Honestly, knowing this "type" of person - I'd want to see proof of that before I believed it.
It's an awful thing to lie about, but I have known more than one person who lied about being sick for again, the drama, sympathy, and attention it gained them.
GEORGE was the one, IIRC, who said that Cruz had a brain tumor.
CRUZ said that she did NOT have a brain tumor.
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