November 2, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
The San Diego charity Casas Seguras thought it had a winner of a special event when it signed up the television star Mario Lopez to host a fund-raising gala.
Instead, it ended up apologizing to supporters when Mr. Lopez backed out of the event.
But, according to the blog Don’t Tell the Donor, the embarrassment didn’t end there.
Mr. Lopez had told the organization that he couldn’t attend because he was busy helping relatives displaced by the recent California wildfires, the blog reports.
It turned out, though, that the former contestant on Dancing With the Stars had other plans that night.
“This week, video surfaced of Lopez dancing the night away at the Playboy Mansion’s Halloween party — the same night he was supposed to be at the benefit,” Don’t Tell the Donor wrote.
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