Woman who burned face in acid attack hoax to write book
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - The Vancouver woman who burned her face with drain cleaner and claimed to have been attacked is writing a book about the hoax called "Facing the Truth."
The Columbian reports Bethany Storro wrote the book with Portland-area co-author Mona Kruger. A news release says the book will "take the reader through a maze of mental illness to uncover the history leading up to the tragedy."
Storro attracted national attention in August 2010 when she said a stranger threw a cup of acid in her face. She accepted donations from sympathetic people before she admitted to detectives she had made up the story.
Storro pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a public official and was sentenced to community service and ordered to continue mental health treatment.
The Columbian reports Bethany Storro wrote the book with Portland-area co-author Mona Kruger. A news release says the book will "take the reader through a maze of mental illness to uncover the history leading up to the tragedy."
Storro attracted national attention in August 2010 when she said a stranger threw a cup of acid in her face. She accepted donations from sympathetic people before she admitted to detectives she had made up the story.
Storro pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a public official and was sentenced to community service and ordered to continue mental health treatment.
Definitely on my won't read, won't buy list.
The Title should be "Nutjob Diaries"! How else could you intentionally burn your face with acid?
The tittle is "My Life as a BUMB ASS"
Not ever having suffered from a mental illness I can not be inside of her looking out, but it must have been bad for her to go as far as destroying her face in the process. Not only is she fighting the demons inside she now has to look at one every times she looks in a mirror. I see some comments saying she is selfish, trying to milk her plight, and not playing with a full deck. Try looking at things from her side and see those demons coming at you from your own mind. Only try to imagine what kind of fight she must be going through and now with a face that is only good for scaring someone. She may or may not be this person I am speaking of, but until you know you should find a little compassion in your heart for her. Your mind might put you in her place one if these days.
I imagine the concept of doing something is similar to threatening suicide. Many people threaten but do not actually follow through because they need the attention. This was probably her way of getting the attention without committing suicide. I can imagine what would go through anyone's mind during either of the situations, but its just really sad that they don't think there is another way out. She has my empathy on the mental issues that she's having, but she should NEVER have accepted donations. Unless she has the mental capacity of an 8 year old to not know any better, she knew that it was wrong to take it. Mental illnesses can often skew the thinking process, but I have a feeling she can still tell right from wrong. Â
 @LongBeachBum You're right, she has my empathy. It must be horrible. That said, I wonder if it's time to consider laws that prohibit people from profiting from our own self-harm, like those prohibiting criminals from profiting from the sale of books regarding their crimes. Anything to reduce incentive.
I'm not giving this self absorbed POS a penny. Must suck to look in the mirror and be reminded of how stupid and pathetic you are.
 @Isadora Anyone capable of such extreme self-harm for attention deserves our compassion. No sane person attempt to profit from putting acid on their faces. God knows why she took the money, that wasn't cool either, but maybe she rationalized it - it's only $5 from each person, recent high medical bills, etc., she may well be a greedy little witch, but to my view, she's also a seriously mentally ill young woman who may have found writing the book to be cathartic. She probably has difficulty supporting herself otherwise. At least it's not criminal activity.
So, when doe the authorities garnish the profits from said book to pay for the money taxpayers spent on her hoax?
 @FormlessOne There would have to be a new law enacted.
Her mental illness is called selfishness. She was very calculating and deceitful about this entire fiasco. Also taking the really low road of blame it on someone black.
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The only tragedy is the trouble she put the police through and the people who collected money on her behalf.
 @Pollywannacracker Yeah, that was particularly offensive. The acid to the face part ratchets this up a notch for me though. She's seriously ill to do that to herself.
whatever the case, she's pretty crazy to throw acid on her own face. takes some type of courage that most people dont have. sickening tho
There is should always be "one" eye on her at all times, she's not working with a full deck.
I'm thinkig about writing a book about my use of deer antler spray...any takers?
 @Larry Bernandez It will most likely be A LOT more interesting than anything she can write LOL
 @Larry Bernandez LOL
Wonder if anyone would actually buy it? Not this guy! She doesn't deserve one dime from her lies.
 @Powderhound unfortunately.. yes people will buy it~ I agree with you completely she doesn't deserve a dime...Â
 @Aras  @Powderhound I wouldn't mind if her book sales went to teen outreach to identify and support mentally ill young people in the community.
The title should be "If you are a moron buy this book".
