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‘Bad Influence’ Docuseries Examines Allegations of Child Influencer Exploitation

See a trailer for 'Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing' trailer, which will premiere on Netflix in April.

Things can get very muddy when kids are making an obscene amount of money.” According to the trailer, Rockelle’s networks were pulling in up to half a million dollars a month. Last year, Smith and her onetime boyfriend, Hunter Hill, settled a $1.85 million lawsuit filed by 11 teenage influencers and their guardians in 2021 who claimed she had “emotionally, physically, and sometimes sexually” abused them, according to the Los Angeles Times. “I’m happy and relieved for my clients,” Matthew Sarelson, the Squad’s lawyer, said in a statement, “11 kids who endured an abusive environment and had the courage to speak out publicly.”

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