In a statement responding to The New Yorker, Mallory confirmed that he had never had cancer, stating that he had used the illness to cope with his bipolar disorder.
It claimed that Mallory faked having a brain tumour and that he later impersonated his brother, Jake, in emails to his colleagues updating them on his “recovery”.
Mallory denied to The New Yorker that he was the author of those emails.
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