Food Network star sentenced to life in prison for killing little girl she was in the process of adopting

A former contestant and winner of Meals Community’s Worst Cooks in America, Ariel Robinson has been discovered responsible of murder by youngster abuse for beating her 3-year-old foster daughter to loss of life. 

The decision got here on the shut of a four-day trial that ended with Robinson taking the stand and testifying.

Robinson, 30, was sentenced on Thursday Could 12 to life in jail. Letitia Verdin was the choose within the case.

Robinson’s foster daughter, Victoria Rose Smith died on Jan. 14, 2021 on the age of three. An post-mortem revealed the kid died attributable to blunt drive accidents and inside bleeding. The meals community star was charged with murder by youngster abuse simply days after Victoria Rose’s loss of life.

Robinson’s husband Jerry was additionally charged however pleaded responsible to murder by youngster abuse. In keeping with a police report, he claimed that he witnessed his spouse lose her mood and beat the kid on a number of events with out interfering, although he stated he did not agree together with her punishment strategies.

Jerry was the one who made the 911 name within the case, however lied to operators and paramedics about what occurred to the kid.

As for what occurred the day the incident occurred, Jerry stated his spouse allegedly beat the woman after getting pissed off together with her earlier within the night time. “By the point I walked inside, it was as if nothing was happening,” he reportedly stated. As for what triggered the beating, he claimed Victoria had thrown up on herself the day prior to this whereas the household was on their option to church. 

Video footage proven in the course of the trial confirmed that Victoria left the church the day she threw up in simply undergarments. He says his spouse grew to become much more pissed off when she alleged the 3-year-old would not eat her pancakes quick sufficient the next morning. 

The couple was within the means of adopting the little woman and her brothers and, in accordance with authorities, the listening to to finalize the adoption was scheduled for simply days after she was killed. 

Robinson’s household was seen leaving the courtroom in tears. A loud wail was additionally heard from one of many members of the family. Victoria’s organic household was current in the course of the sentencing and spoke, saying the decision was the justice they had been on the lookout for. The prosecution confirmed a photograph of Victoria and her organic siblings in the course of the trial. 

Throughout the trial, post-mortem pictures and physique digital camera footage from the day in query had been proven. “We’re simply right here as illustration for Victoria. She was cherished,” one prosecutor stated. Robinson reportedly took no accountability for the crime.

Airel, a former instructor, received $25,000 upon profitable the Meals Community competitors, which pits beginner cooks in opposition to one another in a collection of cooking challenges overseen by celeb cooks. 

Episodes of her season are not obtainable to stream on Meals Community’s on-line platforms, together with Discovery+, Hulu and YouTube.