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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Online retailers Amazon and Etsy person pulled listings posted connected their tract which merchantability merchandise utilizing the sanction and representation of St. Johns County teen execution unfortunate Tristyn Bailey.
The News4Jax I-TEAM reached retired to representatives astatine some companies Thursday after learning that third-party vendors used their platforms to merchantability a poster with Bailey’s missing persons flyer and T-Shirts with her name. By Friday morning, the listings were gone and 1 of the sellers apologized.
The 13-year-old cheerleader was stabbed to decease adjacent her home successful May, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators person charged her schoolmate, 14-year-old Aiden Fucci, with first-degree murder. He’s pleaded not blameworthy and is awaiting trial.
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Bailey’s decease affected radical crossed the satellite who followed the case, with millions learning her sanction and thousands sending condolences to her household and friends.
After getting a quality extremity from a viewer, the News4Jax I-TEAM discovered posts wherever immoderate radical look to beryllium trying to marque wealth disconnected the slain teen’s sanction and picture.
An Amazon posting from a third-party seller successful China. They were selling the archetypal missing person’s flyer from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office arsenic a poster. It’s pictured supra a surviving room. The price? $12 to $35 depending connected the size, positive shipping.
The I-TEAM spoke to Bailey’s mother, begetter and sister. They said they were upset and “floored” that idiosyncratic would effort to nett disconnected her tragic death, and they said this isn’t the lone case.
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They pointed retired an Etsy posting from a seller successful Atlanta. The $21 garment says “Her combat is my fight” with Tristyn Bailey’s sanction successful an aqua ribbon. The teen’s household said they didn’t authorize it and nary of the proceeds are going to the instauration they’re gathering successful her honor. The seller has akin products with names from radical warring diseases, with nary notation of support oregon giving proceeds backmost successful their honor.
News4Jax consulted with Jacksonville lawyer Lauren Prater, who said there’s decidedly ineligible grounds to combat the websites and the vendors successful cases similar these.
“To person idiosyncratic bash this for their ain idiosyncratic monetary summation is sick,” said Prater. “This is simply a young child, and I truly anticipation there’s an contiguous extremity enactment to these actions.”
Prater said Bailey’s household could filed a cease and desist against the companies involved.
If a cease and desist is sent and ignored, “Game on, it’s suit time. That’s it astatine that point, past it’s get the lawyers up, get the squad acceptable and a suit is going to beryllium filed.” said Prater. “And astatine that point, the radical that are doing this, they’re going to beryllium taxable to the courts.”
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Bailey’s household said they privation her sanction utilized for bully and that determination are plentifulness of ways to bash that. Simple things, similar rocks painted with her name. The household is besides suggesting donations to her memorial fund, which volition spell backmost to the community.
The Bailey household released a connection to News4Jax connected Thursday afternoon. It reads:
“We would similar to erstwhile again convey the assemblage for their support, thoughts and prayers arsenic we spell done the heartbreaking nonaccomplishment of Tristyn. Again, we truly admit that you are helping to code these situations wherever radical are trying to nett from her name.”
A typical for Etsy responded that the institution does not remark connected circumstantial pages oregon listings, but “the household tin usage our online reporting form to study a usurpation of rights related to close of publicity, sanction and likeness.” Bailey’s household members said they did that. Friday morning, the T-Shirt listing was removed from the seller’s profile. It was unclear if the seller agreed to region it oregon if Etsy took it down.
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Friday afternoon, the Etsy idiosyncratic selling the T-Shirt with Tristyn’s sanction responded: “It was brought to my attraction that a T-shirt I made was hurtful to the household of Tristyn Bailey. It was ne'er my volition to origin them grief successful immoderate way, for that I apologize.”
She went connected to accidental she would beryllium donating proceeds to the family’s foundation money successful Bailey’s honor. News4Jax is not naming the Etsy idiosyncratic oregon her business.
A spokesperson for Amazon called the I-TEAM Thursday evening saying the institution is reviewing the point and it’s precise apt that it volition beryllium removed. He said helium was taking the Bailey family’s concerns precise seriously.
Friday morning, the third-party seller’s nexus had been removed from Amazon. The company’s website includes its argumentation connected intelligence property: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/external/201361070
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Bailey’s parents told News4Jax they were pleased the listings had been taken down aft the I-TEAM’s archetypal story.
Bailey’s household is gathering a instauration successful her honor, which volition enactment causes important to her successful the community.
They besides person an authoritative money acceptable up successful her honor: https://www.jaxcf.org/give/memorial-page---tristyn-bailey
Additionally, they said they admit the ribbons, rocks and posts successful her honor.
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