Latest news with #Azaylia
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Massachusetts father and 10-year-old daughter viciously assaulted during scenic fishing trip
A man and his daughter were targeted with racial slurs and had rocks thrown at them during an unprovoked attack while enjoying a fishing trip on a Massachusetts lake. To celebrate Memorial Day Weekend, Sheron Brown, a Black father, took his 10-year-old daughter, Azaylia, to Shady Point Beach in Lunenburg for a joyful father-daughter fishing trip, as reported by Mass Live News. But the outing quickly turned dark when a white man on the shore made it clear he wanted them gone, hurling racial slurs and launching rocks near their boat. The man, identified as 66-year-old David McPartlan, was later arrested and charged with four counts of assault. 'Never in 1,000 years would you expect to be out doing what you love with the person you love, my daughter, and someone aggressive and yelling out things that are just awful and atrocious,' Brown told NBC Boston. Last weekend, Sheron and Azaylia grabbed a large pepperoni pizza from Athens Pizza - her favorite - and made the 10-mile drive to the nature-filled campground for a fun, near-summer day out on the water. 'My daughter simply wanted to eat pizza and catch a fish with her dad on Memorial Day,' Sheron wrote in a post shared to Facebook. Planning to float, fish and enjoy their meal, the pair headed to Lake Shirley to launch their boat after finding Whalom Pond too crowded for their outing. Together, they chose to fish in a different part of the lake than usual, thoughtfully staying clear of other boaters enjoying the holiday weekend. However, their peaceful afternoon was shattered when Azaylia faced racism for the first time - a man on shore hurled rocks at their family while shouting racial slurs, an incident Sheron captured on video. In the footage, a shirtless white man, identified as McPartlan, is seen standing on his property with his dogs, facing the water where the father-daughter duo were fishing. 'His first words were, 'Don't fish here next to my dock, go somewhere else. Why are you here?'' Sheron told NBC. The situation quickly escalated as McPartlan grew increasingly aggressive, shouting and swearing at Sheron and 10-year-old Azaylia with rising intensity. When Sheron tried to ask him to calm down in front of his child, McPartlan responded: 'You guys think you own the lake', the father recalled in an interview with Mass Live. Seconds later, McPartlan hurled a large rock that splashed into the water just feet away from their boat. In disbelief, Sheron asked: 'Did you just throw a rock at me?' Then, in a shocking moment captured on video, McPartlan is heard saying, 'Oh yeah, I'm throwing rocks at you, *****,' using a racial slur directed at Black individuals. 'It seemed like he was trying to establish some kind of invisible boundary where I can't fish towards his dock, even though that was not my intention anyway,' Sheron told NBC. 'There was at least 65 feet between us, which is a considerable distance,' he added. As McPartlan fell silent for a moment, 10-year-old Azaylia - who was sitting quietly on the boat, listening - asked her father what they had done wrong, according to Mass Live. 'We didn't do anything wrong,' Sheron responded, as reported by the outlet. 'This guy is being mean.' When McPartlan began repeating the slurs, Sheron then told him he had no choice but to call 911 - especially after what his young daughter had just been forced to witness. 'I told him, "Hey, I'm gonna record this if you're not gonna stop," the father told NBC. According to Sheron, the video ended just moments before McPartlan picked up a large stick. The altercation finally came to an end after nearly 20 minutes, when Lunenburg police, responding to Sheron's call, informed him they were struggling to locate him on the open water, Mass Live reported. When police arrived to McPartland's property, he told them, 'I slipped a word out that maybe I shouldn't have but I was pissed,' according to a police report obtained by NBC. When police asked what the word was, he responded: 'I'm not going to admit it'. He also allegedly admitted to throwing rocks around the boat. Sheron, a competitive fisherman who has spent countless hours on his custom fishing boat over the past 13 years, said this is the first time he had ever encountered anything like this on the water - despite the fact that most Lake Shirley residents are white, Mass Live reported. Now, he wonders how this experience will emotionally impact his daughter in the years to come. 'I don't want my daughter to have a bad light of white males, or lake residents. I want her to treat people all the same,' Sheron told Mass Live. However, 'racism does exist,' he emphasized. 'My daughter witnessed it, where someone calls her father that word... I'm forced to explain things to her when I may not be ready. I'm forced to explain something to her, under duress, after I choke back how I feel, what I may want to do,' he added. 'I'm not prepared. How do you prepare for that situation?' McPartlan, of Ayer, was charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault to intimidate. He is due in Fitchburg District Court on June 16, as reported by NBC News. It was not immediately clear whether he had retained an attorney to respond to the charges. McPartlan did not immediately respond to for comment. 'Ignorance is not bliss. I firmly believe it's a choice,' Sheron wrote to Facebook.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Safiyya Vorajee soaks up the sun in Dubai as she shares touching tribute to her late daughter Azaylia
