After receiving financial support from a wide range of celebrities, a bullied boy with dwarfism was accused of lying about his age. DAN EVON PUBLISHED   21 FEBRUARY 2020 Claim Quaden Bayles is an 18-year-old man who lied about being a 9-year-old boy with dwarfism to scam the internet for money Do you rely on Snopes reporting? Become a member today. On Feb. 21, 2020,  news reports  circulated about a 9-year-old boy with dwarfism named Quaden Bayles who had received emotional and financial support from a number of celebrities and online do-gooders after he was bullied at school for being “ugly.” Comedian Brad Williams set up a  GoFundMe  for Quaden and quickly rose more than $300,000.  But some netizens were suspicious of this feel-good story and claimed that Quaden was actually 18 years old and that he was scamming the internet for money. Proponents of this claim, however, offered little in terms ...