@Alex Clayton  Catchy title !Â
So you are helping promote her book! Come on Komo News, do your share and NOT report this type of story. This is exactly why people do horrible things, for ATTENTION! And you are just feeding the fire with this helping her gain recognition for her bad actions, reinforcing her bad behavior. This also will no doubt spark someone else to do something crazy to get attention and then write a book or something else to gain fame and fortune..."Â
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Be part of the solution, if you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem! How about stories about good people doing good and writing books or doing fundraisers for real charities? Or is that too boring for you? Just promoting negativity with this story and copycats. This is why I don't watch the news much, too much drama, I sign on to check the weather and then when I see something like this I say to myself "and that is what is wrong with the world..." Very disappointed. How can we teach our kids to be good people when it seems only the bad ones get the attention, fame and money?!
 @mominwa While I may write a book it will NOT be about me or my acts of charity. Those acts are well enough known by the recipients or are anonymous. I prefer it that way.
Drain cleaner is seldom acid. It is most commonly lye and other bases. [ the crystal form is composed of sodium hydroxide (lye), sodium nitrate, sodium chloride (salt), and aluminum.]
 @Glassman This science moment brought to you by - Glassman.
She also has a cartoon coming out by Looney Tunes.
 @ReallyRUSerious Ha funny!
Oh, so the donations didn't work, so she's gonna write a book to try to profit from it again? Good luck! No more face time for you! You already destroyed your face time already the same way you destroyed your face! Go the hell away!
ROFL
wait a minute. this woman is allowed to PROFIT off of filing a false police report and defrauding taxpayers out of tens of thousands of dollars for an investigation based on her lies??!!
 @dorimonsonfan Hopefully no publisher will touch it.
 @Furd  @dorimonsonfan Very easy to self-publish these days.
Man who read news story about self-centered self-important borderline nut case writing book is not going to buy it or read it
I have a hard time believing she is mentally ill. Seems to me she knew exactly what she was doing. I think she needs to pay back the money received based on her lies and then any profits go towards mental illness education and/or people who are disfigured due to at real crime.
 @Anarchy It's that she harmed herself so badly with an agenda based on lies for attention - for money - for whatever. That's what mentally ill is man.
She should stay out of the media and spend the next 10 years volunteering to help those who are disfigured due to genetics, real attacks or war. There are father and mothers who are trying to provide for their families and losing their homes and this whack job who probably has a iPhone and other toys is wasting medical resources to care for her antics.
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She is living in a wealthy country, sure the economy has been hard, but it is better than living in Africa and part of Asia. Yet this is what she does with her freedom.
 @Pollywannacracker Think about that for a second. I can't imagine someone who was disfigured due to genetics would wish to spend any amount of time with an unblemished woman who disfigured herself.
I guess she needs to figure out a way of earning enough money to repay the donations and ultimately get her face repaired.  Sadly, mental illness is blamed for far too many abhorrent behaviors...She is not learning disabled, nor is she physically disabled.  There is treatment for almost any mental illness, but it is up the the individual to take advantage of the treatment...which many do not.  Call me skeptical, I won't be buying her book, she got herself into this mess without my help, she can get herself out of this mess without my help.
Wolf! Wolf!
When anorexia and bulimia are just not enough... a sad tale of a cry for... help? attention? affirmation? love?
Based on the many negative comments being posted here, it is easy to see why some people feel valueless to the point of destroying themselves in such manner.
I hope no one buys this crap.
......and the title is "Psycho Like Me"??
Obviously this lady has a few screws loose however she tried to make money off of the fake acid attack and once again she is trying to make money on a book. I hope nobody buys this!!!
 @tkyed It was real acid, just a fake attack. Your wording makes it sound like it was fake acid.Â
Maybe she should do the Prilosec commercials; "Prilosec can't do anything about my acid problem, but it can help yours!"Â
Put this dog to sleep!!
Here we go with the sympathy card again. If this racist woman is so "mentally ill," why did she make a conscious calculated decision to lie about a black woman throwing acid in her face. In addition, I don't know to many "mentally ill" people who negotiate book deals and write one.
I guess nobody should profit from mental illness now? How do you propose people with mental illness pay for their treatment? I guess John Forbes Nash should give back the money and medal from his Nobel Prize too, huh?
@Nic Stevens They definitely shouldn't profit from their mental illness by accepting donations based on lies.
 @commonsense  @Nic Absolutely not. Fraud is fraud no matter what.