GoFundMe takes down fundraisers for North Carolina stabbing suspect
GoFundMe confirmed Sunday it removed all fundraisers for Decarlos Brown Jr., a suspect in a homicide case in North Carolina.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department identified Brown, 34, as the suspect in the murder of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska. Zarutska was living in Charlotte after fleeing the war in Ukraine, and sustained multiple knife wounds while traveling on a train in the city on Aug. 22.
Screenshots of GoFundMe fundraisers for Brown were shared by multiple people on X Sunday, though the fundraising organization said these have now been taken down.
“GoFundMe’s Terms of Service explicitly prohibit fundraisers that raise money for the legal defense of anyone formally charged with an alleged violent crime. Consistent with this long-standing policy, this fundraiser has been removed from the platform and the donors who contributed to the fundraiser have been fully refunded,” a GoFundMe spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.
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Brown has been charged with first degree murder, according to police.
A fundraiser for Zarutska’s family on GoFundMe has raised over $60,000 as of Sunday evening.
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