'Cheerleader': Wendy Brown even attended a pool party while posing as a 15-year-old student
A 34-year-old woman posed as her 15-year-old daughter in a bid to go back to school and try out for the cheerleading squad.
Wendy Brown turned up at Ashwaubenon High School in Wisconsin, U.S., for a day of classes - and was given her own cheerleading locker and even attended a pool party with other students.
Her day of fun was only discovered after truancy officers wondered where their new 'pupil' had gone.
Ms Brown told investigators she wanted to relive her high school experience, and was found not guilty of identity theft by reason of mental disease or defect in court on Tuesday.
Court documents revealed that Brown 'stated that she wanted to get her high school degree and be a cheerleader because she had no childhood and was trying to regain a part of her life she missed.'
She attended school for one day last August after assuming the identity of her daughter while she was living with a relative out of state.
Her teachers reported the ‘student’ for truancy and the mother’s elaborate ruse to re-live the life of a teenager was eventually uncovered when she was found in a police cell, where she’d been charged over a separate forgery conviction.
Students at the school said Brown had looked older, but had not questioned her as she had the demeanour of a teenager.
Student Spencer Corpus told the CBS news network: 'She did look a little insignificantly older, but you didn't want to question it - you just go: "Aw, alright, whatever."'
Student Hope Edlebeck said: 'I thought it was really bizarre. It's just something you never hear. A 33-year-old going to school.more
A 34-year-old woman posed as her 15-year-old daughter in a bid to go back to school and try out for the cheerleading squad.
Wendy Brown turned up at Ashwaubenon High School in Wisconsin, U.S., for a day of classes - and was given her own cheerleading locker and even attended a pool party with other students.
Her day of fun was only discovered after truancy officers wondered where their new 'pupil' had gone.
Ms Brown told investigators she wanted to relive her high school experience, and was found not guilty of identity theft by reason of mental disease or defect in court on Tuesday.
Court documents revealed that Brown 'stated that she wanted to get her high school degree and be a cheerleader because she had no childhood and was trying to regain a part of her life she missed.'
She attended school for one day last August after assuming the identity of her daughter while she was living with a relative out of state.
Her teachers reported the ‘student’ for truancy and the mother’s elaborate ruse to re-live the life of a teenager was eventually uncovered when she was found in a police cell, where she’d been charged over a separate forgery conviction.
Students at the school said Brown had looked older, but had not questioned her as she had the demeanour of a teenager.
Student Spencer Corpus told the CBS news network: 'She did look a little insignificantly older, but you didn't want to question it - you just go: "Aw, alright, whatever."'
Student Hope Edlebeck said: 'I thought it was really bizarre. It's just something you never hear. A 33-year-old going to school.more
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