Surgically enhanced mom displays VERY poor parenting skills in court as she's sentenced for anti-vax crime

A New Jersey stripper who has owned up to selling several hundred fake COVID-19 vaccination cards at $200 a pop had her sentencing remanded because she brought her young children to court.

Jasmine Clifford, 34, had been facing approximately one to three years in a state pen after pleading guilty in April and spending several months on New York's Rikers Island.

Released in early 2022 in the wake of her arrest the summer before, she made no arrangements for her two preteen sons on Friday.

Judge Marisol Martinez Alonso suspected it was a ploy to further stall proceedings, but gave her until July 25 to make the necessary arrangements.

At that point, she will return to court to hear her sentence, Alonso said - with the time she already spent in jail being credited toward her sentence.

Jasmine Clifford, 34, had been facing one to three years in a state pen after pleading guilty in April and spending several months on New York's Rikers Island following her arrest in August 2021.

Released in May 2022 ahead of her criminal case, she made no arrangements Friday for her two preteen sons. She's seen with them last year, after spending several months on Rikers Island

'The Court finds the recommendation of 2 to 4 years of incarceration to be wholly inconsistent with the plea offers submitted to this Court by District Attorney Bragg's office,' the judge said earlier this year of his decision not to dismiss the charges, while also seemingly accusing DA Bragg of overcharging the offense.

'The manipulation of the database by Clifford 'require[ed] extensive DOH [New York State Department of Health] resources to be invested to attempt to restore the integrity of the database,' he went on to add before moving forward with the case.

'Accordingly, this factor weighs against dismissal of the charges against [her].'

'The position that 'confidence in the criminal justice system 'can only be undermined when justice is administered in less than an even-handed fashion'' is quite simply, ludicrous,' Alonso continued.

'Notwithstanding the People's contradictory position in this case, the People have the right to make any lawful plea or recommendation, and the legislature's mandate enjoins this Court from making an offer less than the statutory minimum.

Clifford's defense went on to agree to the statutory minimum for their client's sentence, as she pleaded guilty to a plot that saw her sell fake US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination cards before falsely registering buyers in New York.

At least 13 people were fraudulently put into the New York State Immunization Information System database as a result, feds said - as the mom-of-two lived high on the hog at her home in Lyndhurst 

All the while, she maintained a stark social media presence as stripper 5StarJaziii, and on a still-operating Instagram account, she advertised the phony CDC vaccination cards under the name AntiVaxMomma.

Judge Marisol Martinez Alonso suspected it was a ploy to further stall proceedings, but gave her until July 25 to make the necessary arrangements

At that point, she will return to court to hear her sentence, Alsonso said - with the time she already spent in jail being credited toward her sentence

Clifford's defense agreed to the statutory minimum for their client's sentence, as she pleaded guilty to a plot that saw her sell fake US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination cards before falsely registering buyers in New York

She accepted payments from those interested through CashApp or Zelle. The pseudonym has since been wiped from her social media accounts.

For an extra $250, a second scammer would enter a bogus card buyer's name into a New York state vaccination database, which were used to verify vaccine status at gatherings like concerts and sporting events, prosecutors said.

Clifford was subsequently charged with Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument, Offering a False Instrument for Filing, and Conspiracy in the Fifth Degree at the time of her arrest in August 2021.

In court documents leading up to the ruling, Alonso appeared to chastise Bragg for routinely going easy on violent offenders while throwing the book at a person like Clifford - a stance shared by state Supreme Court Justice Brendan T. Lantry in February, where he dismissed felony charges against a pair accused of buying cards from Clifford.

The two were among just 16 people Bragg's office 'cherry-picked' to prosecute and charge with felony criminal possession of a forged instrument, the judge said.

The self-professed AntiVaxMomma accepted payments from those interested through CashApp or Zelle. The pseudonym since been wiped from her social media accounts

The presiding judge ultimately decided not to dismiss the charges, but also seemingly accused officials of overcharging the offense

In court documents leading up to the ruling, jurists appeared to chastise Bragg for routinely going easy on violent offenders while throwing the book at a non-violent offender like Clifford

State Supreme Court Justice Brendan T. Lantry agreed in February, when he dismissed felony charges against a pair accused of buying cards from Clifford

In an opinion issued shortly thereafter, he wrote Bragg's office 'routinely - nearly daily - move[s] to dismiss significantly more serious counts or entire indictments' to avoid harsher penalties for repeat offenders. Clifford - who has continued to post on social media since her release in early 2022 - will be sentenced while receiving credit for time served on July 25

In an opinion issued shortly thereafter, he wrote Bragg's office 'routinely - nearly daily - move[s] to dismiss significantly more serious counts or entire indictments' to avoid harsher penalties for previously convicted felons or to avoid jeopardizing people's immigration status.

'These motions submitted [by Bragg and his prosecutors] are made months or even years after the 45-day period has expired to dismiss... sexual assaults, drug sales, robbery, burglary, and other violent and non-violent serious felony offenses,' Lantry said.

City Council Minority Leader Joseph Borelli went on to praise the ruling, telling The New York Post: 'Imagine prosecuting a scared woman for this, even though she didn't even use the fake card, while at the same time letting violent perps go. I'm glad the judge called him out for the world to see.'

As for Clifford - who has continued to post on social media since her release in early 2022 - she will be sentenced while receiving time served on July 25, officials on Friday said.