Ex-‘Survivor’ contestant Jonny Fairplay charged with larceny in Virginia
A former contestant on the longtime hit present “Survivor” has been charged with grand larceny after some private results had been taken from a residence in Virginia, authorities mentioned.
According to the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office, Jonny Fairplay, who competed on the fact competitors collection in 2003 and was recognized for concocting the lie that his grandmother had died, was charged after a silver necklace and furnishings had been taken from a house in the world.
Fairplay’s mom, Patsy Terry Hall, 68, was additionally charged in the matter, the Danville Register & Bee reported on Wednesday.
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This photograph offered by the Danville Police Department exhibits Jonny Fairplay. Fairplay, a former “Survivor” contestant has been charged in Virginia with grand larceny, authorities mentioned. (Danville Police Department through AP)
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The sheriff’s workplace mentioned Fairplay’s aunt filed the criticism, in line with TV station WSET. Sheriff’s workplace officers wouldn’t say who lived on the house, in line with the Register & Bee.
Fairplay, 46, and Hall turned themselves in at a Justice of the Peace’s workplace Friday after Danville police served them warrants, a police spokesman advised the newspaper.
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“I (we) have been unjustly charged by a family member. I welcome the opportunity to vindicate myself (and my mother),” Fairplay wrote in a message to the Associated Press on Wednesday night.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
