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Man fakes robbery for Oprah tickets

An Ontario man pretended to have been robbed in an attempt to score one of the 13,000 tickets to Oprah Winfrey’s final show. A-listers such as Tom Cruise, Beyoncé, Madonna, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Halle Berry, Katie Holmes and Dakota Fanning were among the celebrities on hand for the star-studded event. Police say Robert Spearing, 44, came to Chicago with his wife, believing he could buy tickets to the event. When he found they’d all been given away via lottery, he concocted a story about how he was robbed of his show tickets by two suspects. NBC News reported that officers say Spearing “allegedly scraped his hands on the sidewalk and used a rock to make a small cut on his forehead.” He later revealed it was a hoax, admitting he’d faked the robbery so his wife wouldn’t be mad at him when she found out he couldn’t get tickets. Spearing was charged by Chicago Police with felony disorderly conduct.