Judge Blasts Florida Mom of 4 for Allegedly Leaving Kids Home Alone to Take a Bahamas Cruise

A Florida mother was arrested after allegedly leaving her four young children — including a 2-month-old infant and a 2-year-old — home alone as she took a three-night cruise to the Bahamas, visibly shocking the judge hearing the case.

“Who leaves four little kids alone to go on a cruise?” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer incredulously asked Nathalie Belizaire, 29, as she appeared in court with her lawyer by video call Tuesday.

“The poor kids were home alone!” she exclaimed, Local 10 reports.

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Belizaire was charged with four counts of child neglect after she flitted off for a three-night cruise on Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Conquest, leaving the children to fend for themselves in her North Miami Beach residence, according to an arrest affidavit.

Lether Bazile, the father of the 2-month-old, told cops Belizaire said she had planned to leave the kids with their great-grandmother. But when he stopped by her place Sept. 26 — a day after the ship set sail — he heard the chatter of kids’ voices and saw the TV on through the blinds.