Syesha Mercado, a former finalist on 'American Idol,' broke down in tears as she talked about the struggles of trying to regain custody of her toddler son and newborn daughter after the children were taken away by authorities.
, an activist group campaigning for the family, said Mercado took her son to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg on Feb. 26 for dehydration due to him struggling with the transition from breast milk to solid foods.Attorney Derrick McBurrows told reporters that CPS alleged that Mercado had not taken her son for a medical visit prior to bringing him to Johns Hopkins.
Mercado's partner, Tyron Deener, told reporters that he thinks his family was judged and criminalized"because of how we present ourselves, our culture, the way we look." Both Mercado and Deener are Black. Louis Baptiste, another attorney for the family, said the children are together but are staying with a person the parents would not have chosen. McBurrows described the person as an"estranged relative."
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