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AN INFLUENCER has defended her husband online after he was sentenced to prison for child abuse images.
Joshua Stapleton, 39, and his wife Brittani, 31, document their Gulf Coast travels across social media, posting what on the surface seems like a perfect life – but it’s far from the truth.
Joshua Stapleton, 39, and his wife Brittani, 31, document their Gulf Coast travels across social media[/caption]
The pair have amassed over one million likes across TikTok and Instagram[/caption]
Stapleton received a 20-year sentence[/caption]
Wife Brittani has made it clear she stands with her husband in a TikTok video[/caption]
The pair have amassed over one million likes across TikTok and Instagram with more than 81,000 followers, sharing workout videos, meals and vacations.
But their popularity has certainly diminished since investigators made the heinous discovery that husband Stapleton had downloaded child abuse images, Fox 5 News reports.
Over four years since authorities initially launched their investigation, Stapleton received a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to 20 counts of sexual exploitation of children.
Five years are to be served in custody and the remaining 15 on probation.
But wife Brittani has made it clear she stands with her husband and posted a lengthy TikTok video addressing frequently asked questions on the harrowing situation.
She started the video by threatening legal action against anything spreading what she called “false” statements being spread about her husband that are “damaging” to his reputation.
Brittani said she knew about the charges against her husband, who wed in 2023, as they were friends before they started dating.
She said: “When the charges occurred, we were friends. […] I have a really good judge of character and I knew something was up. I knew that was not Josh.
“We had already been on several trips together beforehand. I’d spent pretty close time with this guy and I was like, hmm, something’s wrong here.
“Josh was absolutely upfront with me about everything in the charges. There were no secrets.”
Stapleton’s arrest followed an investigation launched by the Cartersville Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, supported by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the US Department of Homeland Security.
The investigation was launched based on a tip submitted through the Internet Crimes Against Children program.
It was during this probe the 39-year-old was exposed for downloading numerous child abuse images between 2018 and 2020.
Addressing another question from concerned social media users, Brittany defended that the couple’s friends with children are aware of the charges against Stapleton.
She said: “ We’ve always been absolutely upfront with everyone. And guess what?
“A lot of these people have our backs because they have personally witnessed Josh around their children and know that there’s no issue.”
Stapleton was originally charged with 15 counts of child pornography possession, but was later indicted on a harrowing 40 counts of sexual exploitation of children.
He ultimately accepted a non-negotiable plea deal and pleaded guilty to 20 counts, while the remaining 20 charges were dropped.
Brittani shockingly rejected the claim that child images were on his “work laptop,” slamming them as “false”.
She ranted: “ Josh could not possibly have that on his work laptop because if you have ever worked for a corporation or any big company or anything along those lines, you know how secure those computers are.”
Brittani also pushed back against accusations that they were merely showing “fake lives” across their social media platforms, and said they are “still happy” as a couple despite the vile charges.
She rambles: “ We are still happy. He and I have no issues. He has been fully transparent and honest with me.
“Therefore, I know everything. I have been to court. I know everything. I can assure you that nothing about us was fake.”
Stapleton will have to abide by multiple “sex offender” conditions upon his release.
Bartow County authorities haven’t released additional information about the plea proceedings.
Stapleton is currently being held in the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office Jail.
Stapleton (R) was originally charged with 15 counts of child pornography possession, but was later indicted on a harrowing 40 counts of sexual exploitation of children[/caption]
Stapleton (R) ultimately accepted a non-negotiable plea deal and pleaded guilty to 20 counts, while the remaining 20 charges were dropped[/caption]
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MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner could face three extra months behind bars after the woman who paid his fine asked for her money back.
The mystery donor – an ex-cop who investigated the suspect – settled a £1,300 outstanding court fine allowing Brueckner, 48, to walk free in September.
Madeleine vanished on May 3, 2007, while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz in Portugal[/caption]
Christian Brueckner is believed to be the lead suspect in the girl’s disappearance[/caption]
Officials recently went on a renewed search for DNA evidence in Portugal[/caption]
But the former German FBI agent has now emailed prosecutors pleading she has made a “mistake” – and begged for the funds to be returned to her.
Officials are taking the request seriously and were last night looking at how the funds could be sent back.
