This is potentially my favorite recurring story on the internet.
I’m shocked I didn’t get around to this one earlier.
Go back and relive high school with all the knowledge they have now.
Shelby put forth about as good an effort as I’ve ever seen.
She had the wool pulled over everyone’s eyes for an admirable stretch of time.
‘It’s a huge trigger point for her.’
I’ll give her credit.
She swung for the fences.
Had herself fitted for braces and everything.
She even managed to con her way into a pair of foster parents.
I’ll tip my47 brand capto her for that.
But she took it a step too far when she pivoted to 13-year old Ellie Blake.
She had a great thing going as a 16-year old.
But after nearly a full school year, she saw the unwanted light at the end of the tunnel.
Daniella was getting closer and closer to graduation, but didn’t want the party to end.
She just had to dial it back even further.
It’s like you’re free to see exactly what she was thinking.
From there on, to even question her age would equal harassment.
Additionally, it was a heady move by Shelby to throw in the “human trafficked orphan” storyline.
It’s really not something one should lie about.
The karma that comes back to you after that one isn’t going to be great.
She’s been through so much.
I have to think that bought her more time.
That, plus the enrolling in multiple different behavior centers.
Posing as a child with anorexia.
That’s how you get in the front door.
The problem is, in the end, they never have the documents to back it up.
‘But in retrospect we should have asked for some formal paperwork.’
It’s always the paperwork that comes back to bite them.
School’s are so quick to take in a helpless teen.
According the authorities, Shelby Hewitt’s motive remains unknown.
Well you could stop searching for that motive now guys.
I’ve found it for you.
That right there is the dream.
If you don’t really think about it at all, it kinda sounds like a fun idea.
But then you remember that if you’re not high school aged, high school students actually suck.
You don’t want to be around them.
If you threw me in a high school math class right now I’d be a disaster.
But one undeniably awesome thing would be to play competitive high school sports as a full grown adult.
It rules so much it almost makes it worth the risk.
Shelby Hewitt clearly has a whole mess of mental problems.
I don’t envy her in the slightest.
Except for the fact that she got to play a year of high school basketball as a 31-year old.
I hope she gave those bitches hell.
On what grounds could she possibly be not guilty?
How is pleading not guilty even an option?
That the social workers who she invented out of thin air are actually real people?
What a wild plea.
I’m actually quite excited to see where this thing goes.
WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
That’s a massive cliffhanger to leave this story on.
Is she writing a book?
Is she performing some sort of undercover investigation?
Her trial is scheduled for the end of this year.
I’m on pins and needles.
I hope she drops a bomb.
There are other weird things about this case that I’m yet to even address.
For one, Shelby received an inheritance from her parents that people suspect was near $1 million.
Also, the fact that she was still employed full-time as a social worker throughout the whole thing… Maybe she thought, “Fuck it, I’ve got the money to do this.
Let’s give it a rip.”
Someday I’d love to hear a story of a person who pulled this off successfully.
He forges all the necessary documents.
Plays 3 years as the varsity QB.
Lights the league on fire.
Gets a scholarship to some low level D1 program like UL Monroe.
They have high hopes for him.
Then he goes on to live regular life.
Works his way up the chain of command at Enterprise-Rent-A-Car.
Then when he finally retires he gets to tell the story about how he successfully scammed an entire city.
I wonder if that ever happened.
If only Shelby Hewitt had the proper documentation.
It could have been her.
“The truth will come out”
