- Myka Stauffer roused skepticism in her viewership in 2018, when she vlogged about downgrading her adopted son Huxley’s speech remedy as a consequence of excessive prices whereas carrying luxurious jewellery
- Within the video, she spoke about eradicating the toddler from therapy that price $500 monthly and switching to at least one that charged “$70 for half-hour.” As she mentioned her plans, she wore an 18-karat gold Cartier Love bracelet that price over $6,000 on the time
- Vox Media Studios’ new docuseries An Replace on Our Household revisits the questionable second amidst a collection of controversial occasions main as much as Myka and her husband James’ choice to hunt adoption dissolution for his or her son with particular wants, whom they adopted from China
Earlier than Myka and James Stauffer’s controversial adoption dissolution, a few of their YouTube followers seen an inconsistency between her monetary issues and her selection of wristwear.
In episode 3 of Vox Media Studios’ An Replace on Our Household, commentator Sophie Ross recalled her heightened skepticism about Myka Stauffer after watching a video from July 2018 titled “Issues Are Not Good With Huxley… Submit China Adoption.”
Within the since-deleted clip proven within the docuseries, Myka speaks to the digicam about her plans to downgrade her adopted son Huxley’s speech remedy prices.
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“We’re gonna go to a special speech therapist, not the one which’s $500 a month. However we’re gonna go to the one which’s like $70 for half-hour,” the Ohio influencer mentioned in her vlog.
“Not $500 for half-hour. No, no, no,” Myka added in the identical video, exhibiting her hand in view of the digicam. On her wrist, she sported a gold Cartier Love bracelet, which price over $6,000 in 2018. The bangle presently retails for $7,350, in line with the posh model’s web site as of June 2024,
The docuseries, which was impressed by New York Journal‘s 2020 characteristic on the household, additionally featured responses posted by different YouTubers calling out Myka’s 18-karat bangle. A number of viewers deemed the high-priced commodity incompatible together with her issues about Huxley’s medical charges.
The Stauffers, in addition to Huxley’s new household, haven’t responded to PEOPLE’s requests for remark.
The viral dad and mom introduced their choice to re-home Huxley — who has since been renamed by his new household — simply over two years after they adopted him from China. Of their Might 2020 vlog, the couple claimed they have been unequipped to deal with his particular wants and autism prognosis.
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After they revealed their choice to hunt out adoption dissolution, the S attorneys spoke to PEOPLE on the time about their final hope to “present Huxley with the very best therapy and care.”
“We’re aware about this case and given the details at hand, we really feel this was the perfect choice for Huxley,” Myka and James’ attorneys, Thomas Taneff and Taylor Sayers, instructed PEOPLE in an unique assertion issued in Might 2020. “In coming to know our purchasers we all know they’re a loving household and are very caring dad and mom that might do something for his or her kids.”
“Since his adoption, they consulted with a number of professionals within the healthcare and academic arenas so as to present Huxley with the very best therapy and care,” Taneff and Sayers continued. “Over time, the workforce of medical professionals suggested our purchasers it could be finest for Huxley to be positioned with one other household.”
The vloggers’ authorized workforce famous that the Stauffers adopted the recommendation of medical professionals, which, the attorneys clarified, “did NOT embrace any issues for placement within the foster system, however reasonably to hand-select a household who is supplied to deal with Huxley’s wants.”
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