The lady who recognized herself as “Shay Johnson,” the cousin of Tyree Sampson, the 14-year-old from Missouri, who plunged to his demise whereas driving the Free Fall Drop Tower at Orlando’s Icon Park along with his soccer teammates, will not be associated to teen based on his household, the Orlando Sentinel studies.
The Orlando Sentinel uncovered “Johnson’s” true identification, her authorized title is Lewishena Lavonia Browning, 32. She has paraded earlier than the media giving interview on behalf of Sampson’s household, hugging well-wishers, signing petitions, and main a vigil exterior the Free Fall experience, WFTV-Channel 9 studies.
Lewishena Browning gave interviews, spoke at press conferences and marched with indicators calling for justice for Tyre, who fell to his demise from the Orlando Free Fall experience final week. Now the teenager’s household is warning that she’s not who she claimed to be. https://t.co/kZWbVXxtZg pic.twitter.com/SuIPtyWb6a
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) April 1, 2022
In a single information interview, Browning wore sun shades showing distraught as she recounted the ultimate moments main as much as {the teenager} attending the experience which is reportedly a fabrication.
Following tonights vigil for #TyreSampson, his cousin Shay described her final dialog she had with the 14 yr outdated earlier than his fall from the ICON Park experience. @MyNews13 pic.twitter.com/hTpyR7sv5h
— Spectrum Information Asher Wildman (@AsherWildman13) March 29, 2022
Tyre’s mom spoke with the Orange County Sheriff’s workplace and advised detectives that “she doesn’t know who Shay Johnson is,” mentioned Michelle Guido, the sheriff’s spokesperson. The attorneys representing the household mentioned that not one of the relations declare to know Browning.
Browning’s employer, Flash Dancers, terminated her from the grownup leisure membership as soon as her deception was uncovered.
” I really feel horrible about it,” mentioned William Sierer in a cellphone interview with the Orlando Sentinel.
Sierer mentioned whereas in his make use of the Browning glided by “Shay” when she labored within the membership however Lewishena Browning is the title the institution has on file.
Legal data present that Browning has been arrested 4 occasions in Orange County on home violence fees and for driving with a suspended or revoked license, based on the Orlando Sentinel.
She is presently awaiting trial going through fees of felony arson and prison mischief for setting a automobile on fireplace in August, primarily based on court docket data, Orlando Sentinel studies.
