Chelsea already pulled a similar grift around the start of gamergate. One of the staff of Kotaku gave her $600 (I think it was her fuckboi Grayson) so she could get an abortion.
Eron said that Chelsea claimed it was his, but there was no proof given that it was or that she was even pregnant. (This is before she got the liposuction, so any pregnancy weight could be chalked up to her being chunky at the time). Since it was a Kotakuite that gave her the cash, the prevailing theory is that Grayson knocked Chelsea up, and then she had to abort the baby because they were already getting heat for fucking each other while he was giving her positive coverage.