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Man Fakes Mugging to Avoid Telling Wife He Had No Oprah Tickets‎

Robert Spearing faces felony charges for disorderly conduct and for filing a false police report.

A 44-year-old Canadian man says he concocted a lie that he was mugged so he wouldn't have to tell his wife that he had no tickets to Oprah Winfrey's final show. PHOTOS: Oprah's most memorable moments