Watch The Sun’s exclusive documentary on the Maddie case here
If they succeed it would secure crucial extra time for McCann investigators before their prime suspect walks free.
Reports in Germany said: “In an email to the Braunschweig Public Prosecutor’s Office, the former BKA employee is now demanding repayment of the money.
“She stated that she was unaware that Christian B. had been convicted in previous cases, including forgery.”
The ex-cop is said to have told officials: “I therefore wish to contest my declaration of intent to repay the payment and invalidate the legal transaction accordingly.”
The payment cleared a 2016 Helmstedt District Court fine for drunkenness in traffic and forgery of documents and a 2017 Braunschweig court levy for assault.
Before the ex-cop paid the fine, convicted paedophile Breuckner had only been able to pay £210 of the total and faced being kept behind bars until late January.
The fine-payer insists she had “never had personal contact with Christian B.”
Maddie prosecutors said it was investigating “the extent to which the payment received in the criminal case against Christian B. can actually be credited toward the fine imposed there.”
It stated that it had found evidence “that the payment was made by mistake.”
Brueckner will now walk free when his sentence for raping an American woman, 72, in Praia da Luz, in 2005, ends.
He has been named publicly as the prime suspect over the May 3 2007 disappearance of Maddie, of Rothley, Leics., since 2020 but never been charged.
He has used letters to deny the claims but has refused to answer police questions or provide an alibi.
His phone was in Praia da Luz on the night Madeleine vanished and made a 30-minute call from the area.
His Jaguar was re-registered into a name the day after the disappearance.
A Sun investigation this year revealed bombshell new evidence – including Brueckner’s obsession with snatching and abusing small, young, blonde girls.
Brueckner appeared in court earlier this year over verbal assaults on prison guards[/caption]
Maddie has now been missing for 18 years[/caption]
The search last week was focused on a handful of derelict building[/caption]
We also placed him at key police locations of interest, including a lake where cops dug for evidence.
And we showed evidence he was at the scene of an al-but-confession when he allegedly said Maddie “did not scream,” in 2008.
Our probe – aired on Channel 4 – revealed the existence of a hard-drive and laptop containing crucial picture evidence on the case.
Police maintain they have physical evidence Maddie is dead – but no forensic links.
German police have recently stressed the value UK authorities could provide by getting involved in the case again before Brueckner’s release.
He has refused to rule out leaving Germany and insisted he will go to ground on his release.
If he travelled to a non-extradition country all hopes for McCann justice could disappear with him.
May 3, 2007
Madeleine McCann disappears from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, sparking a massive police search and becoming one of the most famous missing persons cases in history.
January 15, 2016
Neighbour reports a possible ‘grave’ at Brueckner’s abandoned factory in East Germany.
Cops find disturbing images on USB sticks and launch a full-scale search.
February 16, 2016
Christian Brueckner is convicted for abusing a girl of five in a park after images found on his laptop.
He was sentenced to 15-months behind bars but was already on the run by then.
May 3, 2017
Around this time, Helge B calls an information hotline after watching a ten-year anniversary special on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
He reports an alleged confession by Christian Brueckner.
September 27, 2018
On-the-run Christian Brueckner is arrested over outstanding drugs claims in Italy.
He is extradited to Germany the following year.
December 16, 2019
Christian Brueckner was convicted, in Germany, for the 2005 rape of an American woman in Praia da Luz, Portugal, after his DNA was matched to a hair found on her bed.
He was sentenced to seven years behind bars.
June 4, 2020
German prosecutors reveal to the world they have a suspect in custody under investigation for the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
For the first time they claim Madeleine is dead.
German media later name him as Christian B (Christian Brueckner).
June 23, 2023
In his first interview, witness Helge B alleges to German newspaper Bild that Christian Brueckner all-but-confessed the Madeleine abduction to him, by allegedly saying “she didn’t scream” as they talked about the case, at a music festival, in Spain.
February 16, 2024
Brueckner goes on trial accused of none-McCann allegations of rape and sex assault, in Braunschweig, Germany.
Prosecutors hope for a conviction to keep him behind bars permanently and lead to McCann charges.
October 8, 2024
Brueckner was acquitted of all claims.
