Extreme Makeover: Home Edition + Cerda family - Home Edition was scammed by the Cerda family. Chuck and Terri are the parents and Molly (10) and Maggie (8) are their children. Terri claimed that she and her daughters suffer from combined immunodeficiency, and they have to wear masks to prevent them from getting sick from the toxins in their dilapidated Las Vegas house.Doctors determined that this family of four conned ABC into building them a new home by claiming that their two daughters suffered from this disease caused by toxins in their home.
Extreme Makeover revamped their home in 2009, giving them a high-quality air filtration system, elevator, solar-heated swimming pool, gourmet kitchen and more. The Cerdas couldn’t afford the bills of the new house and put their house on the marker in fall 2009. They then moved to Oregon.
Dr. Sapna Parker as well as five other doctors testified that they didn’t believe that Terri and her children were sick. Terri brought Molly to the hospital, claiming that she was worried about Molly’s coughing, breathing and coughing. Parker told Terri that is Molly could scream, then her breathing is fine. Parker further noted that the children never said that they were sick—it always came from the mother.
In a custody hearing in March, doctors testified that they couldn’t come to a conclusive diagnosis that the girls had an immune deficiency. Another doctor further testified that Terri’s actions could be construed as medical child abuse. Terri testified that the girls have a long history of fevers, infections and more. No doctors supported her claim.
The judge ruled against Terri’s actions, but did find the father to be a capable parent, which meant the girls are still in their parent’s care. The Cerda family has since moved back to Las Vegas.
This isn’t the only reported Extreme Makeover scam since their first episode in 2004. In 2005, five orphaned siblings sued a couple that allegedly took them into their care so they could get a new nine-bedroom house. As soon as they got their new house, they let go of the kids one by one. In 2007, a Hawaii couple got their house renovated and it was later revealed that they had a combined income of more than $200,000.
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