‘American Idol’ star Syesha Mercado’s newborn baby seized by authorities
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"American Idol" star Syesha Mercado is raising her voice against the Manatee County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office after they seized her 10-day-old baby daughter in a harrowing moment captured in a now-viral video.
Deputies surrounded an SUV that Mercado, her newborn baby and her partner, Tyron Deener, were driving in on Wednesday morning to conduct a roadside welfare check, according to the Sarasota-Herald Tribune. Police then took custody of the infant to bring her to a hospital for a physical, presumably due to prior — still hotly disputed — allegations of malnutrition concerning the couple’s 15-month-old son. "Do you not feel anything? You guys, I’m human. This is my baby. My babies is days old — and you’re taking my baby away from me." Mercado and Deener, 36, posted disturbing footage of the incident that occurred near Whitfield Drive and Lockwood Ridge Road on Instagram with the caption, "THEY TOOK OUR BABY AGAIN!." The hour-long video, which had more than 1.7 million views as of Friday night, shows multiple police vehicles flashing lights while two male deputies serve the couple with a court order to turn over their baby.
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