Elizabeth Smart calls for child sex doll ban after horrified Florida mom finds daughter's pic was used for one
A mother in Florida is in shock and disbelief after she found an image identical to her daughter, a minor at the age of 8, on Amazon for $599. The image that was stolen was turned into a child sex doll. Daily Mail reported that the mom who wishes to be only identified as Terri said, "I saw it and started to cry uncontrollably," asking for child sex dolls to be banned.
Terri had found out about the horror after she was contacted by her friend the month prior (August 12) who had told her about the Amazon item that looks a lot like Terri's daughter. The picture that was turned into the sex doll had been stolen from a Facebook group where it was posted. The listing of the sex doll on Amazon featured an image of the doll that according to Daily Mail, "appeared to recreate the photo of the little girl sitting on the couch with her stuffed animal." It was revealed that the image on the site had socks that resemble that of her daughters, along with sporting the same pose as well. The site listed this item "high-quality sexy dolly live dolls for men."
"'She had that same sweatshirt and facial features as that image, even the same stuffed animal!," said Terri according to the publication. "I asked myself how can this be legal in the United States?" Terri had told Child Rescue Coalition, "I read the message from my friend and saw the image, and I instantly started to cry uncontrollably. I couldn't imagine that some sicko would use my daughter's photo to create something so ugly and evil to be used for abuse by pedophiles."
An article by the Coalition, which is an organization that works against child sex abuse and predators titled Terri's story, 'A Mother's Story: Daughters' Photo Stolen & Likeness Turned Into Child Sex Doll.' It is written in Terri's words and even has the image and product image in its contents. Terri revealed that she had discovered that the doll has been online since November 2019 and decided to reach out to Amazon. It had taken four days to get the item removed from the site before she was subjected to messages that alerted her that the item was being sold on other internet stores as well.
With the help of the Coalition, and Glen Pounder, it's CEO, a petition was created to encourage the ban of child sex dolls. The petition titled, 'Make The Sale Of Child Sex Dolls In The United States Illegal,' currently has 97,703 signatures. "Let’s demand that this bill be passed or a new legislation be written TODAY to outlaw these types of dolls forever in the United States. Protect ... every child like her in the United States, and please sign and share this petition," urged the causes' supporters. It also explained the consequences of sex dolls especially when it comes to pedophilia asking users if they knew "child predators can go online and purchase life-like child sex dolls to act out their sexual fantasies of raping children?"
"I want a new federal law to charge these buyers as sex offenders. I want the people that create these dolls banned from selling them in the United States, and charged and fined," Terri said.
This traumatizing incident caught the attention of Elizabeth Smart, who took to Instagram asking her followers to sign the petition that called for the ban of sex dolls. Smart is a child abuse survivor turned advocate who had made news in 2002 when she was kidnapped at knifepoint at the age of 14 when in her bedroom in Utah. Smart, who was held captive for nine months was sexually abused by her kidnappers Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee. In the video, Smart says, "This is not OK!!! Go check out right now, follow the link in their bio and sign the petition today. This is something easy to do, impactful, and immediate. I'm so disgusted right now," Smart said.