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Model Guilty of Contempt for Exaggerating NHS Disability Claim

She faces up to two years in prison at her October sentencing following her admission that festival videos undermined her claimed disabilities.

Overview

  • In July 2025, a High Court judge ruled that Kae Burnell-Chambers had deliberately misrepresented her mobility in a £3 million NHS negligence claim.
  • Footage from 2019 festivals showed her walking, dancing and working as a body-paint model without any mobility aids, directly contradicting her sworn testimony.
  • She dropped her £3 million negligence lawsuit in 2022 after the social media and surveillance videos were disclosed and deemed to render her allegations “fundamentally dishonest.”
  • Judge Jonathan Glasson KC found her guilty of contempt of court after she admitted she altered her presentation of symptoms to medical experts.
  • Burnell-Chambers will return to the High Court in October to be sentenced and faces up to two years in prison for interfering with the administration of justice.