GoFundMe: ‘Factual misrepresentations’ led to end of fundraiser for man paying wife’s cancer bills

GoFundMe has removed a fundraising campaign for Donald and Josephine Johnson, an elderly Texas couple. The campaign gained viral attention after the husband was seen hauling bags to pay for his wife's cancer bills. The platform stated that the fundraiser was pulled on Sunday due to factual misrepresentations. Specifically, GoFundMe clarified that issues regarding the wife's identity, rather than the parents' story, led to the decision to end the fundraising efforts for the couple.