Like I said before, she doesn't need to lie to do that. You're not required to claim it right away. Until she claims it, she has no more than she has now.
I think you're missing the point...... Through all of the excitement there were to many people to quickly and it got out of hand and they weren't ready for it....... The publicity, the phone calls, the stalkers, the takers, the family Memebers etccc