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During the gag order,
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I couldn't talk to Michael,
at all.
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So, once the gag order
was lifted,
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he reached out
and said he wanted to talk.
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It's been years
since I talked to him.
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I'm like, "Okay,
I'll hear him out."
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Because, you know,
I had a lot of questions.
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I have a lot of questions.
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Let's see what he has to say.
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I feel like
I have to do this.
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You know, I feel like
I'm compelled to do this.
You know, like...
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I have to finish this.
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I just want
everybody to be happy,
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and heal and live their lives.
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I'm not here to lie,
I'm not here to hide,
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I'm not here to scream,
I'm not here to curse.
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But in the end,
a bad guy wouldn't
be here today doing this.
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I'm not a bad guy.
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-You're ready to
let God have his way.
-Amen.
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This is it.
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We here.
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God take you to it,
he gonna take you through it.
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That's right.
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So I want you
to go in there,
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and say everything
that is on your heart.
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Everything that
you have suffered.
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Everything that you
have dealt with.
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It is okay to be angry.
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Be confident, walk in there.
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Because God's got you.
I got you.
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So I want you
to go in there,
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and be not afraid.
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Because that devil
is a liar!
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In the name of Jesus.
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It was the weirdest moment
for reconciliation.
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Everyone's there, wanting to
see these two family members
come back together,
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after several years.
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Michael is
sitting there, excited.
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Well, God
let everything
be purged today
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in the name of Jesus,
and let the record
be cleared up.
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Because God's got
the highest court
in the land, that's the truth!
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Where we go,
God is in control.
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Antwon Mans, he begins
to give this impactful speech,
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indicating that this
was Natalia's moment.
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That she should go in
and be on the attack.
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That she should be
confrontational.
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It was as if he was giving
the Al Pacino speech
in Any Given Sunday.
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"Every inch is your inch.
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Every mile is your mile."
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I ain't got no fear.
It's gonna be holy around here.
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"Go in there
and get the truth."
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That devil's a liar!
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A complete liar!
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"Make him come to your will.
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"God is in control."
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Where we go,
God's in control.
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It was...
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unusual, to say the least.
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And we just ask God that He
would continue to shine
a light upon this situation.
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In Jesus' name,
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amen.
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Let's do this,
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-Antwon, how are you?
-How're you doing?
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Hi.
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Why are we here, Michael?
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Why are we here?
That's... That's...
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Well, if you're
talking philosophically,
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I can't say the word right...
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That's probably something
more for the bishop over here.
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But, why are we here?
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No, like, I wanna know
why did you adopt me
in the first place.
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Why?
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My name
is Brandon Davenport,
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a detective
with Indiana State Police,
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and the primary investigator
for the Natalia Barnett case.
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Everybody
that gets involved
in this investigation
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always start out as,
"Man, it's a really
crazy story."
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I was first contacted
in 2019,
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by a doctor
that had reported
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a child that came
to their facility.
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And the documents
didn't really add up to
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exactly who
they were talking to.
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She living with
the Mans family,
at the time.
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And this girl,
who had dwarfism,
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and her ID card,
even if it was expired
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was saying
that she was an adult
when she was clearly a child.
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Natalia deserves
her story to be told,
truthfully.
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Natalia deserves justice.
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But I don't know
if justice means
that, you know,
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anybody goes to jail.
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That's not my place.
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I'm an investigator
and I just put
the facts together.
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And it's really
a very unfair thing
that's happened.
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The lines that were
pushed onto her,
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the world should know
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that it's not true.
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She was a child.
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When it comes to Barnetts,
let's talk about their motive.
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You know, if you were saying
that somebody that has
money and power and influence
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and then pretends to be,
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like, everything's
picture perfect,
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if they're more than likely
to get away with something,
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there's always
that possibility.
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I really think that
every child has a brilliant
potential inside of them.
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And I've been working
with many, many children,
not just Jacob.
