Posted by Shamed hurling legend DJ Carey duped his cousin out of thousands of euros, using his own father’s death from cancer to secure the money.
The sports star – who is spending his first weekend in jail as he awaits sentencing tomorrow – approached his relative Edwin Carey at DJ’s father’s funeral in 2021.
Within days he followed up with a phone call to his cousin, during which DJ falsely claimed he also had cancer and needed to travel to the US or Canada, asking for €5,000.
Edwin Carey said he was ‘happy to help’, lending his famous cousin the money, believing the cash would help save his life.
DJ Carey later sought further payment, but because he was ‘vague’ about the treatment, Edwin Carey decided not to give him any more cash.
The revelation is detailed in a new book, The Dodger: DJ Carey and the Great Betrayal, by journalist Eimear Ní Bhraonáin, which was published this week.
Despite promising to repay his cousin, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court this week heard that no money was ever paid back.
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