Former Fox News 'Liberal Sherpa' Arrested on Charges She Kidnapped and Financially Exploited Mother

[CatWoman]

Former Fox News ‘Liberal Sherpa’ Arrested on Charges She Kidnapped and Financially Exploited Elderly Mother

Cathy Areu, a former regular on Fox News where she played the part of the “Liberal Sherpa“, was arrested in Miami, Florida on charges that she allegedly kidnapped and exploited her mother for money.

According to the Miami Herald, Areu was arrested on Friday with charges ranging from fraud, kidnapping, and exploitation.

Areu also allegedly attempted to use power of attorney twice to place her mother in assisted living facilities in attempts to control her assets. The elderly woman was later released on both occasions after the Florida Department of Children and Families discovered she was not in need of that type of care.

From the Herald:

Miami-Dade police detectives had been trying to arrest her since June, when a judge signed a warrant for her arrest. According to a Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office press release, she is believed to have been evading arrest and even took off to Mexico for a time.

Investigators claim Areu could have taken more than $224,000 from her 88-year-old mother including funds from a reverse mortgage, as well as numerous bank accounts and credit cards that were opened in her name.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/former-fox-news-liberal-sherpa-arrested-on-charges-she-kidnapped-and-financially-exploited-elderly-mother/

[jimlup]

1. So what is the role of

"liberal sherpa"?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Dunno, but it's almost surely some phony bullshit where Faux painted her

as a 'liberal', when she most likely was nothing like that IRL.

[Raine]

3. She was kind of like Stephan Colbert when he pretended to be

a conservative to make fun of them. The "liberal Sherpa" pretended to be a liberal to make fun of them by being really extreme and ridiculous. The Sherpa was a semi-regular in Tucker's show but hasn't been on for a few years, she just seemed to disappear.