Viral pictures of a child allegedly performing wax services on a nude woman have a Memphis woman facing serious charges, ABC 24 reports.
Jasmine Moss, an esthetician, has been arrested and charged by the Memphis Police Department with child abuse and neglect. Police started to receive complaints regarding the images on Feb. 15 after Moss uploaded them to her social media, allegedly promoting her hair removal business.
In the post, Moss identified the child as her daughter and celebrated the child performing waxes on 24 clients during an 8-hour work shift. According to the affidavit, the child is around 5 years old.
“When I say I’m passing down Deeds & LLCs to my creations, I mean that,” Moss wrote in a now-deleted post on Instagram. “Ms. Khloe did her thang today. She literally helped me wax 24 clients starting from 7:25 am-5 pm.”
She also included how much money the child made for her work: $744. Memphis Police officials mentioned its case is a collaborative investigation with the Department of Children Services.
The bizarre story has been the topic of
conversation on social media, prompting Moss’ social pages to be deleted. While some users have been talking about accountability on Moss’ part, others have pointed out how the clients allowed something like this to happen.“This whole story about Jasmine Moss, aka Jazzy Body, allowing her small child to wax her clients is WIIIIILD,” @sabryna713 wrote.
“How did those clients allow that?! This poor child needs to be protected, and her mother is giving her trauma that will take years to heal from. Everyone on the registry!!”
Another called on the fictional Law and Order: SVU
detective Olivia Benson to investigate the case. “I need Olivia Benson and the whole squad to crack down on Jasmine Moss and ALL her clients allowing that little girl to give out Brazilian waxes,” @_PerccAngle_ said.“Whenever I hear stories of things like this, it concerns me because is this child one being victimized by having to perform those acts, but then second, are they being victimized because they’re being forced to work at such a young age, so without knowing all of the details, those are the things that first pop into my mind,” said Eddie Smith, director of organizational advancement for Child Help in Memphis, a child advocacy group.
“This mother could be claiming that it’s helping her start a business, but it’s really abuse,” Smith added.