A high-profile trial of child abuse in Los Angeles
15-year-old Piper's YouTube channel has 10 million subscribers, and she earned from 4,5 to 7 million dollars a year from advertising, until 11 teenagers, members of Piper's "squad", who participated in the filming of the girl's blog, said that they were subjected to emotional, physical and sexual abuse by the star's mother.
Everything started out great. Piper created her own “squad” (something like a TikTok house): she bought a house for $2,3 million from actress Bella Thorne and settled there with other teenage bloggers to create content for their pages. Everything that the children earned on their pages went into their pockets, but for the videos with their participation on Piper’s page, they received nothing except an account tag. The “squad”’s personal channels were not as popular as those of the lady of the house, so their monthly income averaged $28.
Soon the teenagers began to leave the project one after another. Their parents raised the alarm that California's child labor laws were being violated and blamed Piper's mother, 41-year-old Tiffany Smith. Creepy details of the life of teenagers in the YouTube star's squad have been revealed. The children had irregular schedules and were not allowed to study. At first, a private teacher worked with them, but he quickly quit: Tiffany had a habit of barging into classes and yelling at the teenagers to immediately return to the set. Members of the “squad” say that they have never seen Piper in class, she cannot read, although the girl herself refers to dyslexia. Her comrades helped her read scripts from pieces of paper.
In addition to staged videos, the bloggers’ entire lives were recorded on camera, like in a reality show. Tiffany gave the children advice on what to do, it was more interesting to watch and get more subscribers. And she turned out to be quite the entertainer. For example, she offered to show an 11-year-old girl how to perform oral sex, and forced a 17-year-old transgender guy to kiss her during a live broadcast. Sometimes Tiffany played cat - supposedly the deceased pet spoke through her. With the help of such a cringe trick, she touched the children where they should not, and asked them to stroke themselves. Mom tried to spice up the blog and sometimes locked the teenagers in the same room for a while to create chemistry between them. She had clothing recommendations—something sluttier.
Tiffany Smith responds to accusations of child abuse that this is slander and the financial dependence of the parents, because their children did not earn millions like her daughter.
The FBI is keeping silent for now, but the trial has begun. All 11 plaintiffs point to sexual harassment on the part of Tiffany Smith, so she is unlikely to get away with fines for violating work schedules. Parents want $22 million payout for using children in Piper's videos. Daughter Tiffany Smith's YouTube channel has already been demonetized. The financial losses are colossal. This is not the kind of Stifler mom we dreamed of.
Author: Yunia Pugacheva
