Man beats himself up, says was mugged for Oprah tickets

Canada – A Canadian man who beat himself up, and then pretended that he had been mugged and his tickets to Oprah’s farewell celebration stolen, pleaded guilty to felony disorderly conduct. Robert Spearing, 44, was taken to Stroger hospital at the time after reporting that two people beat him before stealing his passes to the star-studded show at the United Center. But hours later, police said that Spearing changed his story, admitting that he’d never been attacked and concocted the story so he didn’t disappoint his wife because they had traveled from Ontario without tickets.  more