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Coco Berthmann: 我在Instagram上宣布自己被诊断出患有罕见癌症，并感谢粉丝的支持。我发现颈部肿块，被诊断出患有套细胞淋巴瘤，并拒绝化疗。我相信我的癌症与我过去的创伤经历有关。我分享了我被母亲贩卖的童年经历，以及我如何通过幻想来应对创伤。我描述了我12岁时自杀未遂的经历以及母亲对此的反应。我讲述了我14岁怀孕并被迫堕胎以及最终逃离家的经历。我描述了我逃离后在德国一家诊所接受治疗以及获得法律独立的经历。我还讲述了我被继父性侵犯以及再次自杀未遂的经历。最终，我向警方报案，我的施暴者被送往精神病院。 Sarah Ganim: Coco Berthmann 的故事充满了混乱和未解之谜，这使得它更具吸引力。调查显示，Coco Berthmann 的癌症诊断和性贩卖经历可能存在虚假成分。她被指控犯有通讯欺诈罪，并承认从GoFundMe账户中挪用了资金。 Lauren Everts Bostic & Michael Bostic: 我们在播客中采访了Coco Berthmann，她的故事令人心碎。我们对她的经历感到震惊，并对她的故事的真实性产生了疑问。 Chris Hansen: 我在节目中采访了Coco Berthmann，她的故事非常引人注目。 Elizabeth Smart: 我与Coco Berthmann进行了播客访谈，我们分享了相似的经历。 Lynn Packer: Coco Berthmann 的故事在犹他州引起了争议，一些人认为她利用自己的经历谋取利益。警方对欺诈指控的调查并不深入，部分原因是这起案件在政治上并不受欢迎。

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Coco Berthmann, a rising star in the anti-child sex trafficking movement, announced her cancer diagnosis to her large social media following. Her followers rallied around her, donating to a GoFundMe account to support her alternative treatments. Coco's story of surviving child sex trafficking had already garnered significant attention, making her a prominent advocate.
  • Coco Berthmann announced her cancer diagnosis in January 2022.
  • A GoFundMe account was set up to support her alternative treatments.
  • Coco's story of surviving child sex trafficking contributed to her large following.

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Coco Berthmann’s star is rising. She's young and pretty. And her eagerness to talk about the abuse she endured makes her a rarity in the anti-child sex trafficking space. For a while, it seems like Coco is everywhere, sharing her story of survival at international conferences, on podcasts and to her tens of thousands of social media followers. But in January of 2022, Coco shares some distressing news: She’s been diagnosed with a rare cancer. Her odds of survival are not good.

Just weeks later, Coco is arrested and charged with communications fraud. And people start asking – was anything Coco said actually true?

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