Safiyya Vorajee paid tribute to her late daughter Azalyia while on holiday in Dubai. An Instagram post shared by the influencer, 34, on Friday revealed she had enjoyed a getaway to the lavish Burj Al Arab hotel. Posing in a coastal swimming pool with a picturesque sunset behind her, the beauty reclined in an animal print swimsuit. As Safiyya gazed up at the sky in a final snap, she told her followers that's how she remembers her daughter Azaylia, who died in 2021 at just eight months old. The touching caption read: 'You'll always find me looking up at the sky because that's where my favourite person in the world lives.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Azaylia, who Safiyya shares with former footballer Ashley Cain, 34, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at just eight weeks old which left her with tumours on her lungs, stomach and kidneys. She underwent several rounds of chemotherapy but unfortunately lost her life on 24 April 2021 after a courageous battle. Safiyya and Ashley, who have since split, launched The Azaylia Foundation following the loss of their daughter - a charity aimed at helping families going through similar struggles. The foundation has since raised more than £1.5million, with its founders winning a number of awards for their work with the charity. Just a matter of days ago Safiyya revealed she is at last ready to 'live her life' again after the unimaginable heartache she suffered four years ago. Accompanying a photo of her relaxing on a plane the 34-year-old penned: 'I love being up here with you. 'At the start of this year, I promised myself to try and live again, not just survive, but to truly find happiness even when I didn't know where to begin. I started small, with a routine, and every time I fell, I chose to rise again. You don't recover overnight. It's taken me years to even reach this point. 'I've worked deeply on myself, my healing, my purpose, my work, my body, and my mind. Five months into the year and I'm proud of how little I've fallen since making that promise to myself. Grief will forever live within me, but so does growth, strength, and self-love. 'Let me show you there is something in life called a rebirth. It's when pain doesn't break you forever, it transforms you. It's when you honour your past but choose to embrace life again (with my angel beside me)' 'Before flying to Dubai, I visited Azaylia's garden. I said my prayers with a heavy heart, always feeling the ache of not having her here or being able to share holidays together . But in the sky, I felt her with me. That connection is all I have, and it's enough to keep me going.' On a similar note, Safiyya told MailOnline in an exclusive interview in late-2024 that she finally feels ready to have another child after the death of her first daughter. It came after Ashley became a father for the third time last year, having welcomed a son called Aliyas with a mystery woman and another named Atlas last year. It is not known if Atlas's mother is the same woman. Accompanying a photo of her travelling to Dubai, just a matter of days ago Safiyya revealed she is at last ready to 'live her life' again after the unimaginable heartache she suffered four years ago Safiyya said: 'I think what you do with grief is learn how to carry it, and for me, always turning pain into purpose allows me to feel stronger. 'Every day is hard when you wake up in the morning, and it's just creating measures and putting different boundaries in place. 'As long as I'm continuing Azaylia's legacy, they're the things that actually carry me through.' She added: 'For me it (the idea of having more children) always goes round in circles in my mind, because it's a really scary thing for me, but I always believe that if I'm with the right person, I don't shut it down now,' she said. 'I'm open to that as well. I'm open to rebuilding our family and a home, and if I don't find the right man then I won't be, but I am open to that in the future.' And the star is taking things seriously, even exploring the option of freezing her eggs although she explained that a doctor told her it wasn't necessary. She told MailOnline: 'I actually went to one of the people who freezes your eggs, and basically, he told me that it's not necessary for me to freeze my eggs right now. 'I don't know the ins and outs, and I need to get more information, but he told me that if he took the eggs out, and I then tried to get pregnant with my next partner, then it could be the fact that there's not enough fertile eggs in there where you could get pregnant at this age.