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And in each one of them,
I see this little spark.
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Michael alleged that
Kristine thought
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she had turned Jacob
into a genius.
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And so, by adopting
a special needs child,
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she could show
that she could do this again.
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And he alleged that
when that didn't turn out just
the way that Kristine wanted,
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that's why Natalia
didn't fit into
Kristine's narrative.
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Kristine was writing a book,
which was ultimately
called The Spark,
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about the academic success
of her oldest son, Jacob.
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So, here's the timeline
regarding the book.
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The Barnetts adopt Natalia
in 2010.
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Kristine signs a book deal
in 2011,
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and the book
is published in 2013.
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So this whole time
that Natalia is part
of the Barnett household,
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Kristine is
really working hard
to maintain her image.
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Now, look.
We know Kristine
was no stranger
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to making money
off her kids.
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She has made
a ton off of Jacob.
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In 2009, Jacob's Place,
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the daycare center
that Kristine
and Michael ran,
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made over $100,000.
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With The Spark, she made
at least $500,000
just on the book deal.
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And then there were donations.
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That's enough
to build an empire.
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There was also
a movie deal in the works.
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Rosamund Pike
was supposed to
play Kristine.
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Kristine had a web presence
of some kind
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where she was
influencing people
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to pay her
amounts of money
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to have a phone call with her
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and get some help.
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Kristine's organization
was pretty successful,
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very early on.
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She boasted do her friend
about a $60,000 loan
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and a non-refundable
$35,000 "payment"
she received.
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Do you know
how much money
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Kristine Barnett made
off the sale of her book?
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The advance on the book
was $600,000.
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I have no knowledge
of any residuals
after the fact
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because we got divorced
very soon thereafter.
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Oh, that's hers.
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I was to support the family.
Anything that she made
was for her.
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This book
that she wrote,
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there's a fraction
of the earnings
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which were...
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supposed to go to her.
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and 'cause,
like, I'm a pretty big
subject of the book...
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I mean, I'm on the cover, so.
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Like, there was a fraction
of the money that was
supposed to go to me.
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And so, she was,
you know, trusted with...
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With, you know,
making sure that
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that money was spent
appropriately.
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And you know that...
It was spent.
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I didn't...
I didn't get a cent of it.
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It's on the order
of $200,000
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that was supposed
to go to me but didn't.
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She left him
with about five bucks.
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To his words,
"She left me enough money
to get a cup of coffee."
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Who does that?
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If I were to write
a book about my child,
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and there was a large check
that was sent to me,
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with the promise
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that a fraction of it
would go to the child,
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I would absolutely
save it for them.
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And I'd find, like...
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you know, the part
of criteria for existence
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is I need to be able
to sustain myself.
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I... I asked her about it,
and then she sort of...
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She came at me
with the excuse
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of, "Oh, I used that money
so that you could
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"go to school in Canada."
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You know, at that point,
I just hung up on her.
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Kristine said
that adopting me
was this mission of love.
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And never once
did I see any love.
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I felt like it was
a mission of, like,
boosting her ego...
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type of thing.
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I felt like
she just wanted people
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to be, like,
"Oh, my goodness!
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"She's this amazing person.
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"She just adopted
a little girl from Ukraine
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who has dwarfism,
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and has all these different
medical issues
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and everything like that.
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You know,
she's a great mom for wanting
to help somebody, right?"
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In 2019,
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years after
she got rid of Natalia,
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Kristine is reaching out
to numerous people
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soliciting donations
to support
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the international campaign
to end the use
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of seclusion, restraint,
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physical and verbal abuse
of children with disabilities.
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Something doesn't
sound right, here.
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She's even asking
Freddie Gill for his help
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because of his status
as a leader in the community.
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Kristine Barnett was like...
She was an amazing person.
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She would send me
text messages like...
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She's inviting me to
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"Join the campaign
to end the...
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To end the, uh,
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physical and verbal
abuse of children
with disabilities."
