A Greenville, South Carolina jury found former Food Network star Ariel Robinson guilty on Thursday of killing her 3-year-old foster daughter. The verdict came after just 90 minutes of deliberations, South Carolina TV station Wyff reported.
Shortly after the guilty verdict, Robinson was sentenced to life in prison. Judge Letitia H. Verdin told Robinson, “I can say that in my 13, 14 years of being a judge, I’ve never seen anything like this. Not even approaching it.”
The reality star’s husband, Austin Robinson, pleaded guilty last month to aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse, but he has not yet been sentenced.
Prosecutors said the Robinsons beat little Victoria “Tori” Smith to death in January 2021.
According to Fox Carolina, Greenville County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Ward testified that the toddler was beaten so badly that her blood vessels burst and blood collected in her muscles and fat. “If we lose enough blood,...
Shortly after the guilty verdict, Robinson was sentenced to life in prison. Judge Letitia H. Verdin told Robinson, “I can say that in my 13, 14 years of being a judge, I’ve never seen anything like this. Not even approaching it.”
The reality star’s husband, Austin Robinson, pleaded guilty last month to aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse, but he has not yet been sentenced.
Prosecutors said the Robinsons beat little Victoria “Tori” Smith to death in January 2021.
According to Fox Carolina, Greenville County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Ward testified that the toddler was beaten so badly that her blood vessels burst and blood collected in her muscles and fat. “If we lose enough blood,...
- 5/13/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
It took just an hour of deliberations for a Greenville County South Carolina jury to find former Food Network star Ariel Robinson guilty of homicide by child abuse.
The verdict ended a four-day trial that included testimony from Robinson and her husband, as well as graphic pictures of the injuries inflicted on 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Smith.
Robinson, age 30, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison, according to Judge Letitia Verdin. Her husband is awaiting his sentencing.
Earlier: The former winner of the Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America reality competition is expected to testify on Thursday in her South Carolina murder trial.
Ariel Robinson stands accused of homicide by child abuse in the death of 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Smith. The child was under the care of Robinson and her husband in a foster program.
The prosecution rested its case Wednesday. Before they did, the jury on Tuesday heard from Austin Robinson,...
The verdict ended a four-day trial that included testimony from Robinson and her husband, as well as graphic pictures of the injuries inflicted on 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Smith.
Robinson, age 30, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison, according to Judge Letitia Verdin. Her husband is awaiting his sentencing.
Earlier: The former winner of the Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America reality competition is expected to testify on Thursday in her South Carolina murder trial.
Ariel Robinson stands accused of homicide by child abuse in the death of 3-year-old Victoria “Tori” Smith. The child was under the care of Robinson and her husband in a foster program.
The prosecution rested its case Wednesday. Before they did, the jury on Tuesday heard from Austin Robinson,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The husband of Ariel Robinson, winner of the Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America Season 20 competition, had his bond set at $150,000 Friday by the presiding judge in the case.
Jerry “Austin” Robinson will be under house arrest, have Gps monitoring, and will have no contact with anyone under 18 years old as a condition of his release.
He and his wife face homicide by child abuse charges in the January death of their 3-year-old daughter, Victoria “Tori” Smith. Ariel Robinson remains imprisoned in the case. Smith died at a South Carolina hospital Jan. 14 after being found unresponsive at the couple’s Simpsonville, Sc home.
Arrest warrants claimed the Robinsons inflicted a “series of blunt force injuries” to Smith. The couple originally claimed that the child choked after drinking too much water. Later that day, Ariel Robinson said to police that Smith’s 7-year-old brother had caused the bruising on her body,...
Jerry “Austin” Robinson will be under house arrest, have Gps monitoring, and will have no contact with anyone under 18 years old as a condition of his release.
He and his wife face homicide by child abuse charges in the January death of their 3-year-old daughter, Victoria “Tori” Smith. Ariel Robinson remains imprisoned in the case. Smith died at a South Carolina hospital Jan. 14 after being found unresponsive at the couple’s Simpsonville, Sc home.
Arrest warrants claimed the Robinsons inflicted a “series of blunt force injuries” to Smith. The couple originally claimed that the child choked after drinking too much water. Later that day, Ariel Robinson said to police that Smith’s 7-year-old brother had caused the bruising on her body,...
- 4/17/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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