Prosecutors launch an appeal, however. Decision pending.
September 17, 2025
Date on which Christian Brueckner will be released from custody without action being taken.
Prosecutors require an arrest warrant for a retrial over claims from last year – or over the McCann case.
June 1, 2025
Police order a renewed search for clues in Praia Da Luz on the Algarve in Portugal.
It lasts for just three days.
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A BRITISH gang threatened to behead drug mule suspect Bella Culley and her family in a chilling warning to the pregnant 18-year-old.
Bella was shown a horrifying video of an execution by the evil traffickers which forced the teen to send her loved ones a two-word SOS text, her lawyer has claimed.
Bella Culley seen in court on Tuesday as her devastated family watched on[/caption]
The Brit told a court she was made to watch a beheading video by a Brit gang who recruited her to smuggle drugs[/caption]
Bella, seen in court earlier this year, has now been jailed for over six weeks[/caption]
The Brit told her legal team that she fell into the clutches of a British-led gang of drug runners while on holiday in Thailand.
She denies knowingly importing drugs worth £200,000 into the former Soviet state of Georgia as she continues to claim she was in fear of life when she flew from Bangkok in May.
Trainee nurse Bella – who got pregnant on her Far East trip – claimed the gang also threatened to harm her parents and 16-year-old brother after claiming they knew where they lived.
In a desperate two word plea she texted her family, “HELP ME”, after being “branded” on the arm with an iron as a warning.
Bella from Billingham, County Durham, says a bag containing cannabis was checked in under her name by a gang member.
Her frantic family launched a missing person hunt in Thailand after she vanished on holiday but she turned up under arrest 4,000 miles away.
Her Georgian lawyer Malkhaz Salakaia claimed the gang terrorised the teenager into becoming a mule.
She felt queasy and almost fainted but they still forced her to watch it
Malkhaz Salakaia
He told The Sun: “They told her: ‘We know the addresses of your parents, we know where your 16 year old brother is.’
“They made her watch a video of a man being decapitated and told her: ‘If you don’t do as you are told, this is what is going to happen to you and your family.’
“She felt queasy and almost fainted but they still forced her to watch it.”
Bella – who wept in court on Monday as she appeared with her baby bump visible for the first time – has stressed the British father of her child was not a gang member.
And she went on to describe the horror of her “branding” to Mr Salakaia.
He told The Sun: “On the inside of her right arm there is a mark from this coercion.
“She was, so to say, branded – a hot iron was pressed on her arm.
“She was forced to do this – there was both psychological and physical pressure, the trace of which is still visible.
“As to her connection with this group, she knew several of them – they are British.
“At first she knew one, and then through him met the others. However, we have grounds to assume that this group also had local accomplices, including in Thailand.”
Mr Salakaia said by the time Bella managed to send a desperate text to her family, it was too late for them to stop her disastrous journey to Georgia.
Bella Culley went on holiday to Thailand and wound up in handcuffs in Eastern Europe[/caption]
Cannabis was found wrapped in air-tight bags in Bella’s luggage, police said[/caption]
Mr Salakaia said: “Bella sent an SMS to her family asking for help, saying: HELP ME, but by the time the family reacted it was too late
“The instruction, or rather threat, she was given consisted of the following: ‘You will take this luggage and carry it from point A to point B, to this or that country, or we will kill you.
“There is no talk of any potential reward or deal — Bella was simply forced to do this.
“The speculation that one of them is the father of Bella’s child does not correspond to the truth – I categorically deny this. There is no connection.
“I cannot say whether the father of the child knows about Bella’s situation.”
Mr Salakaia told how Bella tried in vain to raise the alarm – but discovered to her horror that Thai cops she tried to tip off were linked to the gang.
He said: “There was a very alarming episode while she was still in Bangkok. Bella seized a moment to go to some policemen – there were three of them, standing on the street.
“She told them: ‘I have a problem, this is happening, there is pressure on me, help me.’
“They spoke with her for 20 minutes and then returned her exactly to the same people she had run away from.
“This allows the simplest conclusion – that this group had things arranged with the local police.”
She was forced to do this – there was both psychological and physical pressure, the trace of which is still visible
Malkhaz Salakaia
Mr Salakaia said Bella did not see the suitcase containing 31lb of cannabis in vacuum-sealed bags until a customs officer in Georgian capital Tbilisi showed it to her.
