Overview
- The 22-year-old from Airdrie said she falsified ultrasounds, messages and a birth story and that she "didn't know how to stop after I started."
- She had announced a daughter, Bonnie-Leigh Joyce, allegedly born on October 10 weighing 2.3 kg, after months of staged posts and a gender-reveal.
- Family suspicions grew when the baby never cried and handling was restricted, and her mother ultimately found a lifelike reborn doll in her room.
- A relative, Neave McRobert, posted a TikTok video exposing the deception, and messages show Cousins later told the alleged father the baby had died.
- Cousins apologized to those she misled, including the alleged father and his family, and said she is seeking help, while reports note no official investigation to date.