Cathy Areu, a liberal commentator who goes by the handle Liberal Sherpa, was detained after being accused of taking advantage of her mother. Areu has been a guest on Fox News and in the past has contributed to the Washington Post.
Areu is accused of using a revoked power of attorney to forcibly haul her mother to a nursing home twice, steal more than $200k from her, and take her mother’s home.
According to the Daily Mail:
The first time the mother was placed in a home, she tried calling a friend for help, but allegedly her daughter told the staff not to allow her phone usage or visitors. Areu’s eighty-eight-year-old mom thought she was being taken for ice cream with her grandchildren rather than going to a nursing home. When doctors and officials found the woman able to make her own decisions, they released her to go home. But prosecutors say Areu and a second person physically dragged her from her house, taking her to another facility. Again the woman was released to go home after being found competent to decide. Paperwork was also filed turning over the mother’s house to Areu, but her mother said it was not her signature.
Miami-Dade County prosecutors say Areu falsified documents to take her mother’s home, took money from her mother’s savings account and reverse mortgage, and took credit cards out in her mom’s name to use.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle made a statement about Areu’s arrest, saying,
“Every incident of alleged elder exploitation or abuse touches our heart and never fails to shock us…It seems particularly harder to understand when the alleged perpetrator of the exploitation is a daughter, or a son or another blood relative.”
Areu faces felony charges in south Florida for kidnapping and theft, crimes committed against her own mother.
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Authorities Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County allege that she forged documents to gain possession of her mother’s house, stole money from her mother’s savings account and reverse mortgage, and obtained credit cards in her mother’s name only to use them for her own gain.
When she accused Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson of sexual harassment in 2020, Areu also made the news. In 2021, a judge threw out her lawsuit. Areu was a frequent unpaid guest on Tucker’s show as well as other Fox News programs. She engaged in friendly banter with hosts and guests while defending her liberal principles. She was also the podcast host for the liberal sherpa.
