Botox Mom Apparently Faked Story For Money

Wow!  Some people!  These English tabloids put ours to shame in a lot of ways.  Maybe we can learn a few tricks.

You might remember that story from about a week ago about the mommy who gave her 8-year old botox injections.  Subsequently, the child was removed from her custody by a department of family services.  In a developing story, it turns out that it was all a lie.

TMZ is reporting that the mom, Sheena Upton, has now sworn under oath that she was paid $200 by British tabloid, The Sun, and instructed to follow a false storyline and script for a recorded interview. 

After the story ran in The Sun, Upton says she was approached by "Good Morning America" and "Inside Edition" and claims she was offered  "a large fee" to appear on camera.  She went on both shows and re-told her story.

After the interview, child welfare officials took Upton's daughter away.

Upton now admits in her declaration, "The truth is I have never given my daughter Botox, nor allowed her to get any type of waxing, nor is she a beauty pageant contestant."

Upton says professionals agree with her declaration, because on May 17, she took her daughter to the UCLA Medical Center and says, "After my daughter received a full medical exam, the results indicated that she has not ever received treatments including Botox or other such injections."

Nice!  I don't know whether to feel relieved or duped.  We do, as we are having to do more often than not lately, feel for the young child who is getting bounced back and forth between accusations.  The child has been returned to her mother, with conditions, pending further investigation. 

Read the full story--and stay away from the botox! (and British rags offering cash)