The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Celebrity Masterchef signs up footballer turned reality star after family tragedy for new series
CELEBRITY Masterchef has recruited a reality TV veteran for their latest series. As the BBC show starts building its line-up, they have signed on a footballer-turned-reality star who has become famed for shows including Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, and Ex On The Beach. 7 Ashley Cain has signed up to Celebrity MasterChef Credit: BBC 7 The latest series of the TV favourite will be released later this year Credit: PA 7 Ashley has become devoted to raising money in honour of his late daughter, Azaylia Credit: miss_safiyya_/Instagram He's hoping that Celebrity Masterchef will be a way to show off the family man he's now become. A source told The Sun: "Ashley is keen to show fans another side of him. This is an unexpected move for him as his past shows have either been wild like Ex on The Beach, or really hardcore like Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. 'Now he can show what he is capable of in the kitchen and introduce himself to a new audience." READ MORE CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF A Celebrity Masterchef spokesperson said: "We do not comment on line-up speculation and the cast will be announced in due course." Azaylia, whom Ashley had with ex He's since taken on record-breaking feats of endurance including kayaking 1,000 miles in the Yukon, Canada, in just 10 days in order to raise money to support families whose children are battling the disease. The news of his involvement in Celebrity Masterchef comes after it was reported he was Most read in TV He will be joining RuPaul's Drag Race star Coronation Street's Katie McGlynn, My shocking journey inside Europe's most dangerous city where crazed hitman bragged of blowing off HEADS & brazen gang lords run shops with drug menus The series will mark the debut of She is taking over from Gregg Wallace, who was removed from the series later year. The new series of Celebrity Masterchef is expected to air in the coming months. Celebrity Masterchef Previous Winners The previous Celebrity Masterchef winners so far in the show 2023 - Singer 2022 - Radio Presenter Lisa Snowdon 2021 - Gold-medal-winning Paralympian Kadeena Cox 2020 - YouTube star Riyadh Khalaf 2019 - Olympian 2018 - Actor John Partridge 2017 - Television presenter Angellica Bell 2016 - Real Hustle star Alexis Conran 2015 - Pussycat doll Kimberly Wyatt 2014 - Actress Sophie Thompson 2013 - Comedian and actor Ade Edmondson 2012 - Actress Emma Kennedy 2011 - Former England rugby captain Phil Vickery 2010 - Actress and presenter 2009 - Presenter Jayne Middlemiss 2008 - Singer and actress Liz McClarnon 2007 - Actress and presenter Nadia Sawalha 2006 - Rugby star Matt Dawson 7 Since his football career he's become a reality star and documentary film maker Credit: BBC/True North 7 Ashley shot to fame on Ex On The Beach Credit: MTV 7 The star wants to show a different side to him on Mastechef Credit: BBC 7 The proud dad has been sharing his life online Credit: Instagram
The Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Celebrity Masterchef signs up footballer turned reality star after family tragedy for new series
CELEBRITY Masterchef has recruited a reality TV veteran for their latest series. As the BBC show starts building its line-up, they have signed on a footballer-turned-reality star who has become famed for shows including Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, and Ex On The Beach. 7 7 Ashley Cain made his name as a tattooed and muscled bad boy on screen, but after the devastating loss of his eight-month-old baby daughter Azaylia in 2021, he's since dedicated his life to raising money for a foundation made in her name. He's hoping that Celebrity Masterchef will be a way to show off the family man he's now become. A source told The Sun: "Ashley is keen to show fans another side of him. This is an unexpected move for him as his past shows have either been wild like Ex on The Beach, or really hardcore like Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. 