Snooki we’re sorry for calling you an Oompa-Loompa and making fun of your artificially enhanced skin tone. We’ve finally seen something much worse, in the burnt form of 44-year-old Patricia Krentcil, who was charged with second-degree child endangerment.
She is accused of bringing her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, causing the girl to suffer burns. The girl’s father told NBC 4 New York his daughter told classmates at school that she “went tanning with Mommy.” He thinks a teacher overheard, inaccurately connected the girl’s sunburn to the tanning salon trip and contacted police.
Patricia Krentcil said she treats her tanning salon trips as an errand in which she brings along her daughter, but insists the booth lights were never exposed to the girl.
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“It’s like taking your daughter to go food shopping,” she told NBC 4 New York at her Nutley, N.J. home after being released on $25,000 bail. “There’s tons of moms that bring their children in.”
“I tan, she doesn’t tan,” she continued. “I’m in the booth, she’s in the room. That’s all there is to it.”
Patricia Krentcil said she’s been visiting her local salon for more than 10 years, and doesn’t know why her visits there with her daughter have suddenly been called into question.
Really? Can’t figure out why America thinks that kid might be in danger? I wasn’t aware that tanning caused brain damage but apparently it does.
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