Actress Jennifer Aniston attends the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award (© Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Deadbeat dad falls for cunning Jennifer Aniston ruse

7/6/2012

Get ready to hear about one of the best ruses ever. Deadbeat dad Joshua Garlathy dodged his child-support payments for more than a decade before bounty hunter Scott Bernstein tracked him down in Hawaii. But how to get Garlathy to return to Pennsylvania and face the courts? Bernstein tricked Garlathy into thinking he'd scored the role of "Dirty Nick" in "Banished from Brooklyn," a rom-com about bank robbers starring Jennifer Aniston. If Garlathy knew how to use IMDb.com, he'd know there is no such film. Instead, he was arrested after he flew in for his big acting break and has now been ordered to cough up $32,000 in back payments. We have a feeling Garlathy will be firmly in Team Angelina from now on.

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