Netflix’s "Apple Cider Vinegar" tells the story of an Australian woman who fakes brain cancer and builds a massive wellness empire. Here’s what Belle Gibson did and how she was caught.

Throughout Apple Cider Vinegar, journalists are investigating Belle. One of them, a journalist named Justin (Mark Coles Smith), learns about Belle from his partner Lucy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey), who takes solace in Belle's feed while she’s undergoing breast cancer treatment—and even decides to pause it altogether and try alternative remedies.

"Apple Cider Vinegar" bills itself as a "true-ish story based on a lie, about the rise and fall of a wellness empire," but centers its focus on a very real conwoman. Belle Gibson, who is portrayed in the series by Kaitlyn Dever,

Netflix's new limited series tells the story of Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson, whose story of overcoming brain cancer turned out to be false.

Creator Samantha Strauss talks to IndieWire about her new Netflix show 'Apple Cider Vinegar' starring Kaitlyn Dever. INTERVIEW.

In “Apple Cider Vinegar,” a new Netflix series released on Thursday, Kaitlyn Dever plays Belle Gibson, a real Australian woman who proliferated a scam about overcoming terminal brain cancer through healthy eating.

The is billed as a “true-ish story based on a lie" and is inspired by a 2017 book, “The Woman Who Fooled the World,” by two investigative journalists, Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, who explored Gibson’s deception.

"Apple Cider Vinegar" tells the story of an influencer who faked cancer and curing it. In an age of health misinformation, we need to talk about it.

Vinegar has been used for thousands of years as a tool for pickling, food preservation, medicine and more -- and for good reason. Nowadays, due to its antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, apple cider vinegar has gained popularity as both a health and home hack.

Recounting the rise and fall of Belle Gibson, an Australian snake-oil saleswoman who made a name for herself via a wellness business that was predicated on lies and fraud, Apple Cider Vinegar is another entry in the burgeoning subgenre of stories about entrepreneurial female hucksters that also includes Inventing Anna and The Dropout.