misdemeanor, while her husband Richard Heene is pleading guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, a felony, says their lawyer David Lane in a statement.
Prosecutors have allowed the pair to both serve probation sentences.
Sounds like they got off light!
Balloon boy's parents, Mayumi and Richard Heene, have both plead guilty to charges against them in the hoax the fame hungry family pulled on the entire nation.
Mayumi Heene is pleading guilty to false reporting to authorities, a misdemeanor, while her husband Richard Heene is pleading guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, a felony, says their lawyer David Lane in a statement.
Prosecutors have allowed the pair to both serve probation sentences.