The teenager had no idea where Tbilisi was and no idea why she was there, he said.
Bella, in a pink t-shirt with her hair in a bun, burst into tears at a court appearance on Monday where she was supported by her father Niel (ckd), 39, aunt Kerrie and grandad William Culley.
Mr Salakaia said Bella – who was refused bail on Monday – will deny drug trafficking charges which carry a minimum sentence of 15 years in jail.
Bella – who says she is happy with conditions at tough No5 Women’s Penitentiary on the outskirts of Tbilisi – is next due in court on July 10.
Bella in court last month[/caption]
Bella has said she never touched the drugs found in her suitcase[/caption]
VIRGINIA Giuffre’s diary leading up to her tragic suicide has shown just how much the victim of Jeffrey Epstein had been struggling.
Those final months of her life were said to have been tougher than any legal battle or mental scars left behind by Epstein or Prince Andrew, her sister-in-law has said.
Virginia Giuffre’s diary leading up to her tragic suicide have shown how much the victim of Jeffrey Epstein had been struggling[/caption]
A mysterious post by Virginia claimed she had just days to live in the weeks before her suicide[/caption]
Virginia Giuffre and her husband Robert have been married for 22 years[/caption]
Cops found Virginia, 41, unresponsive at her remote farmhouse, an hour north of Perth, Australia, back in April.
Her passing followed a series of troubling events involving allegations of abuse, a mysterious bus crash riddle and her family being torn apart.
Now, Virginia‘s loved ones and her heart-wrenching last few diary entries have revealed how tough her final days really were.
Her death was a terrible ending to this story, but there is a big part of it she never got to tell
Amanda Roberts
Amanda Roberts, the wife of Virginia’s younger brother Sky, told The Times: “[She] may have fought battles with some of the most powerful men in the world, like Epstein and Prince Andrew.
“But what people didn’t understand was that [in her final days] the hardest battle of her life was at home.
“Her death was a terrible ending to this story, but there is a big part of it she never got to tell.”
The hardship revolved around her home life and most notably her once trusted husband of 22 years Robert Giuffre.
Robert, a martial arts instructor and the father to Virginia’s three children, reportedly left the brave accuser back in August 2023.
During this time, Robert took the children – aged 19, 16, and 15 – with him and away from Virginia.
But in a tell-all interview shortly before her death, Virginia came forward for the first time with allegations that she had suffered abuse at the hands of her husband.
“I was able to fight back against Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, who abused and trafficked me,” she said in a statement to People magazine.
“But I was unable to escape the domestic violence in my marriage until recently. After my husband’s latest physical assault, I can no longer stay silent.”
In response, Robert is reported to have filed a family violence restraining order against her, claiming that it was her who had become violent.
The stronger I became, the scarier he became
Virginia
Virginia’s family have now shared extracts from her diary at the beginning of this year, in which she shares her memories of her marriage as it was faltering.
She alleges Robert was violent, abusive and “emotionally and physically controlling” within the texts and legal filings.
One passage detailed how Virginia believed the ramifications of her speaking out against Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and making the claims against Andrew caused her marriage to break down over time.
Virginia wrote in her diary: “The stronger I became, the scarier he became.
“Instead of praising his wife’s accomplishments he began to be jealous, trying to make me stop advocating for victims of trafficking”
A notorious photo of Prince Andrew and Virginia[/caption]
Her relationship with Robert has highlighted several major issues[/caption]
Virginia with her brothers who say they only learned about the alleged abuse in the weeks before her death[/caption]
Another page detailed Virginia’s worries as she claimed there were “increased signs of possessiveness” from Robert towards her.
These allegedly included him telling Virginia his best mates were trying to sleep with her and banning her from going downstairs when any man was over at their home.
“I became a prisoner,” she wrote.
Robert’s attorney has said they cannot comment on the accusations due to legal proceedings relating to the family ongoing in Western Australia.
Further allegations were uncovered in a series of text messages sent in April of this year – just weeks before Virginia took her own life.
One of these detailed the earliest alleged incident of domestic violence which dates back to 2010, according to a message shared by Virginia’s public representative Dini von Mueffling.
