Homeless Man Sues Couple Who Raised Him $400,000 for Allegedly Mishandling Funds. Here’s Their Side of the Story.
A New Jersey couple raised thousands of dollars for a homeless man on GoFundMe. Now that homeless man is suing the couple, claiming they’ve stolen money that rightfully belongs to him.
Mark D’Amico and Katie McClure set up the account in gratitude for Johnny Bobbitt after he gave McClure his last $20 when she found herself stranded on a Philadelphia highway with an empty gas tank. The story captivated the nation and the GoFundMe raised some $400,000.
Bobbitt is now claiming the couple mishandled the funds, allegedly spending the money on personal vacations and a new car, and has filed suit against them. . .
D’Amico and McClure have denied the allegations, telling Megyn Kelly on “Megyn Kelly Today” that they used hundreds of thousands of dollars from the fund on shelter and necessities for Bobbitt, but fear giving him any more large sums of cash since he blew through past offerings on drugs.
“If he needed anything, he got it, there was never a question,” D’Amico told Kelly. The couple said they spent a large chunk of the funds on a camper for Bobbitt (which was originally parked on land owned by McClure’s family), clothing, food, a laptop, a television, and hotel bills. There is currently around $150,000 left in funds, they said. (Read more from “Homeless Man Sues Couple Who Raised Him $400,000 for Allegedly Mishandling Funds. Here’s Their Side of the Story.” HERE)
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