Who is Ira Peskowitz? Bhad Bhabie's dad claims she was 'groomed' to make money on OnlyFans
Bhad Bhabie's dad Ira Peskowitz, 54, a sheriff for the Palm Beach Police Department, claimed that his daughter, whose real name is Danielle Bregoli was groomed to become an adult star. He revealed to The Sun, "Was she groomed? Absolutely. With the way she dressed and the way she acted, everything was sex-related and encouraged by people around her. Who in their right mind thinks 'Ah she's just turned 18 so now it's time to make money on OnlyFans', you don't think of that in a few days there must have been some preparation when she was under 18.”
He went on to say, “It's not normal to pay to see a barely legal girl explicitly. The sad thing is they treat her like a product. Everyone around here just wants her to make money. She doesn't rap anymore, she doesn't sing, and she doesn't go on tour. She sits in her house and she does her OnlyFans. I don't know how many hours a day they are telling her to do it but to make that kind of money must be time-consuming. I know there's a leaked video of her with a bunch of girls doing sexual things.” Meanwhile, currently, Danielle has no contact with him, and she filed for a restraining order against him in 2020 after he claimed her mother Barbara 'continually beats' her. In a now-deleted Instagram post, the rapper retorted that Peskowitz cheated on her mother and then walked out of their lives. Her estranged dad also gained infamy for starting a failed Go Fund Me to raise money to fight back for his daughter’s custody decision against court in 2017.
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Danielle was dubbed a problematic child raised by her mother, Barbara Ann after her father abandoned her when she was a baby. Her life at home was chaotic as she grew up in Boynton Beach, Florida. Danielle's behavior grew so concerning that she and her mother appeared on the Dr. Phil show in 2016. Danielle became the youngest female rapper to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100 list with her first single ‘These Heaux’ a year after appearing on Dr. Phil's show, and she went on to earn a record deal with Atlantic Records. Bhad Bhabie is her rap name, and she has over three million monthly Spotify listeners. Tory Lanez, Lil Baby, and Kodak Black are among the musicians with whom she has worked.
Last year, the rapper joined OnlyFans and claimed to have set a record by collecting more than $1 million in just six hours. By doing so, she also broke the previous record established by ex-Disney actress Bella Thorne. She has also recently claimed to have a net worth of $50 million. According to her father, “You don't just come with an idea like that and all of a sudden generate that amount of people and that amount of money, you have to prepare, it is pre-planned." Earlier, she claimed on an Instagram story that her father is just now stepping out because he wants the ‘spotlight' on which he added, "Even though I was forced to give up my parental rights, I’m still her biological father and every daughter needs her daddy. It breaks my heart when I watch some of her IG videos and how she questions me about what I have done wrong in her eyes but does not allow me to answer."
He went on to say to The Sun, “It is comforting to know that I am close enough to Danielle if she truly needs me in an emergency or if she wants to start a relationship with me and her two brothers who ask about her regularly. Even if she doesn’t want anything to do with me, Danielle can still have a relationship with her siblings. Family is such an important structure in a person’s life. I love you and hope that one day soon we will be able to sit down and talk like adults to renew our relationship."