South Carolina mom who won Season 20 of Worst Cooks in America is sentenced to life

The one-time winner of the Food Network show ‘Worst Cooks in America’ was found guilty of homicide by child abuse and sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.

Ariel Robinson, 30, of Greenville, South Carolina, was found guilty after jurors deliberated for an hour and a half following a four-day trial. 

Robinson and her husband Jerry, 35, were arrested in 2021 after the death of their three-year-old foster daughter, Victoria Rose Smith. In April Jared pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse.  

Police found Victoria unresponsive after responding to a 9-11 call at the Robinson’s house on January 14, 2021. Robinson claimed at the time that the toddler ‘went limp’ after ingesting an excess of liquids, and that she thought the girl had choked.