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A wild new claim has emerged about Belle Gibson’s whereabouts after the infamous cancer faker disappeared from the spotlight following fraud charges.
The con artist has opted to live a notoriously private life after she was fined $410,000 by the Federal Court for her false claims of charitable donations in 2017.
However, Woman’s Day has now claimed Gibson was most recently working at a deli counter inside a supermarket and had changed her name to Mel.
The magazine quotes a man who reportedly worked alongside Gibson between 2023 to 2024.
He allegedly told the publication that Gibson she was ‘sweet’ and always advising customers about vegetarian alternatives.
‘I didn’t recognise her until the last week of me working there,’ he said.
A new claim has emerged about Belle Gibson’s whereabouts after the scammer disappeared from the spotlight following fraud charges
‘I said, “Do you remember Belle Gibson and you look like her.” Her whole face just dropped and her calm demeanour changed.
‘She didn’t say yes, she didn’t say no, she just kind of freaked out a little bit.’
The man said the older customers ‘loved her because she was always recommending different stuff that would be better on their digestion.’
He claimed ‘Mel’ was ‘very spiritual’ and would wear a head scarf which she’d take off after arriving to work.
Gibson rose to prominence in 2012 as a self-proclaimed health guru who had ‘cured’ her own brain cancer through healthy eating, clean living and ‘positive thinking.’
Within a year, her inspirational Instagram account @healing_belle had amassed thousands of followers, many of them hopeful cancer sufferers, who would go on to download her wellness app, The Whole Pantry, and buy her cookbook of the same name.
Throughout it all, Gibson claimed her earnings – reportedly more than $1 million – would be donated to various cancer charities.
But there was just one big problem: Gibson never had cancer, and eventually her empire came crashing down after two Australian journalists discovered she had been lying about it all – not just her disease, but her philanthropy too.
The tale of the wellness scammer is now reaching a global audience thanks to Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar, a six-part series starring Kaitlyn Dever as Gibson and Alycia Debnam-Carey as Milla, another cancer influencer who actually had the disease.
Woman’s Day has now claimed Gibson was most recently working on a deli counter and had changed her name to Mel
The tale of the wellness scammer is now reaching a global audience thanks to Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar, a six-part series starring Kaitlyn Dever (pictured) as Gibson
Despite swindling millions, Gibson never faced any jail time.
After a drawn-out and dramatic case against the Federal Court of Australia, she was ordered by the court in 2017 to pay AU$410,000 (US$257,000) for her false claims of charitable donations.
Combined with her legal fees, she must cough up about half a million dollars (US$313,000).
It’s been almost a decade since then and she hasn’t paid the fine.
Instead, despite her eye-watering debts, she appears to be living a relatively normal life as a suburban single mother in Melbourne.
Since Apple Cider Vinegar launched on the streamer on February 6, many viewers have expressed their shock over Gibson’s apparent lack of punishment.
