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Russian vegan influencer Maxim Lyutyi was sentenced to eight years in prison for the death of his one-month-old son after putting him on a diet where He believed that the little one could get his nutrients “from the sun.”
Lyutyi, together with her partner Oksana Mironova, also a vegan influencer, He subjected little Kosmos to a “pranic diet.””, believing that it could be nourished only by solar energy.
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This had as an outcome baby’s death in March 2023, who ended up weighing less than two kilos. Furthermore, the autopsy revealed that the cause of death was pneumonia and severe malnutrition.
Mironova, who received a sentence of two years of correctional labor, claimed to have been a victim of domestic violence at the hands of Lyutyi, who she claimed controlled her and He forced her to follow his extremist ideas.
According to the child’s mother’s cousin, Olesya Nikolayeva, at the trial she said: “he forced her not to feed the baby. Oksana was secretly trying to breastfeed the baby, but she was very afraid of Maxim.
Another witness stated that the influencer wanted “experiment with the child, feed him only with the sun and to announce to others that this is how you can eat.”
Lyutyi He defended the idea that humans could live without eating, obtaining all the necessary energy from the sun and air. The couple shared their extremist ideas on social networks, where they accumulated thousands of followers.
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Therefore, the court ruled that 44-year-old Lyutyi committed negligent homicide by depriving the minor of adequate nutrition.
After Kosmos’ death, authorities investigated the couple and found that The baby had not received any type of solid food.
During the trial, Lyutyi admitted his guilt, but stated that he did not intend to harm his son. He alleged that he believed that Kosmos was a “special child” who could survive without food.
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