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Um, what?
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So, it's like a mask.
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Like, just put on a mask,
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have this really nice smile.
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This, "I'm a great mom."
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But then it's like
pull that mask off,
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this is who she really is.
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Like, your true colors.
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Kristine was a monster.
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I didn't know
what she was gonna do next.
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Based upon
Kristine's actions,
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it certainly appears
that she had big plans
for Natalia.
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She wanted her
to be the next spark.
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Kristine is going to use
Natalia's physical disability
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to make money,
as well as her
mental faculties.
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Maybe she's a genius,
like Jacob.
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Because Kristine made
a lot of money off of Jacob.
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And now, it's Natalia's turn.
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Hi.
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When I was first
adopted by the Barnetts,
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I really thought
that they were gonna
be my family.
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I really wanted
a dad and a mom
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that actually accepts
my disabilities
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and loves me
as their daughter.
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I used to, like,
watch a lot
of TV shows where
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a mom and her daughter
were very close.
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I thought that
Kristine was gonna be
the mom that I always wanted.
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When I first got
to the Barnetts' house,
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I remember
that Kristine and Michael
had both shown me around,
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and then they
took me to my room
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where there was, like,
this big dollhouse
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and this princess bed,
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and everything like that.
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They showed me my closet,
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which was a walk-in closet.
I was, like, "Whoa.'
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And they even...
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Like, they lowered the shelves
and everything for me
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so I could be able
to get my clothes.
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You know, I was
just so happy.
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There was a park,
right across the street.
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We would hang out,
we would play games
and everything.
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It was so much fun.
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And I was going to school.
I was in first grade.
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I was so excited
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because I wanted
to go to school for as long
as I could remember.
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I loved my classmates.
I loved my friends.
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And, like, I loved
my first grade teacher.
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The Barnetts pushed this
philosophy that Natalia
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is really, really smart,
reading these advanced books.
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You know, listen,
as an investigator,
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I don't go by some
whimsical information.
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You know, I wanna know.
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I'm gonna ask those...
I'm gonna ask those questions.
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- Hey, how are you?
- Good, how are you?
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I'm not doing too bad.
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So you worked
at an elementary school
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during the same time
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that Natalia Barnett
went there.
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Kristine had
brought it to your attention
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that they were questioning
how old Natalia was.
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Did you ever question
Natalia's age? Or did you...
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Is she a prodigy?
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I mean, is she
a standout student
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that she's so smart
that she shouldn't be there?
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I was over there one day
and Kristine just
looked at Natalia
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and she said, "Can you read?"
She said, "Of course,
I can read. I'm not stupid."
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And this is not
a little girl's voice.
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And so Kris gave her
a Cosmopolitan magazine,
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and put it down
in front of her.
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Opened to an article,
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and Natalia started reading
as well as you or I could.
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How does someone
at six
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read a Cosmo magazine?
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Natalia, being able to read
an article out of Cosmo,
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I mean, how many times
did she read that article
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before she recorded her?
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People can make a video
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look however
they wanna make it look.
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But the question
then becomes "Why?"
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We're talking about
a little girl's life
that had changed forever
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because certain statements
were made.
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She was reading
an advanced book.
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Well, here's what I do know.
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Gateway Woods,
you know, who gets
the medical records
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from Boston Hospital
also identified
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that Natalia's abilities,
her aptitude,
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were very,
very similar to the age
that we believe she is.
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The school, I talked
to the officials there,
I talked to the teachers,
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and they loved this kid.
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They said,
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"I mean,
she may have been able
to handle second grade,
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"but we felt first grade
was more appropriate."
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Kristine could be
pretty feisty.
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We heard reports that
were concerning to us
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about how Natalia's parents
interacted with her
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They sounded like
they were mean
to her, honestly.
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And so, if we ever brought
anything like that
up with Kristine,
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she just flipped.
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Kristine was like
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"I'm taking her
out of school."
