HEALTH HOAX 

Major update in GAA star fake cancer scam probe as ace’s shock new claims to friends and family revealed

• Published: 18:01, 9 Apr 2023
• Updated: 18:02, 9 Apr 2023

The GAA legend being investigated by Gardai over fraud allegations claims he is innocent – and insists people are conspiring to take him down.

However a source has described his claims as ‘nonsense’.

He has told relatives and friends: “It’s all lies – I didn’t do anything wrong and I didn’t get loans off people.”

But all of his alleged victims told detectives he asked them for money to pay for stem cell cancer treatment in the United States and they gave him the money in good faith with a promise it would later be paid back.

The amount of money he received ranges between €1million and €2m with the amounts varying from €5,000 to €200,000 in one particular case.

And then it was discovered that he was off playing golf on the celebrity GAA circuit and abroad when he was supposed to be in America having treatmentHowever suspicions were raised when his so-called illness appeared to be going on for over ten years.

A source who was speaking to some of his relatives said: “ In his own head he does not think he did anything wrong.

“He says everything being said about him is all lies and that he did not do anything underhanded or illegal.

“He believes a group of people have got together to try and bring him down, which is all nonsense.

“The legend regards the money he received as gifts with no strings attached in some cases.”

The sports star was arrested and questioned by Gardai for 24 hours in March.

No charges have been brought against him yet while the investigation into the high profile case continues.

Detectives began probing his financial affairs several months ago.

He is also living in two different cities at the moment moving between two different residences.

Gardai have warned him not to attempt to leave the country.

It is understood that officers have been trawling through his medical records to see if he was ever diagnosed with cancer in the first place.