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Kyleigh Trowell

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Why Did the T.V Star Abby Lee Miller go to Jail?
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Kyleigh Trowell

Imagine you're a T.V star, everyone knows your name, your T.V series is one of the most popular in America, and everything is perfect, but suddenly everything changes. You go to jail for bankruptcy fraud! Well this is the story of Abby Lee Miller. Everything started when Abby was having some financial issues. She began to hide her money when the T.V show, Dance Moms, aired. If only she knew what was to come! She acted like everything was normal for the next couple seasons/years until she was accused of fraud in the beginning of 2016. At first she was saying how she would never do anything like that but later in that year Abby pleaded guilty. She had hidden over $700,000! Isn’t that crazy? After that, she was sentenced to 366 days in prison. That’s a little bit more than one year. Luckily for Abby, she was released early due to good behavior and health issues but she was still in there for eight months. Once she was released, she was sent to the hospital for cancer. I could not imagine being sent to prison and then finally coming out only to be sent to a hospital for cancer! Abby was treated with chemotherapy which made her a lot better but she still had to be in a wheelchair because she was still not 100 percent. You may think that after being sent to prison, being diagnosed with cancer, and being in a wheelchair, she may not want to teach kids dance but that was surely not the case for Abby Lee! Once Abby got discharged from the hospital she went back to teaching dance. Only one more season was aired on the show but Abby is still teaching today! She teaches at her studio in LA and teaches at many conventions along with her assistant, Gianna Martello. Hopefully Abby has learned her lesson and will continue to be an amazing dance teacher!