Should influencers be allowed to sue to block public records requests?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Less than a month after my child died, the last thing I would ever be thinking about by of is what people are saying about me.

I mean, would people be starting threads about you and trying to get video footage? You don’t know what you would do or feel if people came with FOIA requests instead of a casserole.

Again, I’d be trying to breathe not manage my public image.

People we being crazy and stalking them all over the place.

[Anonymous]

If the records would be public for anyone else then no, they shouldn’t be able to prevent access.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently, before the child drowned, there were lots of comments on her posts telling her to fence her pool and she DELETED them. So the idea that she can just delete “bad” content like the 911 call or body cam footage is par for the course.

She also has videos showing that her young child knew how to open the door leading to the pool, by himself.

I have nothing against this influencer and I am sad for her. But in general, the public’s inappropriate and unhealthy interest in this child’s death is a direct result of the “content” she put out there. Influencers are harmful to society IMHO.


And most of all, influencers are harmful to themselves. She will no doubt film some long series talking about what happened, her grief, etc. And it will be monetized and those videos will make a bunch of money. Will she set up a foundation in honor of her child? Will she become a crusader of water safety? Or will she simply buy a bigger house and a nicer car? My money is on the latter.

Yes, she absolutely deleted every comment of people asking why no pool fence, how they got away with not having a fence, etc.

The best thing she can do is disappear from the public and raise her new baby completely offline. Otherwise, I don't think her mental health will stand up because so many people who sounded the alarm bells for years are upset with her.

They were negligent parents. Period.

She had no pool fence with a toddler?
In many states it is illegal not to have a pool fence.

[Anonymous]

Gross negligence on the parents part.

[Anonymous]

Some people who live in their area haven't stopped talking since the accident. It sounds pretty horrific if true. Not just because the pool wasnt fenced but because the husband (who was in the house while she went out) wasn't the one to notice. I dont think their marriage will survive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming the judges are deciding these cases on an individual level according to the facts. So, I'll trust them to make the decisions.

I would like the judge to say to her, “oh, so you think there is too much public interest in the death of your child? Maybe you should have thought about that before selling your family for profit.”

Does the public really need to see video footage of the child drowning??? No, they don't.

She is trying to block the death certificate, the 911 call, and the police report. All things that are routinely released in court proceedings, etc. At any point in her life prior to this happening, she would have viewed this much interest in her as a reflection of her awesomeness and her being a “girl boss.”

If my child died, the public would not care because I don’t put my life out there on sale for the world. She does.

But yes, you are right I absolutely loathe influencers and struggle to find any empathy when things go poorly for them. My first thought was that she was probably filming/editing/prepping while her unattended three year old wandered outside.

Why is the blame automatically placed on her and not her husband. She wasnt home when it happened. Her husband was.

[Anonymous]

I think this is new info:

https://people.com/new-details-revealed-about...-bet-police-11783683

The child was outside for 9 minutes before the dad realized he was gone, and in the water for 7 minutes (meaning he fell in the water 2 minutes after going outside, which is brutal because you really wonder if he'd been found sooner if he would have lived).

They also found that the dad was watching an NBA game during this time and placed a $25 bet online shortly before Trigg's death.

On the one hand, all parents make mistakes sometimes and it was be awful to lose a child and then have your actions picked apart in this way. On the other hand, I don't want to live in a society where a young, healthy child dies due to his parents' negligence and there is no discussion. Yes it's invasive, but this child died for no good reason. People need to learn from this mistake.

[Anonymous]

There are so many influencers who live off their children’s disabilities or deaths. It’s disgusting. Hard to believe it’s legal and there are no protections for children when it comes to online content. Years ago there were protections for child actors but then online exploitation by families has far exceeded acting and her is still unregulated. I wish there was a ban on family influencers and kids can’t be shown until x age (maybe 12 when they can consent) and even then only for x minutes per month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people who live in their area haven't stopped talking since the accident. It sounds pretty horrific if true. Not just because the pool wasnt fenced but because the husband (who was in the house while she went out) wasn't the one to notice. I dont think their marriage will survive

Everything I have seen says he called 911. He was in the house with the newborn. Where did you see that he wasn’t the one to notice and she called 911?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this is new info:

https://people.com/new-details-revealed-about...-bet-police-11783683

The child was outside for 9 minutes before the dad realized he was gone, and in the water for 7 minutes (meaning he fell in the water 2 minutes after going outside, which is brutal because you really wonder if he'd been found sooner if he would have lived).

They also found that the dad was watching an NBA game during this time and placed a $25 bet online shortly before Trigg's death.

On the one hand, all parents make mistakes sometimes and it was be awful to lose a child and then have your actions picked apart in this way. On the other hand, I don't want to live in a society where a young, healthy child dies due to his parents' negligence and there is no discussion. Yes it's invasive, but this child died for no good reason. People need to learn from this mistake.

OMG, my heart sank reading that. I don't understand why the state said "no likelihood of conviction."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is new info:

https://people.com/new-details-revealed-about...-bet-police-11783683

The child was outside for 9 minutes before the dad realized he was gone, and in the water for 7 minutes (meaning he fell in the water 2 minutes after going outside, which is brutal because you really wonder if he'd been found sooner if he would have lived).

They also found that the dad was watching an NBA game during this time and placed a $25 bet online shortly before Trigg's death.

On the one hand, all parents make mistakes sometimes and it was be awful to lose a child and then have your actions picked apart in this way. On the other hand, I don't want to live in a society where a young, healthy child dies due to his parents' negligence and there is no discussion. Yes it's invasive, but this child died for no good reason. People need to learn from this mistake.

OMG, my heart sank reading that. I don't understand why the state said "no likelihood of conviction."

Somebody has their thumb on the scale there. This is clear negligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people who live in their area haven't stopped talking since the accident. It sounds pretty horrific if true. Not just because the pool wasnt fenced but because the husband (who was in the house while she went out) wasn't the one to notice. I dont think their marriage will survive

Everything I have seen says he called 911. He was in the house with the newborn. Where did you see that he wasn’t the one to notice and she called 911?

The dog noticed 9 minutes before the dad. Yes the dad did call 911… but 9 minutes?! When I had toddlers, if my house was quiet for even 2 minutes, I checked on what they were doing. (And I didn’t have a pool.) 9 minutes is insane. And it sounds like he only checked because he saw the dog acting weird around the pool.

No wonder she wanted to keep this private. She had no concerns about her son’s privacy while he was alive, but sure, NOW she’s worried about his privacy... more like worried her husband looks like a terrible father.

[Anonymous]

The sports betting part is disgusting. He was so engrossed in the game he forgot about having to watch his toddler.

[Anonymous]

Wow these people are the worst. Constantly filming and photographing themselves and making their kids props for their grift, and they can't bother to do bare minimum parenting?

Dad is too busy placing bets on the NBA playoffs to notice his 3yo wandering around a pool (and then lied about it to the police) while mom is out celebrating herself a few weeks after sharing a "birth vlog" for her 1.7m Instagram followers. Gross.

[Anonymous]

Do they just have the one kid? It’s kind of crazy if so if the dad couldn’t keep an eye on him.