Woman gets jail time for faking cancer, stealing from friends

LAS VEGAS (Court TV) — A woman who lied to her friends for months, even pretending she had cancer at one point, will head to jail after pleading guilty to theft.

Haleigh Knight appears at her sentencing on June 24, 2026. (Court TV)

Haleigh Knight pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge; if she completes her probation and pays the full $19,787.12 in restitution, she may request that the conviction be reduced to a misdemeanor.

That plea agreement didn’t sit well with the victims who testified at Wednesday’s sentencing hearing. “The financial impact changed the course of my life,” Corey Fink said in court. “I lost everything I had built for myself. While I was unknowingly funding Haleigh’s lavish lifestyle, I was packing up my own life and leaving behind everything I had built for myself.”…

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