An uplifting Philadelphia holiday story that unraveled and shocked the world is getting its documentary debut.
“No Good Deed: A Crowdfunding Holiday Heist,” an hour-long documentary on the $400,000 GoFundMe scam involving a homeless veteran, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., and a couple, Kate McClure and Mark D’Amico, will premiere on Hulu on Dec. 21, ABC announced Thursday.
The trio’s story began in November 2017, when McClure and D’Amico set up a GoFundMe for Bobbitt, detailing how he gave McClure his last $20 when she ran out of gas off an I-95 exit in Port Richmond. The campaign, which would help get Bobbitt off the streets, quickly went viral, attracting national media attention, and raising more than $400,000 from thousands of donors. McClure and Bobbitt appeared on Good Morning America, and there were also talks of a book and movie deal.
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The couple bought a trailer for Bobbitt, which was parked at their home in Burlington County. But they also used the money on themselves: trips to Disney World and Las Vegas, expensive handbags, a BMW, and on their casino habits. In 2018, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office announced that the feel-good story was all a lie, made to get unsuspecting donors to contribute funds, leading Prosecutor Scott Coffina to announce theft and conspiracy charges against all three.
“They put out a story that hoodwinked a lot of people,” Coffina said…