An Australian influencer has been charged with poisoning and torturing her 1-year-old daughter in an effort to make her sick and then leverage her illness online for donations and social media followers.
The Queensland Police Department announced the charges against the 34-year-old woman on Thursday, alleging that the woman’s infant daughter “was being subject to immense distress and pain” while her mother “filmed and posted videos of the child” in order to drum up sympathy and attention online.
Australian authorities, who did not identify the suspect by name, announced it will charge the mother with “five counts of administering poison with intent to harm, three counts of preparation to commit crimes with dangerous things, and one count each of torture, making child exploitation material and fraud.”
“We will do everything in our power to remove that child from harm’s way and hold any offender to account,” Detective Inspector Paul Dalton said in a statement. “There is no …