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How Instagram influencer turned con artist Belle Gibson tricked everyone into thinking she had terminal cancer

Netflix have shared a new miniseries, based on Instagram star Belle Gibson, who rose to fame due to lies she made regarding her health.

Netflix’s new miniseries, Apple Cider Vinegar, plunges viewers into the world of twisted truths and influencer trickery as we follow Belle Gibson and her story of illness, wellness and deceit. In September 2017, Belle was fined over £200,000 by the Australian government for misleading readers about donating money to charity – she was also found guilty of five breaches of consumer law following journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano uncovering her deceit. Belle built her social media empire off claims she had cured her terminal illness with Ayurvedic medicine, oxygen therapy and a gluten and refined sugar-free diet.

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