College Student Accused of Faking Cancer, Says She Was Seeking Attention from Mother

By Snejana Faberov, DAILY MAIL

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Victoria Marut, 22, has been charged with forgery for allegedly pretending to have terminal cancer and receiving hundreds of dollars worth of gifts.

November 30, 2012 Updated Nov 30, 2012 at 1:41 PM PDT

A Missouri graduate student has been charged with forging documents from a doctor in an attempt to prove that she has terminal cancer, which has turned out to be a lie.

When 22-year-old Victoria 'Tory' Marut, of Kirksville, broke the news that she has non-Hodgkins lymphoma in June, her professors and co-workers jumped into action, organizing a fundraiser and showering her with gifts.

After Marut appeared to have lost her hair to the disease, loved ones donated hats and wigs to cover her bald had.

The only problem was, the 22-year-old Truman State University student was not actually sick, and was in fact shaving her head to draw attention to herself, according to allegations that have since come to light, the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

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