Online fundraising for MU tutor no longer active
The woman who claims to be the tutor involved in alleged academic cheating among University of Missouri student-athletes started a GoFundMe page Thursday to help pay for her legal fees.
Yoland Kumar posted to her private Facebook page on Nov. 22, explaining her academic fraud in the athletic department at the University of Missouri.
An excerpt from the online fundraising account reads, “Prior to the post I had notified a consulting legal firm that I could not afford to retain their legal services. I’m setting up this GoFundMe to assist with my legal and living cost as I nagivated through this foreign territory of being a “whistle-blower”. I am a single mother and sole provider of an amazingly strong 14 year old young man. Your kindness and generosity is greatly appreciated.”
The account was listed as no longer active Friday evening.
On Nov. 23, Kumar told ABC 17 News that she was groomed to help athletes in revenue sports, which sometimes included completing their assignments and taking tests for them.
Kumar would not disclose which MU teams were involved in the academic dishonesty or if other tutors were involved.
Online court records show Kumar was charged three times for passing bad checks of less than $500, a class A misdemeanor. She pleaded guilty in Cole County and Boone County Courts in 2010. She completed two years of unsupervised probation in April 2012.
Kumar responded to comments on the fundraising page about her past charges, which have since been deleted.
