People Are Being So Mean to the "Fountain Lady"
LatestReckless texter Cathy Cruz Marrero fell into a shopping mall fountain while messaging her church buddy and achieved Internet fame. Now the media’s ridiculing her for her criminal record and unresolved theft charges. She’s our new Ted Williams!
Like “Golden Voice,” Marrero wasn’t trying to become a national Internet sensation when she went viral. But she did become one, and she’s received getting all kinds of press for her law-related stumbles—which really aren’t that outrageous, but are making national headlines all the same. The Reading Eagle of Reading, Pa. reports that Marrero has a bunch of retail theft convictions on her record, and in 2009 was charged with identity theft in Berks County, Pa. (where the Gosselins are from!) after allegedly using her co-worker’s credit card to buy more than $4,000 in pretty things from Zales. She also allegedly spent $1,000 at Target, but those charges were dropped. The Berks County charges remain unresolved; she’s still going to court on those.
Granted, Marrero kind of made herself look ridiculous by telling various national media sources that she was contemplating a lawsuit against the shopping mall for hiring insensitive security personnel. The reference to her “church friend”—the recipient of the text—was particularly rich, in light of the news about her past. But come on—she wasn’t looking for any of this! She didn’t want to be America’s Next Top Role Model or a fancy commercial announcer—she was just minding her own business and got caught up in all this viral video spotlight stuff.