Moms At The Center Burned Child Incident Are Facing Off: New Blame, Alleged Misused GoFundMe Money, & MORE
23.06.2022 - 20:49
/ perezhilton.com
The sad story of Dominick Krankall continues to take twists and turns.
Of course, Perezcious readers will recall Dominick’s scary situation: back in April, the 6-year-old boy suffered second- and third-degree burns after an accident in the backyard of the Bridgeport, Connecticut property where he lived. At the time, Dominick’s story went viral. His family quickly raised more than $600,000 on a GoFundMe page after allegations came out that the little boy had supposedly been bullied by his neighbors, an 8-year-old boy and his 11-year-old brother.
This week, doubts began to creep in about whether Krankall was truly bullied after the Bridgeport PD found no wrongdoing in the case and closed their investigation into the incident. At that time, surveillance footage from the backyard appeared to show that Dominick was not struck in the face with a flaming ball, as was one of the original allegations — and in fact, at one point, one of the older boys appears to have tried to help the little kid escape the flames.
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Now, as Krankall continues to recover from his burns, the family of the 8-year-old boy identified at Stefano Giacobbe is speaking out.
Stefano’s mother, Laura Giacobbe, and Dominick’s mother Maria Rua both spoke to DailyMail.com this week to share their sides of what has become an increasingly contentious story. Rua has taken to defending herself as people begin to question whether Dominick was bullied. The mom, who says she has already refunded at least $1,000 of the money people sent in via GoFundMe, told the news outlet:
Laura was not as conciliatory with her now-former neighbor, though.
The accused bully Stefano’s mother slammed