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On April 15, Cole LaBrant posted a TikTok in response to speculation about his family’s move after their Nashville home went on the market for sale on April 13, denying it was due to child labor laws
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After the house listing went live, social media users and media outlets speculated about the timing, as the Tennessee State Legislature recently passed a child labor law regulating how influencers feature children in their content
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The LaBrant family residence has provided the backdrop for many videos featuring Cole, his wife Savannah and their five kids, whose ages range from 1 to 13 years old
Cole LaBrant is clarifying the reasons he and his wife, Savannah LaBrant, listed their Nashville home for sale after speculation about their motives for moving.
The six-bed, six and a half bath property went on the market on Monday, April 13, three days after the Tennessee State Legislature passed a child labor law regulating how influencers feature children in their content, several social media users and media outlets pointed out in comments and coverage. On Wednesday, April 15, Cole, 29, took to TikTok to respond to speculation about the timing.
“This is a video that I feel dumb making,” he began. “Not a video that I would ever usually make, but a video that I feel like I have to make. Because whenever lies are being said about you and your family, I feel like one of the best things that you can do is tell the truth, state the facts and set the story straight.”
Cole and Savannah LaBrant with their kids.
Credit: Savannah LaBrant/Instagram
He continued to refer to the questions raised about whether or not he and Savannah, 33, were relocating out of Tennessee “to avoid paying” their five children, as the recently introduced state law requires content creators to compensate kids with a portion of the profits made online.
“I personally feel like our kids and their bank accounts are none of your guys business, but if you must know, all of our kids all have bank accounts. We have been paying them since day one of making videos, and I can promise you that our kids and their bank accounts are doing just fine,” LaBrant said.
The LaBrant family did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The newly passed bill specifically requires creators to set aside a portion of earnings from videos featuring minors who are 14 or older but under 18 years old in a trust account preserved for the benefit of the child shown in them. It also requires account administrators to delete content that features minors over 14 and under 18 upon their request.
Additionally, children between the ages of 14 and 18 are entitled to all of the proceeds made off their contributions to their own content creation work. However, the law also limits how children under the age of 14 profit off their own content.
Cole and Savannah LaBrant with their kids.
Credit: Savannah LaBrant/Instagram
Many of Cole and Savannah’s posts feature their five kids: sons Beckham Blue, 1, and Zealand Cole, 5, and daughters Sunday Savannah, 3, Posie Rayne, 7, and Everleigh Rose, 13, whom Savannah shares with her late ex.
In addition to appearing in her parents’ videos, Everleigh has her own Instagram page with 4.9 million followers. Savannah boasts over 37 million followers across platforms, and Cole has over 27 million of his own. Their YouTube page @ColeandSav, which has videos dating back to 2015, has 12.7 million subscribers.
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In his video, Cole also stated that his family is not actually moving out of the state at all. “We love Tennessee. We love our city, we love our friends, we love our community. We are moving, actually, right down the street, just to get more land, to be on more acres,” he said.
The family previously lived in California until 2023, when they announced their move to Tennessee. In a YouTube video posted on May 21, 2023, the couple explained that they moved to be “closer to more family” and for a “slower pace of life.”
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