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Mother Admits Her Daughter Faked Own Kidnapping To Escape School The mother of a former popular female college basketball player recently spoke out on ABCs 20/20 and admitted that her daughter faked her own kidnapping in order to escape the pressures of school. ABC News When a Tennessee teen succumbed to the pressure of being a college student-athlete, she turned to alcohol abuse and faked her own kidnapping. Sierra “Cece” Sims was a stellar and popular student in high school. Nurturing a love for music, Sims played guitar, following in the footsteps of her father Tommy Sims, who co-wrote the Grammy-winning Eric Clapton hit, “Change the World.” The high school homecoming queen was also gifted on the basketball court, once delivering 19 assists in one game and helping her team win three titles. “Before we knew it, we were looking at some of the biggest colleges in the nation asking her to play basketball,” her mom Kathie Sims said. Sims earned a full scholarship to the Alabama school 300 miles away from home. However, the demands of being a student-athlete were tough, leaving her with no time for music. “Your schedule might take you to the Bahamas or Czech Republic or to Hawaii,” [Coach] Fortner said. “They are going to get a great education tutoring. But they pay heavily for that because working out is tough. They are up at 5 in the morning, and they don’t get to bed ’til 11 at night.” After only two months at Auburn, Sims, then an 18-year-old freshman, felt like she was under heavy pressure to do well in school and on the court, and had secretly started binge drinking. When she told her mother she wanted to come home, Kathie Sims said she told her daughter to reach out to people she could trust. So one night, Cece called her coach to tell her about a campus concert she attended. But Sims didn’t show up to practice the next day, which was instantly alarming to Fortner.   Soon a search for Sims was in full force. “The police, the FBI and the State Troopers were on it. Amber Alert…it spread like wildfire,” said Fortner. Nearly 24 tense hours had passed after Cece Sims disappeared when a police officer on the case had a shocking encounter. “One of the policemen who were searching for her almost hit her,” Kathie Sims said. “She looked right at him and said, ‘I’m Cece Sims,’ and he just melted.” No doubut that the pressures of college can sometimes get overwhelming, but this girl definitely took it to the extreme! Photo Credit: Auburn University

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Truth Or Truth: Mother Of Former College Basketball Player Admits Daughter Faked Own Kidnapping To Avoid School