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steelcurtain29
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 Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:37 pm Post subject: America's Got Talent Contestant Receives Death Threats |
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Not sure if anyone saw this recently, but a contestant on American's Got Talent went on-air stating he was an injured war veteran after saving some friends in a grenade blast, and also claimed to have a severe stuttering problem that only stopped if he sang.
Looks like the contestant was a complete fraud, and people are calling for his head.
http://www.newser.com/article/d9v8qleg1/ex-wife-casts-more-doubts-on-injury-claims-of-veteran-who-sang-on-americas-got-talent.html
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Timothy Michael Poe won over the crowd and the judges of NBC's "America's Got Talent" even before he began to sing, with his moving story of blocking a grenade blast in 2009 to save his buddies in Afghanistan - an act of heroism he said broke his back and left him with a brain injury.
When a judge remarked during the episode broadcast Monday on the disappearance of Poe's stutter during his cover of a Garth Brooks song, he spun another tale: He discovered his talent only after his speech therapist suggested he sing in the shower to help with the stutter.
The truth, according to an ex-wife, was that Poe not only was never hurt on the battlefield, he had been singing "pretty much his whole life" and spent four years fronting an alternative rock and cover band in Rochester, Minn. A MySpace page last updated in February 2009 for the Rochester band Crawl Space lists Poe as vocalist. |
(Sorry for the long quote, it explained the entire story in a long article.)
Pretty horrible thing to do. He even claimed to be someone else and showed a photo of a true war hero, in order to get on the show, basically. Don't agree with death threats, but I'd say this dude deserves a lot of heat from the public.
Here's an article that deals with the news about the death threats.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/08/americas-got-talent-agt-stuttering-fraud-family-death-threats/
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It takes a pretty awful man to lie about something like that, but it's just as bad to make death threats to the guy. Come on now.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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That's pretty low to lie about that but maybe he will learn his lesson with all these death threats.
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Man Latino I always like you. You solid man.
This guy real what he sow. He serves, but lied about what he Sid. Sad.
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This guy did a rotten thing no doubt but people threatening to kill him is pretty low as well.
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| RuskieTitan wrote: | | latinoaustino wrote: | | Karma |
Man Latino I always like you. You solid man.
This guy real what he sow. He serves, but lied about what he Sid. Sad. |
I see drunk Ruskie was here 
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Contemptible actions deserve contempible reactions sometimes. I hope the guy is afraid to leave his house.
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Not saying what he did is right but...He did serve for around 9 years, maybe 10. He told AGT he served 14. He was medically discharged, but never blown up by a grenade. Stuttering thing is completely false tho I believe.
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Noone is going to do anything. So I don't care if this AHole sweats out a few threats.
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| DontTazeMeBro wrote: | | Noone is going to do anything. So I don't care if this AHole sweats out a few threats. |
I agree.
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Death threats are never justified. Sorry guys.
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