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She took my friends
out of my life.
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Just cut 'em off.
I didn't even get
a chance to say goodbye
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to any of my friends
from school.
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Nobody.
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I didn't understand that
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my whole life
was being controlled
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on who I talked to
and everything.
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I didn't understand
why, really, I got taken
out of school.
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All I was told was
because they were
getting phone calls.
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And I was hurting people
with my wheelchair,
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running them over
and everything.
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No, I wasn't.
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Kristine took
Natalia out of school
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to home school her
at "Barnett Academy".
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This is the same place
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where Jacob's transcripts
say he was educated.
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At "Barnett Academy".
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And Michael filed
a police report
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alleging fraud
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because Kristine passed him
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in Japanese,
and he couldn't speak it,
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and gave him an A
in making spaghetti.
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I met with Michael Barnett.
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And, you know,
I didn't approach him
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with the expectation
I was gonna arrest him.
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You know,
I was investigating
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this particular issue.
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He could have...
He could have stopped
the conversation
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00:18:00,770 --> 00:18:04,530
but I think he had
a lot that he wanted
to resolve, also.
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This transcript was
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pretty ridiculous.
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However, Jacob was a genius.
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Natalia was not a genius.
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Doesn't matter.
Kristine was trying
to pass off
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Natalia as being able
to perform
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academic skills
that she didn't have!
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According to Kristine,
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Natalia could even pass a GED,
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if given the test.
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Kristine thought
she had turned Jacob
into a genius.
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She saved him
when no-one else could.
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00:19:02,500 --> 00:19:04,270
And according
to what Michael said,
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00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:07,130
that's what Kristine
planned to do with Natalia.
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00:19:07,170 --> 00:19:09,970
But the problem was that
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Natalia didn't fit
into the narrative.
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I was only, like,
six or seven years old.
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00:19:17,430 --> 00:19:20,100
And Kristine tries
to give me a physics paper
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00:19:20,130 --> 00:19:22,170
and I'm like,
"I don't know what I'm doing."
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Like, I don't...
Like, "What is this?"
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And she's like,
"I know you know this.
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"And you're gonna do it."
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00:19:27,740 --> 00:19:29,230
And then she walked away.
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But I was stuck.
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00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,070
And...
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I guess she just got so mad
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because I was telling,
like, "I don't know this."
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And she pepper sprayed me.
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00:19:50,470 --> 00:19:51,770
Right in the face.
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00:19:53,330 --> 00:19:56,570
She said, "That's
what it's gonna feel like
every time that you do this."
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I started rubbing my eyes.
She said "Don't do that.
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It's just gonna
make it worse."
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00:20:02,470 --> 00:20:06,230
And she, literally,
would not let me wash it off
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00:20:06,270 --> 00:20:08,600
or anything.
She wouldn't help me.
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00:20:08,630 --> 00:20:11,100
All I know is
I wanna get this off my eyes.
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00:20:11,130 --> 00:20:12,270
This hurts!
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00:20:13,770 --> 00:20:17,500
But she didn't care
that she pepper sprayed me.
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00:20:17,530 --> 00:20:20,200
She doesn't care
that I was crying
because it hurts.
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She literally did it for
not knowing high school math.
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I'm getting pepper sprayed.
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I was seven years old.
I was supposed
to be in first grade.
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And she took me
out of first grade.
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All I knew
was how to be scared.
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That was my normal.
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00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:07,870
But everything was just
about to get even worse.
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Within seven months
of adopting Natalia,
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00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,940
Kristine realized
Natalia was
an average student.
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00:21:18,970 --> 00:21:20,900
She wasn't the genius
that Jacob was.
383
00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:24,400
So, Kristine's plan
is failing big time
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00:21:24,970 --> 00:21:27,440
and Natalia is a money pit.
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00:21:27,470 --> 00:21:29,640
Because she needs
a lot of surgery
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00:21:29,670 --> 00:21:32,400
for her medical problems.
