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Kid Topples $132 K Glass Statue—Mom Refuses to Pay, Internet Chooses Sides
Kansas mom Sarah Goodman was wrapping up a friend’s wedding when crash echoed down the hallway of Tomahawk Ridge Community Center. Her five-year-old, Troy, had wrapped his arms around a towering glass sculpture—Aphrodite di Kansas City—and sent it smashing to the floor.
Security video shows the boy hugging the torso twice before the piece tips. Troy escapes with minor scrapes; the artwork—valued at $132,000 and deemed “unrepairable” by artist Bill Lyons—does not.
Weeks later an insurance letter landed: “Pay up or face legal action.” Goodman went public, blasting the center for leaving a six-foot glass statue *“unanchored, unprotected, in a main walkway where kids play.”
Her argument: accident, not negligence; the venue’s fault.
The internet’s split:
The internet’s split:
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“Watch your kid—art isn’t a jungle gym.”
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“Anchor a $132 K sculpture—this was waiting to happen.”
For now the family’s insurer is battling it out while social media keeps score: expensive accident vs. expensive oversight—and nobody’s wallet is walking away un-scraped.