'Now he can show what he is capable of in the kitchen and introduce himself to a new audience." A Celebrity Masterchef spokesperson said: "We do not comment on line-up speculation and the cast will be announced in due course." Azaylia, whom Ashley had with ex Safiyya Vorajee, died from a rare form of leukaemia, having been diagnosed just two months after she was born. He's since taken on record-breaking feats of endurance including kayaking 1,000 miles in the Yukon, Canada, in just 10 days in order to raise money to support families whose children are battling the disease. in the running to appear in this year's Strictly Come Dancing line-up. He will be joining RuPaul's Drag Race star Ginger Johnson, Love Island beauty Uma Jammeh and Blue singer Antony Costa. Coronation Street's Katie McGlynn, Celebrity Big Brother's Chris Hughes and Michelle Heaton have also been included in the line-up. My shocking journey inside Europe's most dangerous city where crazed hitman bragged of blowing off HEADS & brazen gang lords run shops with drug menus The series will mark the debut of Grace Dent as the new host alongside John Torode She is taking over from Gregg Wallace, who was removed from the series later year. The new series of Celebrity Masterchef is expected to air in the coming months. Celebrity Masterchef Previous Winners The previous Celebrity Masterchef winners so far in the show 2023 - Singer Wynne Evans 2022 - Radio Presenter Lisa Snowdon 2021 - Gold-medal-winning Paralympian Kadeena Cox 2020 - YouTube star Riyadh Khalaf 2019 - Olympian Greg Rutherford 2018 - Actor John Partridge 2017 - Television presenter Angellica Bell 2016 - Real Hustle star Alexis Conran 2015 - Pussycat doll Kimberly Wyatt 2014 - Actress Sophie Thompson 2013 - Comedian and actor Ade Edmondson 2012 - Actress Emma Kennedy 2011 - Former England rugby captain Phil Vickery 2010 - Actress and presenter Lisa Faulkner 2009 - Presenter Jayne Middlemiss 2008 - Singer and actress Liz McClarnon 2007 - Actress and presenter Nadia Sawalha 2006 - Rugby star Matt Dawson 7 7 7 7
Daily Mail
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ashley Cain and his ex Safiyya Vorajee put on a matching display in green outfits as they reunite at the National Influencer Awards in Liverpool four years after their daughter Azaylia's tragic death
Ashley Cain and his ex Safiyya Vorajee put on a matching display in green outfits as they reunited at the National Influencer Awards in Liverpool on Friday. The former Ex On The Beach star, 34, first became a father with his ex-partner Safiyya when the couple welcomed daughter Azaylia who tragically passed away from leukaemia in April 2021 at the age of eight months. The pair's relationship then broke down and Ashley has since become a father to two sons. He welcomed his eldest son Aliyas with a new partner in January last year and also has a five-month old son Atlas too. It is not known if the mother of his third child is the same woman who had his second. MailOnline contacted Ashley's representatives for comment at the time However it appears Ashley and Safiyya have maintained some form of friendship as they were seen putting on a united front at the glitzy event four years on from Azaylia's death. Ashley looked handsome as he turned up in a green blazer, white shirt, blue tie and grey trousers which he matched with a waistcoat. He added an extra hint of glamour as he toted around his belongings in a Louis Vuitton bucket bag. The influencer put on an extravagant display for his arrival as he turned up in his lavish bright purple sports car. Meanwhile Safiyya looked incredible in a figure-hugging, sleeveless green dress which featured a unique boxed design. Ashley is also father to Atlas, who is five months, but it is not known if the mother of his unborn third child is the same woman as his second son. Safiyya has previously admitted she hasn't met Ashley's new children but added there was no bad blood between the pair and said they're still friends. She said: 'That's one of those things - our friendship has just blossomed really healthily and it's no secret. 'If that comes in the future, I'm a very welcoming person, so if we all end up somewhere, I'm always going to be kind. ' And following the birth of Ashley's two sons, Aliyas and Atlas, Safiyya has been considering getting back out on to the dating scene but revealed she has been struggling to find anyone. 