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“Kicking Out Cancer” and “Hope for Cherry”

Joshua is a part time rodeo rider and a soccer player and he’s had an extremely tough life.

Joshua, when he’s not riding bulls on the rodeo circuit, is also the single father to a lovely six year old girl named Bobbie. Bobbie is extremely, um, precocious.

So Joshua and his six year old daughter started a cancer charity called Kicking Out Cancer, Kicking Out Cancer sells homemade cloth soccer balls with all proceeds going to the Jesse Rees Foundation.

Where to start? Well, first of all, that picture of Joshua Johnson is actually David Beckham, the internationally famous soccer star.

Also, take a look at this picture of Joshua Johnson and his doctor. Keep in mind, his doctor, of course, is obsessed with Joshua and considers him a role model. In fact, he posted about Joshua on his personal Facebook page.

I’m not from Texas, but unless this is Dr. Doogie Howser (and he doesn’t write like he’s Doogie Howser) he looks a little young to be an oncologist. Also, suddenly Joshua Johnson has morphed into a twelve year old who looks nothing like David Beckham. In fact, if you look at the various Joshua pictures, you can see that they’re probably five or six different people.

Joshua and Bobbie have a new friend named Cherry. She is a three year old with cancer. Her family runs a page called Hope for Cherry.

The pictures of Cherry and her sister were pulled from various places on the internet, just like the pictures of Joshua and Bobbie. In fact, Joshua has a lot of friends who are fake.

Fievel Filly Cooper (personal favorite of mine as an American Tail superfan)

Clint Cooper

Izaiah Cooper

Ty Heart

Mayberry Rosey Johnson (love that one too)

Yeah. In fact, the only REAL person who is a close friend of Joshua and Bobbie is a woman named Jennifer. Joshua went and visited Jennifer. Jennifer writes exactly the same way Joshua, Bobbie and even Dr. Johnson write. The contact information for Kicking Out Cancer? Jennifer’s address.

Jennifer attended the Relay for Life as a representative of Kicking Out Cancer. She proudly displayed posters she made commemorating the cancer fight of imaginary Joshua Johnson.

This whole thing seems to be an elaborate fantasy for Jennifer, and we’ve been looking at it since October. I was on the fence about writing it up because it seems so OBVIOUSLY fake. The problem is that “Joshua” has reached out and sent letters to real pediatric cancer patients. A bigger issue? Hope for Cherry now has a fundraising Joy Jar.

That’s not good. I think Jennifer has some explaining to do, and if you donated to Kicking Out Cancer or Hope for Cherry, you were most likely scammed.

Is Justis Kerry Missing?

It’s a terrifying story. A twelve year old in Louisiana has been missing for four days after disappearing in his middle school uniform. His mom, miles away, is understandably upset and shares his picture on Facebook. The post went viral as people passed along the information. Who doesn’t want to bring a missing child back home to his family?

I talked to several different police departments in the area and they assured me there is no missing boy named Justis Kerry. This is a hoax.

EDIT: Jessica has deleted the original post.

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