Los Angeles Department of Children & Family Services has officially opened an investigation into the incident.
“The investigation was formally opened last week and is being taken
very seriously by the department, “Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have been
extremely cooperative with officials. Of course, they aren’t happy that
their parenting skills are under scrutiny, but they understand.”
The source revealed, “Social workers will also be talking
separately with Willow, and they also want to talk to the young man in
the picture with her as well. This won’t just be one or two visits with
the family, and it will likely be an open investigation for at least a
month, out of an abundance of caution.”
Earlier this month, controversy erupted after 20-year-old actor Arias
posted a picture of himself in bed with 13-year-old Willow on social
media.
In the black and white pic, the precocious Smith daughter is clad in
jeans and a shirt, while Arias is, at the very least, shirtless, and his
lower half is underneath bedsheets.
Arias, who’s best known for his stint on Hannah Montana, later deleted the shot shortly after positing it.
Willow’s mom Jada later lashed out at photographers at LAX when asked about the provocative picture.
“Here’s the deal,” Jada said on May 7. “There was nothing sexual
about that picture or that situation. You guys are projecting your trash
onto it. You’re acting like covert pedophiles and that’s not cool.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Will smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Under Investigation By Child Protective Services After Picture Of Daughter Willow,13, In Bed With 20-Year-Old
Friday, 9 May 2014
Jada Pinkett Slams Critics of Daughter Willow: Bed Pix Nothing Sexual
Jada Pinkett Smith wants people to get their minds out of the gutter.
A rep for the “Hawthorne” actress didn’t reply to Yahoo’s request for comment about Willow Smith’s photo controversy, but Jada did speak out about it herself on Wednesday night when asked by a pack of paparazzi at Los Angeles International airport.
“Here’s the deal: There was nothing sexual about that picture or that situation,” Jada replied sternly, shaking her finger. “You guys are projecting your trash onto it, and you’re acting like covert pedophiles, and that’s not cool.”
The drama began earlier this week when Moisés Arias, 20, posted a photo to Instagram in which he was shirtless and in bed next to Willow, who is only 13. While there was no physical contact between them — and Willow was fully clothed — it didn’t stop speculation, and Arias, who appeared as Rico in “Hannah Montana,” deleted the picture.
Neither Arias nor Willow has spoken out directly, but Gossip Cop reports that a source close to Arias called any suggestion of a romantic relationship between them “laughable” and said that she is “like a sister” to him.
Nonetheless, concern was expressed for the young “Whip My Hair” singer, with comments ranging from “sick” to “inappropriate” to “weird.” Willow is known to hang out with the older Jenner sisters — Kylie, 16, and Kendall, 18, who have been photographed coming and going from nightclubs. They’ve also posed with Arias on social media.
Jada and Will Smith have a laidback parenting style. The “Men in Black 3″ actor said last year that they don’t punish their children — also including son Jaden, 15. (Will also has a 21-year-old son, Trey, from his first marriage.)
“The way that we deal with our kids is, they are responsible for their lives,” he told Metro last year. “Our concept is, as young as possible, give them as much control over their lives as possible and the concept of punishment, our experience has been — it has a little too much of a negative quality.”
As for Arias’s status with the Smith family? Just fine. On Wednesday night he was photographed out to dinner with Jaden.
A rep for the “Hawthorne” actress didn’t reply to Yahoo’s request for comment about Willow Smith’s photo controversy, but Jada did speak out about it herself on Wednesday night when asked by a pack of paparazzi at Los Angeles International airport.
“Here’s the deal: There was nothing sexual about that picture or that situation,” Jada replied sternly, shaking her finger. “You guys are projecting your trash onto it, and you’re acting like covert pedophiles, and that’s not cool.”
The drama began earlier this week when Moisés Arias, 20, posted a photo to Instagram in which he was shirtless and in bed next to Willow, who is only 13. While there was no physical contact between them — and Willow was fully clothed — it didn’t stop speculation, and Arias, who appeared as Rico in “Hannah Montana,” deleted the picture.
Neither Arias nor Willow has spoken out directly, but Gossip Cop reports that a source close to Arias called any suggestion of a romantic relationship between them “laughable” and said that she is “like a sister” to him.
Nonetheless, concern was expressed for the young “Whip My Hair” singer, with comments ranging from “sick” to “inappropriate” to “weird.” Willow is known to hang out with the older Jenner sisters — Kylie, 16, and Kendall, 18, who have been photographed coming and going from nightclubs. They’ve also posed with Arias on social media.
Jada and Will Smith have a laidback parenting style. The “Men in Black 3″ actor said last year that they don’t punish their children — also including son Jaden, 15. (Will also has a 21-year-old son, Trey, from his first marriage.)
“The way that we deal with our kids is, they are responsible for their lives,” he told Metro last year. “Our concept is, as young as possible, give them as much control over their lives as possible and the concept of punishment, our experience has been — it has a little too much of a negative quality.”
As for Arias’s status with the Smith family? Just fine. On Wednesday night he was photographed out to dinner with Jaden.
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