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00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,400
Ever since
I was really little,
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I've needed surgeries.
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I was with the Barnetts
for just a little while
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00:21:39,270 --> 00:21:42,040
but I had
my surgery on my feet.
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We had
had her for six months.
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Her feet would lock in place,
her Achilles needed to be,
I think, cut
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00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,800
and loosened
so she could move
her foot around.
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The only thing
I remember mostly
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is just going into
a surgery room
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'cause it's like, all light.
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And then getting
two shots in my arms
and I'm out.
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And then next thing I know,
I have
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casts on my feet.
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00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:10,570
When I had my surgery,
there was a lot of
rough nights with that.
401
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,840
And I remember
being in so much pain
402
00:22:12,870 --> 00:22:14,670
that I had to take
pain medicine
403
00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:15,840
or else I couldn't
get rid of it.
404
00:22:15,870 --> 00:22:17,600
I always called Kristine,
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00:22:18,340 --> 00:22:20,400
because, you know,
she's my mom.
406
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,100
You know, moms are
supposed to be able to
take care of their kids.
407
00:22:23,140 --> 00:22:25,800
Michael was actually
the one that gave me
my medicine.
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00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,370
And then he left.
409
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,500
And I was able to
go back to sleep after that.
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00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:34,200
I started thinking
411
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,940
if maybe Kristine and Michael
just didn't want
to take care of me
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00:22:37,970 --> 00:22:40,440
when they found out
how many surgeries I needed.
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00:22:41,300 --> 00:22:43,100
And the fact that
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it would have been
a long recovery process
with all of them.
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00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:51,100
And, like, maybe she felt
like she was gonna be stuck,
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00:22:51,140 --> 00:22:54,000
instead of being able
to go out there
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00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:57,800
and, like,
show off her son.
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00:23:00,700 --> 00:23:03,570
I mean, everybody that we know
that has diastrophic dysplasia
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00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,070
has, you know, usually
a group of surgeries,
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00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:10,300
you know, probably close
to around five years old.
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00:23:10,340 --> 00:23:12,540
-Actually sooner, as a baby,
for the club feet.
-Sometimes sooner now,
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00:23:12,570 --> 00:23:14,040
as a baby,
with the club feet, right.
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00:23:14,070 --> 00:23:17,100
It was clear to them
that she needed,
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00:23:17,140 --> 00:23:19,900
you know, lots of surgeries
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00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:21,600
to her lower extremities
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00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,170
to straighten them.
427
00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,500
The Barnetts gave her
a surgery on her ankle.
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00:23:26,540 --> 00:23:28,600
But one surgery
on her ankle is like
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00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:30,270
a drop in the bucket
430
00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:33,000
for what we need.
And, you know...
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00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:34,870
Every single thing
costs money.
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00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:37,940
Maybe that's part of
the problem with the Barnetts.
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00:23:37,970 --> 00:23:40,500
Because all of a sudden,
they start having problems.
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00:23:40,540 --> 00:23:42,300
Are you surprised?
I'm not.
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00:23:42,870 --> 00:23:46,400
Like, literally, my feet...
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00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,040
This one, the way
my feet are shaped,
437
00:23:49,070 --> 00:23:50,200
and the way I walk,
438
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,770
especially with my right foot,
439
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,100
it twists.
440
00:23:55,140 --> 00:24:00,300
So, it would literally
be like scraping
the bottom part of the shoe.
441
00:24:00,340 --> 00:24:03,800
And that's why I've had to get
special made shoes
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00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,500
because I can't wear
normal shoes.
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00:24:05,540 --> 00:24:08,270
They're at least, like,
$30,000.
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00:24:08,300 --> 00:24:11,670
These are my second pair.
They last for
a pretty long time.
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00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:15,370
I actually had to get
these patched up because
of how much I used them.
