Film star denies lamb tale
A Japanese film star has denied reports she was conned into buying a lamb disguised as a poodle.
Maiko Kawakami has dismissed stories she was the victim of a scam by tricksters importing lambs from Australia and Britain to sell as poodles to rich Japanese women.
It was widely reported that the scam came to light after Kawakami complained on a television talk show that her new poodle refused to bark or eat dog food.
"Ms Kawakami is very surprised by how much this has spread overseas. She was just recounting on television how she had heard of such a story while she was at a nail salon," a spokeswoman for her talent agency said.
"Ms Kawakami does not even own a poodle."
Police in Sapporo, where the fraudulent company was reportedly based, also denied the tale.
"We have had inquiries from so many media - CNN, CBS among others - and all I can say is that that article is completely made up," a spokesman said.
(From ananova.com)
Yes, Ms. Kawakami. We understand you don't own a poodle.
But do you own a lamb?
(BTW, the "media morons" referred to in the tag for this article are not Maiko Kawakami or her spokespeople, but rather the anonymous reporter who wrote this article,and all the other journalists who apparently didn't notice that even the original writer didn't fully believe the shaggy sheep tale he was relating, because even he states that "this has a whiff of the 'urban myth' about it."
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