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But an anonymous tip-off to the University of Pennsylvania in response to that glowing Inquirer article led to questions as to whether she deserved to be listed among the distinguished past scholars. Fierceton was placed into foster care in 2014 after she accused her mother of pushing her down the stairs in their $750,000 home, The Times said. According to the Chronicle, she also spent time in hospital after the incident. Charges against her mother, who denies this happened, were dropped due to lack of evidence, according to the newspaper.
According to The Times, Fierceton claims that she did not lie on her application and that the Rhodes Trust is targeting a "survivor" of abuse. She filed a lawsuit last month accusing her university and investigators of the trust of victimizing her, the newspaper reported.
I graduated from Oxford and once ran the Rhodes scholarship program at UVa. Just to be clear: Winning one has to do with character and merit, not financial need. If she bowed out, it's because she lied, not because she wasn't really poor.
Please it happens all the time. I went to School with some who arrived and made weird claims in Joburg
Wow. Tell me you’re sociopathic without using the word sociopathic.
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