Thousands of dollars have been raised for Australian teenager Jamie Murphy after he was arrested in Bali during Schoolies week for posessing “white powder” that ended up being extremely not illegal.
Friends of the 18-year-old have bandied together to raise cash for Murphy – aiming to crowdsource the bloke $30,000 using GoFundMe. They say they’re raising the money to help the teenager “move on”. Mates say that the cash is intended to reimburse the legal and travel costs incurred by Murphy’s parents during the case.
A friend of the family, Bryanna Heard, said Jamie and his parents were “extremely thankful” for the help they had received from their lawyers, but said the cost had hit them hard.
She wrote on the page of the crowdsourcing effort:
This proud hardworking normal family has been left with an immense legal bill that they are unable to cover without asking for help from our incredible community. Jamie does not wish to go to the media and sell his story, but instead would be immensely grateful just to be able to rid himself and his family of these debts and move on.
The effort has received more than $6800 since it started earlier this week. Some people are not so keen.
Damn kids.
Source: GoFundMe.
Photo: Supplied.
