Influencer and partner who ‘believe in feeding with sunlight’ arrested after baby starves
Influencer and partner who ‘believe in feeding on sunlight’ are arrested after their month-old baby dies from ‘prolonged starvation’
The parents of a newborn child who died of ‘prolonged famine’ have been detained in Russia amid claims they believe in ‘feeding on sunlight’.
Mother Oxana Mironova, 33, is under investigation for negligent homicide and was placed under house arrest by a judge for two months.
Her partner Maxim Lyutyi, 43, is known as a “radical raw foodist” who, like his wife, believes in “feeding on sunlight,” Zvezda News reported. Lyutyi was detained separately for resisting police.
“The preliminary version of the child’s death is severe exhaustion … that the blogger tried to instill his nutritional system in the baby,” the newspaper said.
The boy – about a month old – died when the parents took him to the hospital. He is suspected of pneumonia and emaciation after starvation.
The parents of a newborn child who died of ‘prolonged famine’ have been detained in Russia amid claims they believe in ‘feeding on sunlight’. In the photo: Mother Oxana Mironova
Mironova (right), 33, is under investigation for causing negligent death, while Lyutyi (left) was held separately for resisting police
The Russian Commission of Inquiry is investigating the circumstances of the child’s tragic death near the Black Sea resort of Sochi and a criminal case has been launched.
The child was reportedly born at home and was not seen by doctors. Their apartment has been searched, reports say.
Lyutyi is known as “a raw food propagandist” and a lifestyle trainer, according to Mash media. He is the author of methods of “cleansing the body.”
“He is also an adherent of prana eating – feeding on the energy of the sun, without food or even water.”
He and his partner founded a club called “The Living Man,” intended to help Russians “improve their health and solve personal problems.”
He is described as a ‘master of working with body and mind’ and offered ‘healing’ to his clients.
The boy – about a month old – died when the parents took him to the hospital. In the photo: Mironova with police
Lyutyi (pictured) is known as “a raw food propagandist” and a lifestyle trainer, according to Mash media
Caution News quoted law enforcement officials as saying the couple was “trying to get the baby to eat prana — a diet that requires people to go without food and water for long periods of time and “feed on the sun.”
His social media posts are full of outlandish ideas, including accusing Greta Thunberg of being an “actress,” and claiming that 3D printers were part of life in the 1800s.
Nine weeks ago he posted a video of him driving 224 km/h [139 mph]well above the Russian speed limit.