Yellowstone Star Q'Orianka Kilcher Stole $96,000 In Disability Fraud

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Yellowstone's Q'orianka Kilcher is going through a variety of charges after committing disability fraud.

On Monday, the California Department of Insurance launched a observation revealing the actress was collecting disability advantages whilst filming for the hit display. She allegedly instructed a health care provider in October 2019 she was once too injured to work.

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Kilcher proceeded to assemble $96,838 in disability advantages from Oct. 14, 2019, through Sept. 9, 2021. She began receiving disability bills 5 days after she concluded filming the third season of Yellowstone, which lasted for several months.

Yahoo News! Reports that the actress suffered a neck harm whilst filming Dora and the Lost City of Gold in 2018. She reportedly saw a doctor “a few times that 12 months,” but stopped remedy and “didn't reply to the insurance coverage company dealing with her claim on behalf of her employer.”

The following yr, she allegedly reached out to her insurance provider to request additional treatment. She claimed she’d handed on quite a lot of paintings alternatives because of the severity of her damage. However, she left out to inform the insurance coverage provider she had been filming season three of Yellowstone.

Now, Kilcher is dealing with two legal counts of employees’ compensation fraud. She self-surrendered in May, however pleaded now not responsible to the fees in a Los Angeles courtroom closing month.

After reviewing wage information from her employer, the investigation discovered Kilcher had worked as an actress at the tv display ‘Yellowstone’ from July 2019 to October 2019, in spite of her statements to the doctor that she have been unable to paintings for a 12 months,” the California Department of Insurance.

The doctor who authorized her disability benefits has stated they never would’ve approved it had they “been mindful” of her employment history.

Kilcher appeared to respond to the talk on Tuesday with a cryptic post made to Instagram. Sharing a drawing of a girl on the phone, the picture read. “So, you most effective heard one aspect of the story and selected to imagine it. Well now, that makes you as smart as paste doesn't it."

However, Kilcher has since deleted her Instagram page. The actress hasn’t responded to requests for a comment.

The German-American actress portrayed Angela Blue Thunder in Yellowstone’s third season. She’s also known for her roles in The New World (2005), The Alienist (2020), and Te Alta (2016).

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Sources: Yahoo! News, Los Angeles Times,

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