'I just can't seem to find anybody – I really can't,' she said. 'I've only just recently been open to dating, because I've really worked so hard on myself. 'I wanted to work through my grief and have therapy, and I didn't want to take an unhealed version of myself to somebody else. 'It's not a case of wanting to find someone, it's more a case of looking within myself and trying to work out who I am now, and what I want in life.' Despite struggling to meet new people, the star dismissed the idea of using dating apps, explaining she liked a more 'old-school' approach and meeting people in person. She said: 'I'm such an old-school girl, I just find this whole new generation so much more difficult, and I don't know how to get my head around it. 'For me it's about in-person connection, and the energy – I have to feel it, because I'm not in a rush either. I feel like it will come when it's going to come, and I feel like my daughter is guiding me in the right direction, and God is protecting me. 'I've had to really build myself from rock bottom, and that doesn't happen just overnight. 'Now I'm good, and I can accept if anybody wants to date me, and if I like them and enjoy them, then I'm open to that, whereas I wasn't a year ago.' And as she is opening herself up to love again, she is also opening herself up to the idea of more children - explaining she no longer shuts down the possibility. But the beauty went on to say that she is waiting to find the right person and doesn't want to rush in to anything. 'For me it always goes round in circles in my mind, because it's a really scary thing for me, but I always believe that if I'm with the right person, I don't shut it down now,' she said. 'I'm open to that as well. I'm open to rebuilding our family and a home, and if I don't find the right man then I won't be, but I am open to that in the future.' And the star is taking things seriously, even exploring the option of freezing her eggs although she explained that a doctor told her it wasn't necessary. She told MailOnline: 'I actually went to one of the people who freezes your eggs, and basically, he told me that it's not necessary for me to freeze my eggs right now. 'I don't know the ins and outs, and I need to get more information, but he told me that if he took the eggs out, and I then tried to get pregnant with my next partner, then it could be the fact that there's not enough fertile eggs in there where you could get pregnant at this age. 'After being told that, I thought there isn't any point then.' But throughout it all she has received a lot of support from celebrities including Lauren Goodger who also tragically lost her daughter Lorena, who was born in July 2022 'with no pregnancy or labour complications' before her death at two days old. Despite the support and the passing of time, Safiyya is still receiving professional help and still goes to therapy regularly although she has managed to cut down and is proud of her progress. She revealed: 'Initially, I was having it three times a week, because it was so dark, I felt like I didn't want to be here anymore. 'I needed to constantly have therapy to help me get through those weeks, and then I broke it down to two sessions a week, and I'm on one a week now. I feel proud that I've been able to tailor that off.' Ashley announced the birth of his third child earlier this year as he shared several snaps of the tot and said his heart was 'bursting with love and excitement'. Announcing the birth of his third son, Ashley wrote: 'Atlas, you will always have the most beautiful, strong, and courageous guardian angel watching over you in your big sister, Azaylia' She revealed: 'Initially, I was having it three times a week, because it was so dark, I felt like I didn't want to be here anymore. 'I needed to constantly have therapy to help me get through those weeks, and then I broke it down to two sessions a week, and I'm on one a week now. 'I feel proud that I've been able to tailor that off.' Ashley announced the birth of his third child earlier this year as he shared several snaps of the tot and said his heart was 'bursting with love and excitement'.
