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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, August 11, 2010 · 10 Friends drawn to bail hearing, not family Continued from page 1 in a Milton court Monday morning. The hearing was put over until 9:30 a.m. today (Wednesday), because no one showed up to act as her surety. The postponement was to give Kirilow more time to secure bail money. On Saturday, Kirilow's father said he had no plans to post bail for his estranged daughter and no family was present at her bail hearing. If convicted, Kirilow faces a maximum penalty of two years in jail. Kirilow appeared briefly in court dressed in a pale, peach-coloured frock and blue runners. Her light-brown hair, now grown out, was tucked behind her ears. The 23-year-old trembled slightly and her voice wavered when she said her name for the court. Jackie Musial, 21, came from Oakville with her friend Meredith Dejonge, 25, to attend Kirilow's bail hearing in Milton. "Everyone's going to know her as the girl who faked cancer. It's hard to escape when it's tattooed on her hands." Jackie Musial, Oakville Both women say they were friends with Kirilow and were stunned to learn they had been lied to. The two weren't sure why they felt compelled to be at Kirilow's bail hearing, but said they wanted to see the woman they once considered a friend. Musial says she briefly caught ACCUSED: Ashley Kirilow stands accused of fraud after Kirilow's eye in the courtroom. faking that she had cancer. "She looks a whole lot different," remarked Musial, who has known Winter Non-Contact Kirilow for six to eight months. "She looked like a healthy human Adult Hockey being who doesn't have cancer. The last time I saw her, she had no hair." Musial said she never suspected Halton Men's Kirilow might have been lying about Recreational her illness. The woman was a convincHockey League ing patient, she said, and would fre( Our 53rd Season! ) quently update her Facebook status from the hospital or end online converDivisions For: sations by saying she had to go for a chemotherapy treatment. Oldtimers (30+) Masters (40+), Musial said Kirilow would someClassics (50+), The Twenties (20-29), times come over to her house and and Women's Rec (22+) watch movies or the two women would · Non-contact recreational play go for coffee. · Prime times But now, Musial wants nothing to · Uniforms provided · Excellent officiating do with Kirilow. · Team balancing "No," she said, shaking her head · Individual /Team entries when asked if she still considered Kirilow a friend. "I don't want to be Information and/or Registration by Phone: associated with her." 905-849-9712 or: www.hmhl.bizland.com Musial said she wasn't surprised no one was willing to post bail for Kirilow. She has betrayed too many, she said. "Everyone's going to know her as the girl who faked cancer," she said. "It's hard to escape when it's tattooed on her hands," she added, referring to markings Kirilow had tattooed on her hands, supposedly in tribute to her battle with her alleged cancer. Kirilow's hoax unraveled quickly after a Toronto Star story Friday revealed Kirilow shaved her head, plucked her eyebrows and eyelashes to make herself look like a chemotherapy patient. The ruse included attending charity events in her honour, taking cancer research donations from hundreds of people and accepting a flight to Disney World from a Toronto-based cancer-awareness organization. The 23-year-old, who has blamed a miserable childhood for her situation, began telling people she had cancer and "MASONRY & FIREPLACE DESIGN SPECIALISTS" when she had a benign tumour w w w. c o b b l e s t o n e m b e r s . c a removed from her breast in 2008. 406 SPEERS RD., OAKVILLE ACROSS FROM RONA LANSING 905-337-2066 For a related story, see page 11. Pre-Order for Fall And Save the Taxes!