A Facebook group dedicated to ‘murdered’ nine-year-old Charlise Mutten has been slammed as ‘toxic’ by her distraught family members after they were sensationally kicked out.
The discussion group was founded in January when Charlise first went missing and was joined by multiple relatives who occasionally chimed in to express their grief, or to correct one of the 1,300 social media sleuths who got their facts wrong.
But conversations descended into arguments over the weekend after a disagreement between the schoolgirl’s cousin Beau Mutten and a relative from the other side of Charlise’s family.
The relative criticised Mr Mutten for using the girl’s name on a fundraiser for his two-year-old son Ryder-Kris, who has a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
While the woman regretted making the comments and later apologised, group members chastised her in a series of vicious posts – wrongly accusing her of lying about being related to Charlise, and saying she was only seeking attention.
The family of Charlise Mutten (pictured) have been kicked out of a Facebook group over a misunderstanding
Charlise Mutten’s father Scott Hensby (pictured together) was also removed from the group
The online fracas resulted in the woman and her partner, along with Mr Mutten and his mother Tracey being removed from the group by gatekeeper admins who claimed it was ‘for their own good’.
The administrator also said Charlise’s biological father Scott Hensby was kicked out, despite having no involvement in the argument.
Mr Mutten told Daily Mail Australia he didn’t know why he was removed from the ‘toxic group’ because ‘I was never rude to anyone on there’.
‘I don’t get it,’ he added.
The last thing he posted before he was blocked from the page was a picture of a candle, and asked everyone to ‘stop and remember what this page is for, RIP beautiful Charlise’.
Beau Mutten (pictured with his son Ryder-Kris) said the group is ‘toxic’ and doesn’t know why he was removed from the group
The group administrator said it was Charlise’s family’s ‘best interests’ to be removed from the group (pictured)
Mr Mutten confirmed the situation between his family and the relative was resolved calmly, and condemned the people who lashed out at her.
‘There was no need for everyone to attack her – I’ve said I have no bad blood towards anyone,’ he said.
‘Attacking like that could make the poor girl suicidal.’
‘People don’t realise the effect their words can have.’
In a lengthy post to group members, an administrator said: ‘If I think it is in someone’s mental health interest to be removed, I made the decision to remove some people from the group including the known family members of Charlise.’
‘I do not make this decision lightly, but I think it is in their best interest.’
She also implied an intention to remove other family members from the group so social media detectives could continue posting ‘opinions that the family find hurtful’.
‘This is not a memorial,’ she added.
Group members wrongly accused one of Charlise’s relatives of speaking out for attention (pictured)
With all known family members removed, one woman suggested the group now ‘only provides a platform to speculate and cause harm’ and said it should be shut down.
‘There is a little girl and her family whose feelings and pain are far more important than anything any random person on this page has to offer,’ she said.
‘Do the right thing and either give control of this page to the family if they want it, or take it down.’
A day later, administrators removed her from the group.
Charlise’s stepfather Justin Stein was charged with murder after the nine-year-old’s lifeless body was found in a barrel on the bank of the Colo River near Mount Wilson, north-west of Sydney, in January.
Justin Stein (pictured) has been charged with murder. He will appear in court on March 9
Group members have wrongly pointed the finger at her mother Kallista Mutten (pictured)
No charges have been laid against any other family members, but people in the group continue to wrongly point the finger at the youngster’s mother Kallista Mutten and wrongly place blame on other close relatives.
Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting Kallista Mutten was involved in Charlise’s death.
Mr Mutten said he would have liked to stay in the group and have it ‘go back to the way it was – a page for my poor little cousin Charlise’.
Ryder-Kris has endured multiple tumours from neuroblastoma and is not undergoing his third round of chemotherapy in Western Australia.
Mr Mutten asked his friends and families to pray for his son.
It is unclear whether Charlise’s cremation and funeral service has already taken place.
Stein, the boyfriend of Charlise’s mother Kallista Mutten, has been remanded in custody to appear in Penrith Local Court on March 18.
