Episode
20/20: The Big Lie
Overview
Gymnast Dominique Moceanu talks about a family secret; a grifter poses as a high school basketball player; a man impersonates his dead mother to collect her social security checks; a woman pretends to have cancer.
Details
- Series
- 20/20
- Season
- Season 35
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2012-06-08
Episode context
The Big Lie is Episode 16 in Season 35 of 20/20. It aired on 2012-06-08.
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