Myka Stauffer Wore Cartier in Vlog About Reducing Son’s Remedy Prices

• Myka Stauffer roused skepticism in her viewership in 2018, when she vlogged about downgrading her adopted son Huxley’s speech remedy as a result of excessive prices whereas sporting luxurious jewellery
• Within the video, she spoke about eradicating the toddler from remedy that price $500 per thirty days and switching to at least one that charged “$70 for half-hour.” As she mentioned her plans, she wore an 18-karat gold Cartier Love bracelet that price over $6,000 on the time
• Vox Media Studios’ new docuseries An Replace on Our Household revisits the questionable second amidst a sequence of controversial occasions main as much as Myka and her husband James’ determination to hunt adoption dissolution for his or her son with particular wants, whom they adopted from China

Earlier than Myka and James Stauffer‘s controversial adoption dissolution, a few of their YouTube followers observed an inconsistency between her monetary issues and her selection of wristwear.

In episode 3 of Vox Media Studios’ An Replace on Our Household, commentator Sophie Ross recalled her heightened skepticism about Myka Stauffer after watching a video from July 2018 titled “Issues Are Not Good With Huxley… Submit China Adoption.”

Within the since-deleted clip proven within the docuseries, Myka speaks to the digicam about her plans to downgrade her adopted son Huxley’s speech remedy prices.

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“We’re gonna go to a special speech therapist, not the one which’s $500 a month. However we’re gonna go to the one which’s like $70 for half-hour,” the Ohio influencer stated in her vlog.

“Not $500 for half-hour. No, no, no,” Myka added in the identical video, displaying her hand in view of the digicam. On her wrist, she sported a gold Cartier Love bracelet, which price over $6,000 in 2018. The bangle presently retails for $7,350, in accordance with the luxurious model’s web site as of June 2024,

The docuseries, which was impressed by New York Journal‘s 2020 function on the household, additionally featured responses posted by different YouTubers calling out Myka’s 18-karat bangle. A number of viewers deemed the high-priced commodity incompatible together with her issues about Huxley’s medical charges.

The Stauffers, in addition to Huxley’s new household, haven’t responded to PEOPLE’s requests for remark.

The viral dad and mom introduced their determination to re-home Huxley — who has since been renamed by his new household — simply over two years after they adopted him from China. Of their Could 2020 vlog, the couple claimed they had been unequipped to deal with his particular wants and autism prognosis.

After they revealed their determination to hunt out adoption dissolution, the S attorneys spoke to PEOPLE on the time about their final hope to “present Huxley with the very best remedy and care.”

“We’re aware of this case and given the info at hand, we really feel this was one of the best determination for Huxley,” Myka and James’ attorneys, Thomas Taneff and Taylor Sayers, advised PEOPLE in an unique assertion issued in Could 2020. “In coming to know our purchasers we all know they’re a loving household and are very caring dad and mom that may do something for his or her youngsters.”

“Since his adoption, they consulted with a number of professionals within the healthcare and academic arenas as a way to present Huxley with the very best remedy and care,” Taneff and Sayers continued. “Over time, the group of medical professionals suggested our purchasers it is likely to be greatest for Huxley to be positioned with one other household.”

The vloggers’ authorized group famous that the Stauffers adopted the recommendation of medical professionals, which, the attorneys clarified, “did NOT embody any concerns for placement within the foster system, however somewhat to hand-select a household who is supplied to deal with Huxley’s wants.”