Virginia accused Robert of punching and kicking her on the floor after he returned home from a “3-day bender” just months after their youngest child was born.
There is no record of a formal complaint being made at the time.
However, a court filing from 2015 has been found by The Times which details Robert was arrested in Colorado for an alleged assault on Virginia.
The couple kept the case, which was labelled as “domestic violence” related in remont County, private from the world.
Robert pleaded guilty to domestic violence and was placed on probation, according to the filing.
Sky and Amanda Roberts have both come out since and said they viewed Robert as “controlling” and having a short temper.
VIRGINIA Roberts – later Virginia Giuffre, 41, was an American-Australian campaigner and a prominent victim of the sex trafficking ring of Jeffrey Epstein.
She made claims against Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, as well as Brit socialite Ghislaine Maxwell – Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-lover.
Giuffre alleged in court documents that she was procured by Maxwell, 63, the daughter of disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell, as a teenage “sex slave” for Epstein.
She released a manuscript just hours before Epstein’s death, which added to more than 2,000 documents of a lawsuit pending against the former financier and his pals.
The legal documents were released in a defamation case involving Giuffre, who has claimed in court documents that Prince Andrew slept with her three times.
In 2019, Virginia Roberts claimed that she had sex with Prince Andrew in a toilet when she was 17, after a night where he had allegedly been plying her with vodka in a posh London club.
On February 15, 2022, it was announced that Prince Andrew settled the lawsuit – sparing him a humiliating court battle.
But they admitted Virginia had never mentioned any physical abuse up until this year.
On January 9, Virginia first told her brother about an alleged incident.
She accused Robert of “punching her over and over” after Virginia allegedly refused to have sex with her husband.
At this point the pair were estranged and living apart with them only meeting to spend time with the children.
Sky recalls Virginia facetiming him after the alleged attack and saying she had suffered recurring injuries to her sternum and spine.
Pictures allegedly showing Virginia’s injuries were shared as the mum-of-three had a black eye, a marked forehead and bruised neck.
Robert then hit back with accusations of his own as he claimed Virginia headbutted, spat and punched him on the same evening.
Police were informed of both accusations and investigated them but no charges were filed.
Robert would file for temporary custody of two of their children shortly after and was granted the request.
Virginia was then told she couldn’t contact the two kids for six months due to Robert filing a restraining order.
I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time
Virginia
She never saw her children again due to her death a short time after.
Virginia did make a desperate last plea to speak to her daughters and son in March.
She posted a photograph of herself that quickly made headlines around the world as she was covered in bruises and in a hospital bed.
Virginia claimed her car had been hit by a school bus travelling at nearly 70mph and had just four days left to live.
In a gut-wrenching statement she said: “I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time.”
However, shock quickly turned to confusion after Australian police revealed the collision was logged as a minor traffic incident and that no injuries were reported.
Virginia representatives later said that the Instagram post was a mistake and had been intended for a private page.
Her family believe the post was a final attempt to reach out to her children.
This was backed up by a poignant final diary entry titled: “To the kids.”
It read: “Everyday that I don’t see your faces has a little less light.
“The world is dimmer without you in it.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
BRITISH drug mule suspect Bella Culley was tortured into trafficking £200,000-worth of cannabis by evil crimelords, a court heard today.
Bella, 18, said a brutal Thai trafficker held her arm under a jet of steam to force her to fly with 31lb of cannabis to the former Soviet state of Georgia.
Bella Culley seen in court this week as her devastated family watched on[/caption]
The Brit told a court she was tortured into trafficking £200,000-worth of cannabis by evil crimelords[/caption]
Bella has now been locked up for six weeks in Georgia[/caption]
The teenager showed off a vivid snake-like scar to the court in the capital of Tbilisi as she insisted she never touched the drugs she is accused of trafficking.
She was seen breaking down in tears alongside members of her family as a Georgian judge rejected her plea.
After six weeks banged up in a hellhole jail following her arrest, Bella told the hearing: “I didn’t want to do this – I was forced under torture.
“I just wanted to travel, I just want to live with my family – I am a loving person, I am studying at the university to become a nurse.
“All I wanted to do was travel but bad things happened.”
