GoFundMe has suspended a fundraiser showing to profit the household of the Las Vegas teen who was crushed to loss of life earlier this month, and his household claims the solicitation for cash is fraudulent.
The fundraiser is titled “Jonathan Lewis Household,” and raised almost $2k since going dwell final week. The primary picture is not of 17-year-old Lewis, however as an alternative of one other man … a person who in keeping with Jonathan’s dad, has no connection to Lewis.
In line with the outline, the alleged organizer, Cole Charles, is trying to elevate funds for Lewis’ household … but it surely’s all fairly imprecise.
A spokesperson for GoFundMe tells TMZ … “Our Belief & Security workforce has reached out to the organizer for extra info. All funds raised on the fundraiser stay safely held by our fee processors whereas our Belief & Security workforce conducts its evaluate.”
11/1/23
To be clear, the individual working the questionable fundraiser would not have entry to the money that is been raised, and it’ll maintained by GoFundMe till they full their investigation.
Additionally … there’s an current, verified fundraiser that is on the positioning benefitting the Lewis fam and has raised properly over $100,000. Defending the GoFundMe neighborhood is likely one of the platform’s prime priorities, and so they have a devoted workforce reviewing all fundraisers associated to this incident.
11/14/23
As we reported, footage from the brutal incident confirmed Lewis on the middle of a beatdown close to a Las Vegas highschool — cops mentioned the assault stemmed from stolen headphones and probably a vape pen … with everybody agreeing to fulfill in an alley after faculty to battle.
Eight minors have been arrested following his loss of life, with 2 extra teenagers believed to have been concerned.
