The teenager apparently still lives with her parents, but was struggling to
afford the tuition costs for her four-year physics course at Salford
University, which was to start in September.
Maltastar reported that she told a journalist: "For as long as I can remember
I've wanted to keep my first time special and wait for the right guy. I'm not
like other girls who want rid of it from the word go," she said.
"I'm getting curious about myself and the opposite sex. I want to explore and I
want someone to teach me.
"I've also found myself in a financial situation where I need to fund my
studies. I figured this could be killing two birds with one stone.
"I get lots of guys wanting to help me out with my 'problem' - some replies are
really creepy. But I got so frustrated with the empty offers that I turned them
down.
"I have to be careful, you could have been someone I know, even one of my
teachers."
After conversations with a Maltastar reporter - dubious about whether she was
in fact a virgin or merely a prostitute trying to deceive buyers - Copestake
said she had found a "buyer".
"I've been offered the money in cash and I'm going to do it this Thursday.
Sorry I'm at work so I can't speak any more," she told The People.
