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Balloon Boy Accomplices Sought; Richard Heene in Deep $h!t

The Heene family, accused of perpetrating the Balloon Boy hoax to promote a reality show, are looking at some serious criminal charges this week or next. The couple’s lawyer, David Lane, expects charges to be filed by Wednesday, and says the Heenes will themselves in to avoid the spectacle of a public arrest. Ironic that Richard Heene does not want a public spectacle this time.

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Balloon Boy Accomplices Sought; Richard Heene in Deep $h!t

Colorado Sheriff Says We Were Right: Balloon Hoax Was Publicity Stunt For TV Show

At a press conference in Colorado, Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden has come to a conclusion on the case of Richard Heene ‘s Balloon Boy : “It has been determined this was a hoax, a publicity stunt to market a reality show.” Felony charges will be brought up against the Heene family, it seems. Warrants will be brought up against them.

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Colorado Sheriff Says We Were Right: Balloon Hoax Was Publicity Stunt For TV Show

Dude Claims He Helped Plan Balloon Boy Stunt; Cops to Press Charges Against Richard Heene

Robert Thomas, who used to work for Richard Heene (Balloon Boy’s dad), said he was obsessed with becoming famous, wanted his own reality show, and had this wild idea for a media stunt that involved a weather balloon that resembles a UFO.

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Dude Claims He Helped Plan Balloon Boy Stunt; Cops to Press Charges Against Richard Heene

Just the Bullet Points: How a Former Assistant Ratted Out Balloon Boy’s Dad

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Just the Bullet Points: How a Former Assistant Ratted Out Balloon Boy’s Dad

Exclusive: I Helped Richard Heene Plan a Balloon Hoax

For the first time, 25-year-old researcher Robert Thomas reveals to Gawker how earlier this year he and Richard Heene drew up a master plan to generate a massive media controversy using a weather balloon. To get famous, of course. Thomas spent several months earlier this year working on developing a reality science TV show to pitch to networks – the “show,” Thomas says, that Falcon was referring to when he told CNN “We did it for the show.” Among the ideas that Heene, Thomas and two others came up with for their reality TV proposal — and one that he says most intrigued Heene — involved a weather balloon modified to look like a UFO which they would launch in an attempt to drum up media interest in both the Heene family and the series he was desperate to get on the air.

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Exclusive: I Helped Richard Heene Plan a Balloon Hoax

Balloon, Burst: Former Assistant Rats Out Balloon Boy’s Dad

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Balloon, Burst: Former Assistant Rats Out Balloon Boy’s Dad