446
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,700
Every doctor I see,
they're like,
447
00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:18,540
"Okay, we're gonna have to
do special made this
448
00:24:18,570 --> 00:24:20,470
"or special made that."
I'm like...
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00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:22,870
Everything I need
has to be special made.
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00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:29,240
Were you ever
specifically told by
the adoption agency
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00:24:29,270 --> 00:24:32,540
that Natalia
may require surgeries?
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00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:34,640
By the adoption agency? No.
453
00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:39,800
You know, I guess,
like, in a sense
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00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,540
they did kinda cause
the pain that I have now
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00:24:42,570 --> 00:24:44,400
Because I couldn't
get my surgeries
456
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:46,970
because the doctors
didn't know what to do.
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00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,040
Like, there was just no way.
Like, they told me
458
00:24:49,070 --> 00:24:52,040
"We don't know if we should
treat you as a kid,
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00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:53,940
"or do a treatment
as an adult."
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00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:56,000
Like, "We don't know."
461
00:25:00,270 --> 00:25:04,200
I'm Veronica Maxwell.
I'm a retired FBI agent.
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00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,240
I served for 28 years
in the Agency
463
00:25:07,270 --> 00:25:09,640
and investigated terrorism,
464
00:25:09,670 --> 00:25:12,540
counter intelligence,
organized crime,
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00:25:12,570 --> 00:25:14,970
drugs and crimes
against children,
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00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,440
where I was exposed
to scenarios
467
00:25:19,470 --> 00:25:22,940
not unlike some of the aspects
of Natalia Barnett.
468
00:25:22,970 --> 00:25:25,540
Dealing with cases
regarding minors,
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00:25:25,570 --> 00:25:29,240
I believe I am
a very compassionate person.
470
00:25:29,270 --> 00:25:31,970
And I always ran
towards the danger.
471
00:25:33,740 --> 00:25:38,140
It was my job
to go and hunt down the truth.
472
00:25:38,740 --> 00:25:41,600
The Natalia case intrigues me
473
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:45,300
because you have this person
who is extremely fragile.
474
00:25:45,340 --> 00:25:50,040
And it is so complicated,
it involves travel
from other countries.
475
00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:52,970
It involves numerous adults.
476
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,740
It sounds like
there may have been a point
477
00:25:56,770 --> 00:25:59,540
where the Barnetts realized
that Natalia was...
478
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:01,940
Was starting to be a burden.
479
00:26:05,670 --> 00:26:11,000
Kristine Barnett was
a person who needed
to achieve her goal
480
00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,370
with respect to her children,
481
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,270
and how other people view her
482
00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:18,170
and maintain
a certain reputation.
483
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,170
And she wasn't
gonna back down.
484
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,670
This child is really
in her way right now.
485
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,600
Kristine just
started going off every day,
about something.
486
00:26:31,270 --> 00:26:32,600
That's literally how it felt.
487
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,840
Because every time
Kristine came,
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00:26:34,870 --> 00:26:36,940
she was yelling at me
about something.
489
00:26:37,770 --> 00:26:40,840
It felt like
the littlest stuff that I did
490
00:26:40,870 --> 00:26:44,940
was gonna turn into
something crazy
when it shouldn't have.
491
00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:47,470
And then that's when
she started saying
492
00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:49,400
that I took stuff
from the boys.
493
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,100
Because they couldn't find,
like, two books
and some cars.
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00:26:56,770 --> 00:27:00,840
Natalia would find things
that were important to them,
495
00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:02,870
like a Hot Wheel car,
496
00:27:02,900 --> 00:27:05,600
she'd hide them,
she'd wait to be
crossing the street,
497
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,100
she would throw them into
the street and make sure
the boys saw it.
498
00:27:09,140 --> 00:27:11,640
So they'd run in the traffic,
so they'd get run over.
499
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:14,970
I didn't take anything.
500
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,970
I told Kristine,
I didn't take
any of their stuff.
501
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,540
And she just told me
I was lying.
