The Sun, the British newspaper, has followed the saga of 46-year old Glyn Bailey, who became famous in the Dominican Republic after the woman he had come all the way from the UK called for help from the authorities, saying she couldn’t afford to support him.
The media focused on the upside of this British sanky love story gone sour. Wilfa Soto Peguero of Cotui had been dating online with him in the hope that he could help her support her two daughters. Things went the other way around, and she ended up having to maintain the tourist who told her he had come just with a one-way ticket.
In a new twist on the story, Wendy Fitzpatrick, the 66-year old mother of Bailey, said she gave him the money for the airfare. She explains her son has not been able to keep a job or relationship. She said with the trip to the Dominican Republic, he has lost his subsidized housing and that she will not be allowing him to stay with her once he returns.
The Sun reports on how the former meat factory worker became a celebrity in the Dominican Republic after Wilfa posted a video online pleading for someone to take him off her hands. A meme was even creating showing that Bailey really was a prince charming, but was just testing his loved-one-to-be.
Soto later accused him of abuse, and he was sent to a hospital in Santo Domingo for psychological evaluation. The media has reported the British Consulate is assisting Bailey. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has indicated: “Our staff in the Dominican Republic are offering assistance to a British man and are in contact with the local authorities.”
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The Sun
14 December 2017
