Sisters Kayla and Kellie Bingham are more than just identical twins, they are best friends. Growing up, they shared a dream of becoming doctors and helping people. After college, they devoted hours to...
In this 2015 Facebook post on Kellie’s page, the sisters are pictured with a pet:But, after leaving MUSC in September 2016, they decided they weren’t going to go down without a fight. The twins brought a defamation lawsuit against the university the following year, saying that their reputations were unduly harmed without cause.
It took five years, but finally, the Bingham sisters have cleared their names: A Charleston, South Carolina court recently decided that the Binghams did not cheat on the test and that the school was in the wrong for putting them through such public scrutiny and destroying their reputations. The sisters were awarded $1.5 million in damages.
Many experts testified during the trial on the women’s behalf, including Nancy Segal, a psychologist who specializes in the study of twins and genetics.. “They’ve been raised the same and are natural partners in the same environment.” A former professor of the women also spoke up, saying that they had given nearly identical answers in the past even when they were nowhere near each other.
Segal says she would have been surprised if this wasn’t the case, and that she would expect to see similar scores in twins like the Binghams. She also said that it is common for identical twins to be accused of cheating, due to the fact they often give similar answers to tests or use the same wording on papers.In other words, great minds really do think alike, especially when it comes to identical twins.
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