An international co-production of the United States and Canada, the film stars Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a directionless young bisexual Jewish woman who attends a shiva with her parents, Joel ( Fred Melamed) and Debbie ( Polly Draper).
Got a technical question or a glitch to report? CLICK HERE.Shiva Baby is a 2020 comedy film written and directed by Emma Seligman. Got something you’d like to say in response to one of our articles? Or an issue you’d like to address proactively? We have an open microphone policy here at FITSNews! Submit your letter to the editor (or guest column) via email HERE. Want to contact Mandy? Send your story ideas, comments, suggestions and tips to. Mandy also hosts the Murdaugh Murders podcast. She currently lives on Hilton Head Island where she enjoys beach life. She’s an investigative journalist from Kansas who has worked for newspapers in Missouri, Illinois, and South Carolina before making the switch to FITS. Mandy Matneyis the news director at FITSNews. To report child abuse in South Carolina, please call 1-888-CARE-4-US or use this online portal. We will hope to bring more details in this case in the future. “The agency’s standard procedures in a case like this involve taking appropriate action with any children remaining in the home after evaluating safety and risk,” SCDSS said in a statement. South Carolina Department of Social Services ( SCDSS) officials told FITSNews they are aware of the incident and are investigating the case along with law enforcement. “The baby was better off in the system… you two adopted her and killed her? Disgusting,” one person commented on YouTube.Īuthorities have not released further details in the case. However, her YouTube Channel posted the following video on Friday, the day after her daughter’s death.Īriel Robinson’s social media accounts have been blasted by people angry about the death of the 3-year-old. Since her daughter’s death, Ariel, who typically posted several times a day, stopped posting to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. She was so witty and kept us laughing all the time….We were happy for her because she could finally be with her two brothers and have a permanent home (even though she could have had one before she was taken away to be with this family). “She was the sweetest, most loving child,” she wrote. Tori dressing up for Halloween as “Belle” Tori days before her last ChristmasĪriel Robinson would use the hashtag #adoption and #adoptionmatters next to photos of Tori and her two brothers.Ĭomments on Facebook show shell-shocked friends of the family after news broke yesterday of Tori’s homicide and her parents’ arrest.Ī woman on Facebook said her daughter was Tori’s foster parent before the Robinsons adopted her.
The December 2019 post from Ariel Robinson announcing Tori’s adoption, along with her brothers.Īriel Robinson’s Facebook and Instagram pages show dozens of photos of 3-year-old Tori in the last year of her life. She announced the news of their adoption approval on Facebook in December 2019. Facebook photo of Ariel and Tori three days before her deathĪccording to a Greenville News story, Ariel and Jerry Robinson adopted three children - two boys and a girl - in March 2020. On her Facebook page, she shared several pictures of her adopted daughter named Tori (short for Victoria). Her life as a comic and a mother was thoroughly documented on her Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and Twitter pages where she frequently referred to herself as a mother of five. “Just prepare yourself for one rollercoaster ride you won’t want to get off of!”Īriel Robinson had a podcast with her husband, who was also arrested for homicide by child abuse. “How she does it all, we will never know!” Ariel’s website says.
According to her website, Ariel was a middle school teacher trying to make it as a stand-up comic, radio host and TV personality. Jerry Austin Robinson, 34, and Ariel Robinson, 29, were both charged with homicide by child abuse in the January 14 death of her adopted daughter Victoria “Tori” Rose Smith, according to a release from the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division ( SLED).Īriel Robinson is best known for winning season 20 of “ Worst Cooks in America” on the Food Network in August. The tragic story of the 3-year-old Simpsonville, South Carolina girl beaten to death is sending shockwaves through the Upstate.
Editor’s Note: Click here for the latest update on Ariel Robinson’s case