The Stauffers Will Not Face Charges For Giving Away Huxley, Who Is Happy And Safe With His New Family

July 1, 2020 / Posted by:

BuzzFeed says that authorities in Ohio are done with investigating YouTubers Myka and James Stauffer for giving away Huxley, the boy they adopted from China. Authorities have declared that nothing illegal went down and Huxley’s happy and safe with his new family. Cut to Huxley thinking, “You all are so much better, you don’t duct tape my thumb or make me wear an ugly outfit from the J. Crew outlet for an Instagram photo-op,” as he hangs out with his new family, a pack of wolves.

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office opened up an investigation into the Stauffers after getting several requests to do a welfare check on Huxley. The Stauffers adopted Huxley from China in 2017 when he was 2 years old. They documented it all in several YouTube videos, which brought them more subscribers and enough advertising money to allow them to do a home renovation and buy Cartier bracelets and shit. Huxley regularly showed up in Myka’s videos and on her Instagram, but when he stopped making appearances, her followers started asking questions. So Myka and James put on the signature “woe is me” YouTuber sadface and cried out fraudulent tears in a video while explaining that they were not equipped to handle Huxley’s needs (he’s autistic) and his “violent outbursts” and that they found a much better home for him. When sponsors began to spit out a, “We don’t know her…anymore,” over their association with Myka Stauffer, she burped up a claim that Huxley wanted to live with another family and apologized for being “naive” to the adoption process.

The Stauffers never explained how they found Huxley a new family, just that they made the choice after consulting with a bunch of medical professionals. BuzzFeed saw the redacted report from Deputy Susanna Leonard who met with Huxley’s “prospective adoptive parents” and there were zero signs of abuse and he seemed happy:

“When we walked into the office, [Huxley’s] adoptive mother was singing a song to him as he was sitting on her lap smiling,” Leonard wrote. “[Huxley] appeared to be very happy and well taken care of.”

Leonard wrote that Huxley was able to say the words “momma,” “go,” and “open” when prompted by her prospective adoptive mother, and also communicated with her through sign language.

I’m sure Myka and James sang a song to Huxley too. They probably sang a lullaby acoustic version of We’re In The Money to him while on the plane ride from China.

Authorities interviewed the Stauffers and performed welfare checks on their four biological children: Kova, Jaka, Radley, and Onyx. The deputies found no signs of abuse against their four children. Um, did the deputies catch those kids’ names?

The Stauffers told Deputy Leonard that Huxley got aggressive toward the other children and they were afraid things would get worse as he got older:

The Stauffers provided specific details about Huxley’s behavior, according to the redacted report by Leonard. Eventually, they said they “couldn’t take care of him anymore” claiming he had “severe aggression towards the other kids.” The Stauffers told deputies they had hired a “very expensive” full-time caretaker to ensure their other kids and Huxley were safe.

The Stauffers also claimed, according to the documents, that they felt it was a “was an intolerable situation to continue” and they worried that as Huxley would get older, the situation would continue to deteriorate. They added they had documentation from multiple therapists of his behavior and had filmed it themselves.

Some also accused the Stauffers of human trafficking, because they set up a GoFundMe to pay for Huxley’s adoption. But they claimed that the GoFundMe only raised $800 and the total cost for Huxley’s adoption was $42,000. And they’ve taken down all of the YouTube videos featuring Huxley.

The Stauffers won’t be charged with human trafficking or anything else like first-degree crimes against humanity for giving their children those names.

Leonard wrote that after investigating the new adoption of Huxley, they found that while his foreign adoption had been finalized, his adoption had not been finalized in the US. However, she wrote that finalizing the adoption in the US is optional and not required. Furthermore, she wrote that by all accounts the new adoption of Huxley is being legally facilitated through a private adoption agency.

“At this time the investigation will be closed out with no further follow up from our office,” she concluded.

The Delaware County Sherrif’s Office also tweeted that their job is done:

This is how many figured it would play out since the Stauffers didn’t seem to do anything illegal, unless you count being pieces of trash as illegal. So that’s that. Well, that’s that with the authorities anyway. I’m sure I’ll bring up this messy story again in a few weeks when Myka and James look at the balances on their checking accounts and then look at the price tag on a white Range Rover they want and announce a 20-part YouTube series on their newest “foreign adoption journey” (sponsored by whatever MLM company will sponsor them).

Pic: Instagram

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