Remember Shanesha Taylor?
In July, I wrote about Shanesha Taylor. She was a mom who left her two young children in the car when she went for a job interview in Arizona on an 83 degree day. People found her children and called for help. Shanesha was arrested.
When Shanesha’s mugshot got into the press, her tears caused a strong reaction from the public. People ended up donating more than $115K in donations (source). They believed Shanesha deserved a second chance and the prosecutor in this case gave it to her.
The court took her apology and desire for a second chance and said that she must deposit $60K into a trust fund account for the children by a certain date.
I didn’t believe Shanesha was sincere at all and wrote about it in July. You can read my thoughts here.
As suspected, Shanesha didn’t put any money aside for her kids, and when asked for show proof that she still had the funds, she was unable to do so.
She is now facing child abuse charges for leaving her kids unattended in the car, and will be tried in December!
I am all about giving people a second chance, but this woman was way to flippant in the media to deserve it, and I suspect prosecutors watched closely as well and weren’t about to let her slip through the cracks!