Australian police are investigating an influencer and mummy blogger accused of deliberately drugging her daughter to win followers and tens of thousands of dollars in donations. The mum-of-four built an online following of over one million by sharing details of what she said was her child’s life-threatening brain tumour. Now she has been blocked from accessing more than $66,000 of donations after accusations that she drugged her daughter to cause the symptoms.

The influencer mum, who cannot be named to protect her toddler’s identity, is being investigated for ‘child harm’ by police in Queensland ..