{"id":31338,"date":"2023-11-24T21:24:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/?p=31338"},"modified":"2023-11-24T21:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:24:32","slug":"gofundme-suspends-suspicious-fundraiser-for-murdered-las-vegas-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/celebrity\/gofundme-suspends-suspicious-fundraiser-for-murdered-las-vegas-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"GoFundMe Suspends Suspicious Fundraiser For Murdered Las Vegas Teen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GoFundMe has suspended a fundraiser appearing to benefit the family of the Las Vegas teen who was beaten to death earlier this month, and his family claims the solicitation for money is fraudulent.<\/p>\n
The fundraiser is titled “Jonathan Lewis Family,” and raised nearly $2k since going live last week. The main photo isn’t of 17-year-old Lewis, but instead of another man … a man who according to Jonathan’s dad, has no connection to Lewis.<\/p>\n
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According to the description, the alleged organizer, Cole Charles<\/strong>, is looking to raise funds for Lewis’ family … but it’s all pretty vague.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for GoFundMe tells TMZ … “Our Trust & Safety team has reached out to the organizer for more information. All funds raised on the fundraiser remain safely held by our payment processors while our Trust & Safety team conducts its review.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To be clear, the person running the questionable fundraiser doesn’t have access to the cash that’s been raised, and it will maintained by GoFundMe until they complete their investigation.<\/p>\n Also … there’s an existing, verified fundraiser that’s on the site benefitting the Lewis fam and has raised well over $100,000. Protecting the GoFundMe<\/strong> <\/strong>community is one of the platform’s top priorities, and they have a dedicated team reviewing all fundraisers related to this incident.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As we reported, footage from the brutal incident showed Lewis at the center of a beatdown near a Las Vegas high school — cops said the attack stemmed from stolen headphones and possibly a vape pen … with everyone agreeing to meet in an alley after school to fight.<\/p>\n Eight minors have been arrested following his death<\/strong>, with 2 more teens believed to have been involved.<\/p>\n