Married TV presenter couple arrested after mum ‘breastfed baby hours after snorting cocaine’
Som and Krystin Sorich Lisaius admitted to cops they had been partying 12 hours earlier
A TV presenter couple are facing drug charges after their four month old baby daughter was found to have cocaine in her system.
Som Lisaius, 42, and Krystin Sorich Lisaius, 26, appeared in court on Monday after police said their child had ingested cocaine through drinking her mother’s breast milk.
Krystin, was a reporter on US TV channel KGUN-TV two years ago, and she and her husband featured on the media scene in Tucson, Arizona, in the US.
It is alleged she took cocaine before breastfeeding her daughter.
It was on May 15 the baby became unresponsive, so they took her to Oro Valley Hospital to try and find out what was wrong.
According to the , they said the child was “wabbly,” and “became limp”, and her “eyes were rolling into the back of her head.”
At first she denied she had taken cocaine, but then admitted she and her husband had used the drug on May 14 when they had a party and friends at their home in Oro Valley.
The publication said it detailed in the police report how Krystin thought that her daughter would be fine if 12 hours had passed after taking the drug.
Krystin took a blood test and cocaine was found in her system.
The Tucson Weekly went on to say the former TV personality didn't think that her daughter would be harmed if 12 hours had passed before breast-feeding the baby.
Her husband Som Lisaius, who was a veteran crime reporter at another TV station - KOLD initially denied he had taken the drug, but later confessed, reportedly saying he used the drug “every six weeks or so.”
He also admitted he had seen his wife doing cocaine since she had given birth to her daughter.
The baby was found to have the drug in her hair when further tests were carried out.
When Som also had hair and urine tests on June 1, they were positive for the drug, according to reports.
When police searched the couple’s home they found 1.59 grams of cocaine and a scale on May 16.
According to reports, detectives also located “one clear baggie” which contained a white powdery substance, and a Tiffany and Co. jewelry box which had a rolled-up dollar bill with residue inside.
There was also a Hilton Hotel Honor's card that had a white residue on it.
As well as this they found another container with 0.1 grams of cocaine, and another bag with 0.21 grams of cocaine.
The couple who pleaded not guilty, appeared in court to answer charges including child abuse, possession of a dangerous drug and drug paraphernalia.