Ex-'Survivor' contestant arrested for allegedly stealing from family member
A former US Survivor contestant has been charged in Virginia with grand larceny.
Jonny Fairplay, who while competing on the show in 2003 became known for orchestrating a lie that his grandmother had died, was charged after a silver necklace and furniture were taken from a residence, the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said.
Jonny Fairplay. Instagram
Also charged was Fairplay's mother, Patsy Terry Hall, 68, the Danville Register & Bee reported today.
The sheriff’s office said Fairplay’s aunt filed the complaint, according to TV station WSET.
This photo provided by the Danville Police Department shows Jonny Fairplay. Fairplay, a former "Survivor" contestant has been charged. Danville Police Department
Sheriff's office officials would not say who lived at the home, according to the Register & Bee.
Fairplay, 46, and Ms Hall turned themselves in at a magistrate’s office on Friday after Danville police served them warrants, a police spokesman told the newspaper.
“I (we) have been unjustly charged by a family member," Fairplay wrote in a message to The Associated Press last night.
"I welcome the opportunity to vindicate myself (and my mother)."
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