During the trial of a fraudster in Annapolis:
In court, [US Attorney P. Michael] Cunningham argued that Barefoot was a “serious” flight risk, noting an “overarching assessment” of her conduct and character. He said that while Barefoot has repeatedly claimed to have a doctorate in childhood trauma from Lexington University, he doesn’t believe she ever attended college.
[Her attorney] countered that Lexington University was an online college. But a 2002 report on “diploma mills” by the U.S. General Accounting Office described it as a “nonexistent institution.”