While dozens were injured in a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair prior to a scheduled Sugarland concert in August, two alleged victims were reportedly just looking to cash in. According to the Indianapolis Star, investigators say a pair of women who were not in attendance at the Aug. 13 concert tried to collect funds from the Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund and the Indiana Tort Claim Fund. "I do not understand the mentality of someone who would look at the circumstances of that night and see the potential for financial profit from this kind of scheme," Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry told the paper. "Most of us would look at those circumstances and feel sympathy and a desire to help assist the real victims in any way we could." The women in question, Stephanie Murry and Sandra Hum, now face felony charges including forgery, perjury and attempted theft. They submitted claims for $22,500 from the two funds, which benefit those injured or killed during the tragedy. Hurn could spend up to 36 years in prison over the case, with Hurn potentially facing 14 years. Hurn reportedly confessed to the money-making plot, telling detectives that Murray stated, "I'm gone play like I was there… I went there anyway -- to the hospital." Murray allegedly stole emergency room forms. Seven people were killed during the collapse, which was caused by heavy winds. "We will not stand idly by while greedy individuals take from those who are truly deserving of compensation from this tragedy," Curry told the Star. Several lawsuits have been filed against Sugarland in the wake of the stage's collapse, including a November suit that included 44 victims. Over $500,000 has been distributed to victims by the State Fair Remembrance Fund. The band returned to Indianapolis in October to perform a benefit concert attended by several of the collapse's victims.

Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles has married the guy she's been kissing whenever the group wins a trophy at an awards show. She and Justin Miller exchanged vows at a chapel in the Smoky Mountains over the Thanksgiving weekend. This is her second marriage.

Sugarland is among 13 defendants sued by 48 victims of Indiana State Fair stage collapse. Brad Schmitt | Published: Nov 23, 2011
Sugarland faces its biggest lawsuit yet over the Aug. 13 Indiana State Fair accident that killed seven and injured dozens of others before the duo's concert that day, the AP reports. The suit was filed by 44 victims and the families of four fans who died when winds blew over staging and scaffolding onto the crowd. A lawyer in the case, Mario Massillamany, says Sugarland had the final say as to whether to cancel the show because of bad weather, according to the show contract, the AP reports. The suit, which includes 20 law firms across three states, alleges breach of reasonable care for victims. No comment yet from Sugarland's publicists.