Miami court hearing held for girl, 2, cops say was beaten by Russian tourist father

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MIAMI – A 2-year-old miss was successful a downtown Miami courtroom Thursday, 1 time aft constabulary announced the apprehension of her Russian tourer father, who’s accused of beating her arsenic his household visited South Florida.

A Miami-Dade justice ordered she beryllium kept distant from her father, Andrei Sevastianov, who’s facing 8 felony kid maltreatment charges and was ordered held without bond.

Police said the maltreatment happened Tuesday evening astatine the La Perla Condos astatine 16699 Collins Ave. successful Sunny Isles Beach and was caught connected camera.

They said Sevastianov, 37, was seen connected video kicking, slamming and appearing to choke the small girl.

Police said helium aboriginal told investigators that she was “being fussy.”

Appearing successful court, the miss ― who had been taken to the infirmary aft her father’s apprehension ― smiled and scampered astir arsenic she was handed toys.

She had a bandage connected her arm.

A 2-year-old miss was successful a downtown Miami courtroom Thursday, 1 time aft constabulary announced the apprehension of her Russian tourer father, who’s accused of brutally beating her arsenic his household visited South Florida. (WPLG)

The household was visiting South Florida and was expected to instrumentality to Russia connected June 12.

However, a transgression tribunal justice ordered Sevastianov to beryllium jailed without enslaved and a justice successful Thursday’s custody proceeding astatine the Miami-Dade Children’s Courthouse ordered the household to surrender their Russian passports.

Under the judge’s ruling, the miss volition beryllium allowed to enactment with her younger sibling and mother, provided a information program outlined by the Florida Department of Children and Families is followed, which includes the beingness of a information monitor.

Sevastianov was ordered to person nary interaction with his children aft helium appeared successful tribunal Wednesday.

The children’s tribunal justice ruled Thursday that if the stay-away bid is lifted and modified by the court, helium would beryllium allowed to spot the children doubly a week for supervised, hour-and-a-half visits.

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