Child protection lawyer calls for intervention on Bonnie Blue's baby following 'safeguarding' flag

A child protection lawyer has called for Bonnie Blue to face a safeguarding assessment after the adult star announced that she would be auctioning off the infant's name.

Blue - real name Tia Billinger - has faced increased scrutiny since the birth of her first child last month, and the criticism isn't going away.

Earlier this week, the 27-year-old announced she would offer fans the chance to name her child... for a price.

Revealing the baby name auction on her Instagram account, Blue claimed she was doing the stunt in order for her child to remain in a 'higher tax bracket' and accused her critics of 'living off benefits and claiming unseen disabilities'.

The decision has drawn fierce criticism, with a child protection lawyer saying Blue should face a safeguarding assessment for her comments.

Taking to TikTok, lawyer Nieki Shaw said that while she couldn't comment on the 'day-to-day' welfare of the infant, she believed that Blue's comments were 'deeply disturbing'.

"Whilst I can’t comment on the child’s day-to-day physical care (I can only assume that’s okay), I cannot get away from the baby’s identity being dragged into her stunts, brands and rage-bait," she told viewers, adding: "It’s so deeply disturbing and I believe it constitutes safeguarding."

Shaw went on to explain that safeguarding issues were not limited to physical mistreatment, telling followers: "This is what I would be expecting from this [Bonnie's] baby's local authority. Section 31 of the Children Act defines harm to include ill-treatment and impairment of a child's development or health.

"That ill-treatment does not have to be limited to physical - and safeguarding does actually recognise emotional abuse to include corruption or the exploitation of a child."

She added: "I'm concerned about the adult content, I'm concerned about the public outrage, and I'm concerned about the impact that would have on his emotional development.

"This warrants a safeguarding assessment - a baby cannot consent to being a part of anybody's rage-bait strategy."

Shaw's comments aren't the first criticism which Blue has faced over her decision to utilise her pregnancy and motherhood in content.

Earlier this month, she was reported to the NSPCC by Tory equalities spokeswoman Joy Morrissey, after featuring a baby in a promo for one of her sex stunts.

“Yes I just had a baby, but that means the six-week rule does not apply to me because I had a C-section. Down there still looking perfect," Blue said in the video, while surrounded by masked men.

While it's unclear whether or not the baby in the video is real or a doll, Morrissey responded by saying the video raised 'serious safeguarding concerns’ in a letter to the children's charity.

Blue later responded to the accusations, saying that her infant was 'loved, protected and incredibly well looked after'.

"Becoming a mum hasn’t changed the fact that I’m Bonnie Blue, but I know exactly where Bonnie ends and being a mum begins," she said.

"If anyone has genuine safeguarding concerns, there are proper channels for raising them. But wasting the time of already stretched and understaffed services to score political points, because you dislike what I do for a living, only draws vital resources away from children who may genuinely need their help."

LADbible has approached a representative of Bonnie Blue for comment.