FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – The former Colorado couple that told
authorities their son floated away in a helium balloon have made a
video saying they’ll auction off the inflatable to raise money for
Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief.
TMZ.com posted the video in which Richard and Mayumi Heene
(HEE’-nee) say they’ll work with California lawyer Perry Rausher on
the auction. Rausher confirmed to the Coloradoan he is working with
the Heenes.
The Heenes’ son wasn’t inside the balloon when it floated away
in 2009. Mayumi Heene served 20 days in jail for filing a false
report. Richard Heene served 30 days in jail for a felony count of
attempting to influence a public servant.
Terms of their probation say they can’t profit from their story
until 2013.