A woman reportedly deceived her boyfriend and her family into believing she was expecting a child and even organized a gender reveal party, according to recent allegations.
Kira Cousins allegedly faked the birth of a baby named ‘Bonnie-Leigh’ earlier this month. However, shortly thereafter, she informed the child’s supposed father, Jamie Gardner, that the baby had passed away, even though there was never an actual child.
The 23-year-old has since been approached by Police Scotland, who are concerned about her mental health following a barrage of online criticism and accusations regarding the alleged deception.
Reports suggest that she purchased a fake pregnancy belly, celebrated with a baby shower, and hosted a gender reveal event in Caldercruix, near Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
Initially, Cousins shared photos of her ‘daughter’ after the supposed birth, but as she continued to prevent anyone from seeing the child, doubts began to arise. Eventually, she erased any references to the ‘baby’ from her social media accounts.
Ultimately, she claimed that the baby had died.
It is understood it was her own mother who discovered the life-like doll in her bedroom.
Her friends believe she’d paid a ‘fortune’ for the doll with one claiming Ms Cousins ‘stole’ pictures of her daughter and used them to deceive her family.
Kira Cousins tricked her boyfriend and her own family into believing she was pregnant and even held a gender reveal party (where she is pictured) to celebrate, it has been claimed
Ms Cousins (pictured) has now been spoken to by police amid concerns over her wellbeing
Ms Cousins initially posted photos of her ‘daughter’ (pictured) after the birth but suspicions grew after she refused to allow anyone near her
A source who knows the family well said: ‘It’s the talk of Scotland. She took the doll in to show her workmates and wouldn’t let them touch the baby.
‘Everybody thought she was pregnant up until the weekend, not the weekend just past but the weekend before.’
They added: ‘There’s a lot of people that I think if they got hold of Kira Cousins they would lynch her.
‘She was the youngest, innocent wee lassie – she used to go to church.
‘Her mum bought a pram for her, £1,000, her gran bought car seats and everything, one of her cousins from Wales supposedly sent her £500. She’s getting all this money.
‘I don’t know where she is now, but apparently some people say she’s still floating about other people say she’s left the country.
‘I honestly don’t think the family knew. The very first post she put up, Bonnie-Leigh born such and such and all the rest of it had people commenting.’
Neave Mcrobert, who took to TikTok to vent her anger at the situation said: ‘You were not there, you don’t know how she was acting, we just thought she was being an overprotective mum. And for those who are saying she needs help. No she doesn’t. She needs jail.’
It is claimed Ms Cousins (pictured) bought a ‘pregnant tummy’ prop and had a gender reveal party in Caldercruix, near Airdrie in Lanarkshire
Ms Cousins (pictured) eventually claimed the baby had died but it is understood her own mother discovered the like-like doll in her bedroom
Ms Cousins has now deleted any mention of the ‘baby’ from her social media accounts
Ms Cousins (pictured) is said to be the ‘talk of Scotland’ by a source close to the family
Ms Cousins shared images of her supposed daughter after her ‘birth’ on Facebook where she received messages of congratulations
She announced the pregnancy with the ‘baby’s dad’ on social media earlier this year
She added: ‘I wonder where she is now and where that doll is. I feel like such a fool for not realising but a real-life doll – she must have paid closer to £1,000 for it. ‘
At Ms Cousin’s home, a woman answered the door and said: ‘I’m not interested, go away.’
It is not believed any complaint has been made to the police.
Ms Cousin’s has since gone on social media to confirm her mother found the doll, insisting her family did not know about what she had done.
She then added: ‘While I’m not condoning any behaviour led by myself I’d like to clear some things up for the people who were involved.
‘Maybe in time I will come out and address the sadness once the right help etc has been sought.’
She concluded ‘no one should be hating towards wither families, especially Jamie’s’.