502
00:27:20,570 --> 00:27:24,340
I was not there
when she threw
one of the kids' toys.
503
00:27:24,370 --> 00:27:26,500
I heard about that
from the boys.
504
00:27:26,540 --> 00:27:28,670
Not just from Kris.
505
00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:30,840
I did hear that story
from the boys.
506
00:27:30,870 --> 00:27:32,570
The boys shared that with me.
507
00:27:36,740 --> 00:27:39,840
She treated the boys
like they were her sons.
508
00:27:39,870 --> 00:27:42,000
She treated them
like a normal mom would.
509
00:27:42,870 --> 00:27:45,570
But with me, it was like...
510
00:27:48,370 --> 00:27:50,870
It was like I always did
something wrong.
511
00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:53,300
I was seven years old.
512
00:27:53,340 --> 00:27:55,840
And I was just trying
to be a normal kid.
513
00:27:56,770 --> 00:27:58,270
And it was like
514
00:27:58,300 --> 00:28:03,340
in Kristine's eyes
I was doing something wrong,
every step I took.
515
00:28:08,570 --> 00:28:11,900
Honestly, I can't even
remember if she even said
"I love you" to me.
516
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:16,570
Kristine
and Natalia are not bonding.
517
00:28:17,540 --> 00:28:19,470
They don't like each other.
518
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:23,140
And Natalia is going
to cost Kristine
519
00:28:23,170 --> 00:28:26,400
what seems to be
the one thing
she cares about most.
520
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:27,370
Money.
521
00:28:33,170 --> 00:28:34,570
I do believe
that the Barnetts
522
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,670
probably did want me
in the beginning.
523
00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:40,240
But I think only once
they'd actually seen me,
524
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,070
and they'd seen
my disabilities,
525
00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:46,670
I think it kinda
was just like,
526
00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:49,870
"Well, maybe, like, we can't.
Like, maybe we can't."
527
00:28:49,900 --> 00:28:51,540
But the thing is though,
528
00:28:51,570 --> 00:28:53,470
if you felt like you couldn't,
529
00:28:54,570 --> 00:28:56,700
why didn't you send me back?
530
00:28:56,740 --> 00:28:59,840
Or maybe even try to find
somebody that did want me
531
00:28:59,870 --> 00:29:02,740
and maybe I could have
been in a safer place.
532
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,340
Instead of
trying to feel like,
533
00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:08,170
"Oh, we gotta keep
this reputation.
534
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,870
This is a little girl
with dwarfism,
535
00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:11,700
who has so many
special needs,
536
00:29:11,740 --> 00:29:12,740
so, you know
we gotta keep her.
537
00:29:12,770 --> 00:29:14,270
Just so that way
people will be like,
538
00:29:14,300 --> 00:29:16,040
'Hey, why did you
send her back?'"
539
00:29:16,070 --> 00:29:20,640
I think it was
because they were just trying
to keep a good reputation.
540
00:29:21,900 --> 00:29:23,900
Kristine's plan is failing.
541
00:29:23,940 --> 00:29:26,270
Not only is Natalia
not a genius,
542
00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:28,740
but she costs a lot.
543
00:29:28,770 --> 00:29:31,900
In fact, she's
a financial drain
on Kristine.
544
00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:35,700
She's not a genius.
She's not the next spark.
545
00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:39,170
Kristine wants
to get rid of Natalia.
546
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,540
But we also know
that she's made
a half a million dollars
547
00:29:42,570 --> 00:29:45,300
on her image as Supermom.
548
00:29:45,340 --> 00:29:48,800
So how is she
supposed to get rid of
549
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,040
this child she adopted,
550
00:29:51,070 --> 00:29:52,270
who is disabled,
551
00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:53,700
and still preserve her image?
552
00:29:55,670 --> 00:29:58,400
And so, it seems like
Natalia is now
553
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,400
the invisible daughter.