The tearful teen, looking downcast in a pink shirt with her hair in a bun, added: “I don’t do drugs, as you can see in my blood tests, I am clean. I always wanted to make my family proud.”
Bella from Billingham, County Durham, claimed baggage containing the cannabis was carried to the airport for her and put in the plane’s hold when she boarded a flight from Bangkok in May.
Her family launched a missing person hunt in Thailand after she vanished on holiday but she turned up under arrest 4,000 miles away in the European nation.
Then on her first court appearance she announced she was pregnant.
Her baby bump had visibly grown in the latest court appearance as she was supported by her 39-year-old oil rig worker father Niel.
Bella told her family she was flying to meet a boyfriend in the Far East on a backpacking holiday, the court heard.
It has also come out that the father of her child is from the UK.
Her aunt Kerri Culley was in court and sobbed as evidence was presented.
Bella’s lawyer Malkhaz Salakaia said corrupt Thai cops had been in on the plot and stopped the Brit from trying to raise the alarm before she flew to Georgia.
Mr Salakaia said she went to a police officer to show him the burns to her arm – but he took her to another officer who turned out to be a member of the drugs gang.
He argued that she should not stay in the tough No5 Women’s Penitentiary and requested bail.
Mr Salakaia said: “You’ll see her actual involvement with these charges in her own testimony that is coming shortly – she is innocent.
“Her emotional state exactly confirms that she was forced, I want to ask her to show the court her arm and you can see the burning scar.
Cannabis was found wrapped in air-tight bags in Bella’s luggage, police said[/caption]
Bella in court last month[/caption]
“This scar occurred before she was “equipped” with her baggage, that she never even touched.”
The lawyer said Bella never saw the drug bag – which flew to Georgia via Sharjah in Abu Dhabi – until she was arrested for importing it.
He said: “From Thailand to Sharjah, from Sharjah to Thailand, this baggage was carried by a different person. She was only given a passport and told you go there and there.
“She tried to inform the passport control but was paid no attention. She even has no idea geographically where she is – she thought Tbilisi was a country.
“She was given a photo and was told to keep it and that she would be approached by certain people. This meeting didn’t happen because she was detained.
“Said has never taken drugs and tests carried out by police once she arrived in Georgia proved she was telling the truth.”
Bella’s family said they were willing to submit a bail surety of at least £13,400 to guarantee her return to court to face trial after her lawyer said she had travelled to Thailand with just £70 cash.
But Judge Lela Kalichenko rejected her plea for bail insisting the teeanger was a potential flight risk and was receiving all necessary medical care where in prison.
A SLEW of drug mule arrests involving Brits have emerged in the last few months.
In April and May, two Brit women were arrested abroad for alleged drug smuggling.
Bella was the first after she allegedly tried to smuggle a suitcase of weed into Georgia.
Meanwhile, former air stewardess Charlotte May Lee was also caught allegedly trying to smuggle drugs worth £1.2million into Sri Lanka.
Her two suitcases were said to have been stuffed with 46kg of a synthetic cannabis strain known as kush — which is 25 times more potent than opioid fentanyl.
If found guilty, South Londoner Charlotte could face a 25-year sentence.
As a young mum was detained in Germany for allegedly smuggling cannabis in her bags on a flight from Thailand – in yet another shocking case.
Glamorous Cameron Bradford, 21, from Knebworth, Herts, was detained at Munich Airport on April 21 as she tried to collect her luggage.
It comes as a Brit couple claiming to be tourists from Thailand have been busted with more than 33kg of cannabis in their suitcases at a Spanish airport.
The pair were picked out by suspicious cops at Valencia Airport after displaying a “nervous and evasive attitude” and are now behind bars on drug trafficking charges.
Experts told The Sun how wannabe Brit Insta stars are being lured by cruel gangs into carting drugs across the world.
Then last month, a six-year-old British boy was arrested in Mauritius suspected of smuggling part of a £1.6million dope haul stuffed inside his wheelie case.
The lad was picked up by customs officials along with his mum and five other Brits as they arrived on the tropical island.
Authorities branded the use of a child in the audacious drug smuggling plot as “inhumane”.
Bella has said she never touched the drugs found in her suitcase[/caption]