January 27, 2012
Isabella Barrett
A child celebrity’s mom is suing 3 vital media outlets for airing a video and stating on a actions of 5-year-old Isabella Barrett when she danced and sang an electro-rap strain entitled “Sexy And we know It” during a New York night club. The opening afterwards aired on a wire radio channel TMZ. [San Francisco Chronicle]
Susanna Barrett pronounced a coverage and video depiction was dubious and “sexualized” her daughter. Her lawsuit, in that she seeks $30 million, also names Huffington Post and a London Daily Mail. The news articles reported a child “gyrating in a nightclub and singing about her sex appeal” and suggested a mom was “forcing” Isabella to perform.
In December, Isabella was widely quoted as observant her co-star Paisley Dickey dressed like a “hooker.”
According to a mother’s filing, “Isabella Barrett did not act or execute herself sexually, erotically or provocatively; she was not ‘gyrating’ during a nightclub or singing ‘about her sex appeal.’”
