The Downfall of Instafamous Former Skater Baby Scumbag | Social Media disaster

 

Baby Scumbag. Ugh… that name alone.

VICE published an in-depth look at how the former skateboarder turned famous for ??? went from making $7-million off YouTube and appearance fees to facing down a prison sentence for having sex with a 12-year old. The same act of shame that could be putting Keelan Dadd behind bars as well.

The story reads as a cautionary tale of how not to act if you find a tiny taste of fame in skateboarding or social media.

Here is a sample:

 

“The former child skater pulled himself out of poverty with his viral videos––and even broke into Hollywood––but at what cost?”

“There’s another much more significant way in which the chivalrous hero of Scummy lore differs from the Baby Scumbag of reality: Steven Fernandez is an accused rapist awaiting trial, according to Detective Ninettte Toosbuy of the LAPD. She says that in late 2015, the then-15-year-old had sex with a 12-year-old girl alongside two adults—his 23-year-old cousin Barajas and a 27-year-old professional skateboarder named Keelan Dadd—in exchange for an appearance in a non-existent upcoming MTV special. He’s been charged with having sexual contact with a minor and rape, according to Toosbuy, and his case is a particularly significant one in a society where the line between celebrity and civilian has become muddled and the barriers of communication between the two have essentially evaporated. What’s more, Fernandez’s is a cautionary tale about the lack of protection afforded socioeconomically disadvantaged kids who go viral.”

 

Click over to VICE for the feature ‘How Baby Scumbag’s Quest for Social Media Fame Ended in Disaster’

 

 

 

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