"When you wanted sex that's where you went," Coleman said. "You knew what the girl was doing. You knew what she associated with, so why place your daughter in that situation?"
And Cheyenne says Brad did not provide for Shaniya.
"He didn't take care of her, his girlfriends took care of her," she said. "He loved her, but she was raised by other people. He hasn't been in her life."
It sounds to me like Brad was still hooking up with AD. Do we really know if Shaniya lived with Brad or was she just an occasional visitor?
http://johnston.mync.com/site/johns...ya-davis-was-at-risk-and-needed-a-better-home
This really hit me in the pit of my stomach, if only because I've been worried about this and almost expecting something like this to come out.
There's been a disconnect for me from back when this story started. I think I even referenced it in an earlier post. I could not or would not believe that people who loved Shaniya and doted on her would willingly send her off to live in that situation. She went from what appears to be a pleasant residental neighborhood to living in what almost looks like a construction trailer. I know your residence doesn't dictate who you are per se, but if we're being real, it kinda does. I know people who are quite poor and live in trailers and they try SO hard. They plant flowers. They clean. They paint. They want to make it a respectable looking home.
If you're ambulatory and let your home fall into that kind of disrepair, it kinda befits a mindset. Maybe people don't have time to paint, but it takes two seconds to add touches to make something homey. I wouldn't leave my children in that environment for a few hours. Even from the aerial photos it just looks dangerous. Cluttered and dirty and in disrepair, and that's just the outside. To leave them for four weeks without driving down to check? Boggles my mind.
Anyway, it's not even my point, but the inconsistences about how Shaniya got there and the startling contrast between Brad's statements and the aunt's really bother me. No other way to say it. And this article struck a cord with me because if AD was so darned hard to get in touch with when Shaniya was there, how did they work out the idea to let her parent? There had to be some ongoing form of communication, and weirdly enough a continuing sexual relationship seemed likely to me. AD was a one-night stand with known issues and she was apparently content with not parenting her daughter for almost five years. Everything about this screams "Don't send her there!" and yet according to him, he did. According to the aunt, it was just for the weekend. Maybe those two are linked.
Maybe he went down to see AD and to bring Shaniya for a weekend. While there, they talk and at one point have sex. She has a use for Shaniya now, but he doesn't know that. AD uses that control and some impassioned pleas to get Shaniya there longer. He relents and probably knows his sister is going to be livid. However, he works a lot and is tired and while he loves Shaniya, maybe it'd be easier if he let her try to be a "mother" to Shaniya.
AD never sends for more clothes or anything else because she doesn't need them. Shaniya, someone she has little bond with but has been around enough to do some preliminary informal marketing, is pressed into her new role. Maybe this idea was hatched with McNeill long in advance. Or, my personal theory is that Coe is not completely blameless, but instead is somewhat complicit in trying to find johns for AD's newfound business. I know people have been defending Coe, but I can't believe he knew nothing about anything.
Meanwhile, Brad has been hedging and maybe a little sad about what he was pressured into--that is, letting Shaniya go there to live. I absolutely don't think he knew about the pending prostitution. He doesn't tell the aunt the full truth about the new custody deal because he knows she'll be angry. So the aunt rings up AD and AD, annoyed and wondering why she's getting the call (she worked it out with Brad) is nasty and belligerent. Maybe at this point the aunt confronts Brad, Brad explains, and neither one of them feel comfortable confronting AD down there.
I still think there were incredible lapses of judgement. My biggest question is why the aunt didn't call someone. Maybe she did and that will come out. Like NMK I'm not bashing them, but there are genuine questions I have and the article quoted above makes way too much sense to me, sadly.