Posted on 05/13/2022 12:56:53 PM PDT by Drew68
Ariel Robinson’s foster child, Victoria “Tori” Smith, was just days away from being officially adopted by the reality contestant and her husband when the 3-year-old died from blunt force trauma.
Ariel Robinson, a former contestant and winner of Food Network's Worst Cooks in America, was found guilty of homicide by child abuse in the beating death of her 3-year-old foster daughter by a Greenville County, South Carolina jury on Thursday.
It took about an hour-and-a-half for the jury to deliberate and reach their final conviction, according to local outlet WYFF.
The verdict ended a four-day trial in which Ariel and her husband, Jerry "Austin" Robinson, testified. Graphic images of the injuries inflicted on Victoria "Tori" Smith were also shown in court.
"In my 13-14 years as a judge, I've never seen anything like this," Judge Letitia Verdin said during Ariel's sentencing, per The Sun News. "Not even approaching it."
Jerry has not yet been sentenced, but pleaded guilty to his role in the death of little Tori in April, and faces a minimum of 10 to 20 years in prison for homicide by child abuse/aiding and abetting, reports FOXCarolina.
Bill Bouton, an attorney for the Robinsons, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
Ariel and her husband were arrested on Jan. 19 last year in connection to the Jan. 14 death of Smith, who died from blunt force injuries, PEOPLE previously reported.
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Did not know Stacey AbramsIdiot had a sister... /s
...or in their case, a whole loaf of toast.
i thought the only folks willing to adopt were good, christian families.
It’s about an agenda. White children in foster care in the U.K. are being placed with muslim families.
Yep. And these families make a lot of $$$ taking in foster kids. They often don't have the kids' best interests at heart. It's about getting a fat check from Uncle Sugar and the kids are all too often raised in horrible conditions.
Of course, some foster parents are doing it for the right reasons and doing the best they can. Many, however, are not. It's a racket.
we have neighbors, old people- they have a house fullof foster kids, i’d say 3/4 of them are special needs.
Guess who do all the crappy chores outside? the kids do.
I am not against chores- but these folks have themselves a whole crew of workers and THEY ( oldsters) get paid for it.
I think that’s wrong. JMHO.
I just can’t read these stories of little children murdered by true satanists.
I just can’t read these stories of little children murdered by true satanists.
The Turpin girls can’t get a break. Why did they place these girls with an elderly couple and grown daughter who sexually abused them?
By a thousand cuts
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