'Be a Real Ho': CPS tells troubled teen to prostitute herself if she wants to eat

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“If you gonna be a ho — be a real ho,” the unidentified CPS employee said in the video recorded by the teenage girl.

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Mike Schneider, the family’s attorney, told Fox 26 that the CPS employee said the child, who lived in a hotel before moving into a foster home, could “basically” make $1,500 a day if she sold her body for sex.

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The family law attorney said that CPS had hoped to dismiss the case and get the teenager out of the state’s care. Still, when speaking to the judge, the agency said nothing about the video’s existence during a recent court hearing.

“I think they’re threatened by the fact that this video even exists,” Schneider said. “They know about it.”

“The fact that they didn’t think it was relevant that their own agency is trying to prostitute a child, that’s incredibly disingenuous, to have a hearing and not bring that to the court’s attention,” he added.

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Officials from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) apologized to Bazley’s family and issued a statement to Fox 26 regarding the employee and the video.

“DFPS is aware of the video and has taken action,” Melissa Landford told Fox 26. “The person in the video – who was employed as CPS support staff — was dismissed from her position August 10.”

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