Disgraced NYT reporter Jayson Blair makes sizeable donation to Gilgo Beach suspect’s wife
The top donor to a fundraiser for Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann’s estranged wife is Jayson Blair, a disgraced former New York Times journalist who resigned amid a plagiarism scandal two decades ago.
Blair, 47, who is now a life coach in Ashburn, Va., was the center of his own news frenzy in the spring of 2003, when he stepped down as a national reporter and editor for the New York Times after it was revealed that he fabricated and plagiarized details in several major stories.y, the Times branded Blair’s deception as “a low point in the 152-year history of the newspaper.”
“I have suffered from mental health problems for many years and after going untreated they cost me much of my life at the time,” he wrote on his website, which says he specializes in mental health coaching, career coaching, attention deficit disorder, pervasive developmental disorders, mood disorders and substance abuse.Blair is one of over 700 donors to the GoFundMe.
Ellerup, who is originally from Iceland, filed for divorce from Heuermann a few days after he was arrested.of the family’s struggles since the horrifying revelations brought by her husband’s incarceration.Ellerup, her son, Christopher, and daughter, Victoria, returned to their home on First Avenue last week after investigators scoured the property for potential evidence.
“The funds are to assist Asa and their family to divorce her alleged serial killer husband and any extra for starting her new life, therapy, basic needs for the children, and to restore the home to whole ,” Moore wrote on the fundraising page.
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