Sunday, October 23, 2005
Money talks.....
.... and it is dirty.
It might be back to the greeting line for the granddaughter of Wal-Mart co-founder Bud Walton, Elizabeth Paige Laurie. Laurie claimed to be University of Southern California graduate but that story has unravelled. Her roommate recently alleged the Wal-Mart heiress paid her $20,000 to do her homework. The USC Annenberga School had given Laurie a bachelor’s degree for Communication in May 2004.
Laurie, has returned her degree, nearly a year after Elena Martinez told ABC's 20/20 she wrote term papers and did assignments for Laurie for 3 1/2 years.
"Paige Laurie voluntarily has surrendered her degree and returned her diploma to the university. She is not a graduate of USC," the school said in a statement issued Sept. 30. "This concludes the university's review of the allegations concerning Ms. Laurie."
Give me a squiggle!
It might be back to the greeting line for the granddaughter of Wal-Mart co-founder Bud Walton, Elizabeth Paige Laurie. Laurie claimed to be University of Southern California graduate but that story has unravelled. Her roommate recently alleged the Wal-Mart heiress paid her $20,000 to do her homework. The USC Annenberga School had given Laurie a bachelor’s degree for Communication in May 2004.
Laurie, has returned her degree, nearly a year after Elena Martinez told ABC's 20/20 she wrote term papers and did assignments for Laurie for 3 1/2 years.
"Paige Laurie voluntarily has surrendered her degree and returned her diploma to the university. She is not a graduate of USC," the school said in a statement issued Sept. 30. "This concludes the university's review of the allegations concerning Ms. Laurie."
Give me a squiggle!