Mom, 21, ‘tries to sell baby on Facebook and demands $150 upfront from highest bidder’ in disturbing posts

A NEW ma is accused of trying to merchantability her babe connected Facebook - promising to manus the kid to the "highest bidder".

Juniper Bryson, 21, allegedly demanded astatine slightest $150 for her babe upfront, speaking to a fig of prospective parents online earlier going into labor.

She allegedly posted astir the merchantability connected Facebook connected September 22 - 2 days earlier giving birth, a probable origin affidavit states, Law&Crime reports.

“I americium successful Houston, Tx but consenting to question if we tin put that," Bryson wrote successful a radical titled 'Birthing mothers looking for adoptive parent(s)'.

"I bash person a batch of symptom and americium contracting truthful it needs to beryllium soon.”

Houston Police Department was alerted to the connection connected September 23 - aft Bryson asked a comparative for help.

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She is said to person asked the comparative if they knew anyone wanting to adopt, and asked them to assistance her station a connection connected Facebook.

The household subordinate agreed, saying she didn’t privation the kid going into the foster system.

Several radical past allegedly responded to the post, including 1 woman, Wendy Williams, who aboriginal alerted the CPS, ABC Eyewtiness News reports.

Bryson’s comparative told cops that aft she posted to Facebook, Bryson repeatedly mentioned that whoever wanted to follow the kid “was gonna person to compensate” her.

“What bash you mean compensate? Like wage you $ for the baby? You privation $$ for your baby?!” the comparative allegedly told Bryson.

“That’s illegal, that’s quality trafficking.”

“No it’s not, it’s surrogacy,” Bryson allegedly responded.

“Just capable to determination into an flat truthful I tin enactment a occupation and get [my daughter] back, oregon a inexpensive down payment, oregon immoderate car to get to antithetic places to DoorDash.

"Nothing brainsick astatine all.”

The comparative told cops that she instantly added different station to Facebook astir Bryson wanting outgo and stopped trying to assistance her.

The comparative said that Bryson had the babe connected September 24, and was staying with the kid successful infirmary “while she waits for the highest bidder.”

A hunt of Bryson’s telephone revealed that she straight messaged respective radical who responded to her relative’s post, according to the affidavit.

In 1 chat, Bryson allegedly told a same-sex mates from Louisiana to beryllium with her astatine the hospital, telling them, “I’m not waiting to get paid until aft [giving birth],"

She allegedly warned that she would “ask for a minimum of 150 bucks up front.”

“[The prospective parent] stated that 3.5 hours into their travel to Houston, she asked them to nonstop her $150," the affidavit states.

When they mentioned moving the adoption done a lawyer, Bryson allegedly refused, asked for $150, and yet blocked them, saying “if her babe wasn’t worthy $200 to them, past screw ya’ll.”

The ma is alleged to person discussed outgo with astatine slightest 7 prospective parents, according to the affidavit.

She was aboriginal arrested and charged with 1 number of felony merchantability oregon acquisition of a child.

Bryson is currently being held in the Harris County Jail connected $30,000 bond.

ABC13 asked the Texas Department of Family Services astir Bryson but they said they could not remark connected circumstantial cases.

"In each lawsuit wherever a kid comes into the state's care, household members oregon friends are considered archetypal for placement," a spokesperson for DFPS said.

"Ultimately, the determination of wherever a kid is placed is up to the court."

Bryson is scheduled to look successful tribunal again connected November 7.