Treva Throneberry, who appeared on Dr. Phil, was a woman who spent years posing as a teenager and enrolling in high schools across the United States. After her true identity was discovered, she faced legal consequences and was sentenced to prison. Since her release, she has kept a low profile and not much is known about her current whereabouts or activities.
Treva Throneberry’s story is one of the more bizarre tales of identity deception. Born in 1969, she began her unusual pattern of behavior in the early 1990s. Throneberry would enroll in high schools in various states, including Texas, Washington, and Oregon, claiming to be a teenage girl named “Brianna Stewart” or other aliases. She would tell elaborate stories of abuse to gain sympathy and assistance from school officials and foster families.
Her ruse continued until 1997 when she was finally exposed at the age of 28. Throneberry was arrested and charged with perjury, theft, and identity theft. In 2001, she was convicted and sentenced to three years in a Washington state prison.
Throneberry’s case attracted media attention, and she appeared on the Dr. Phil show, where she maintained her innocence and continued to assert that she was a teenager, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Her appearance on the show highlighted her deep psychological issues and the lengths she would go to maintain her false identity.
After serving her time in prison, Throneberry was released. She has since stayed out of the public eye, and there has been little to no information about her activities or current life. Her case remains a fascinating study in extreme identity fraud and the psychological factors that drive such behavior.