Kendall Rae claims that Maddie Russo's actions were fraudulent and caused significant emotional and financial harm to many people and organizations.

“And in total Maddie scammed $37,000 from $400 139 GoFundMe donors and that number is just what she was able to get from GoFundMe it doesn't include the private donations that she was also getting she also received money and gifts from nonprofits school districts and other private citizens”