554
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,840
And Kristine is trying
to erase her from the family.
555
00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:08,470
The Sparkwas being written
and published
556
00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:10,440
while Natalia was
part of the family.
557
00:30:10,470 --> 00:30:12,600
The initial drafts
558
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,840
talked about
the family's adoption
of Natalia.
559
00:30:15,870 --> 00:30:18,370
But the final book,
560
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,270
the ghostwriter
Laura Tucker,
561
00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:23,500
she was told
to take all mentions
of adoption,
562
00:30:23,540 --> 00:30:24,940
dwarf or dwarfism,
563
00:30:24,970 --> 00:30:27,000
and Natalia,
out of the book.
564
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,070
The final book
does not mention Natalia
in any way, shape or form.
565
00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:37,370
I do believe
that Kristine did try
to hide me from the world.
566
00:30:42,740 --> 00:30:46,070
One time, we went
to the park across the street.
567
00:30:47,870 --> 00:30:49,900
She put me in the stroller
and she had a blanket over me.
568
00:30:53,770 --> 00:30:56,770
And the boys got to go play
and everything like that.
569
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,070
I was stuck
in the stroller.
570
00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:05,400
Someone came by
and was like,
571
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,500
"Does she wanna
go out and play and stuff?"
572
00:31:07,540 --> 00:31:08,640
"Oh, no she's sleeping."
573
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,800
When I'm like wide awake.
I'm hearing everything,
574
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,000
wanting to go play.
575
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,740
She's literally
lying to people and saying,
"Oh, she's sleeping."
576
00:31:22,140 --> 00:31:25,540
She didn't want
people to know
that I existed.
577
00:31:25,570 --> 00:31:27,970
I felt like I was this
problem child.
578
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,400
She just, like,
flat out hated me.
579
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:36,600
I do not believe Kristine
should have that title
of "World's Greatest Mom."
580
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,900
Because she was
never the "World's
Greatest Mom" to me.
581
00:31:41,340 --> 00:31:43,940
I saw
a difference in Kristine
582
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:45,800
with Natalia.
583
00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:48,800
Her pride that she had
for her boys
584
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:53,340
wasn't the same pride
that she had for her.
585
00:31:53,370 --> 00:31:56,170
I almost feel like
she was locking
herself in the house,
586
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,700
with Natalia
587
00:31:58,170 --> 00:31:59,670
trying to fix her.
588
00:32:00,270 --> 00:32:02,370
Make her like Kristine wanted.
589
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,340
And Natalia's a stubborn girl.
590
00:32:08,870 --> 00:32:10,270
It seems,
at this point,
591
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:14,370
Kristine cannot admit
that she's a failure
as a parent.
592
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,370
Kristine was hell-bent
on protecting her brand
and her business.
593
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,200
And when one plan failed,
594
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,500
she concocted another one.
595
00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:24,840
That's how her mind worked.
596
00:32:24,870 --> 00:32:29,000
Kristine turned Natalia
into a puppet
she could control.
597
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,370
She needed complete control
598
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,300
over everything
that Natalia said and did.
599
00:32:35,670 --> 00:32:38,300
I don't remember
exactly when Kristine started
600
00:32:38,340 --> 00:32:39,870
trying to make me
look like an adult.
601
00:32:40,470 --> 00:32:42,170
She just started telling me
602
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,400
"You're older
than what you're saying."
603
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,500
I didn't understand
what that meant.
604
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:48,540
And then, she was like,
605
00:32:48,570 --> 00:32:50,940
"You need to start saying
that you're 22."
606
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,670
I didn't understand
why she wanted me
to tell people
607
00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:55,940
I was 22.
608
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,900
The Barnetts
609
00:33:00,940 --> 00:33:03,040
were looking
for a disabled child
610
00:33:03,070 --> 00:33:04,540
to groom a certain way.
611
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,770
Kristine Barnett
appeared to be
612
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,440
the primary motivator
613
00:33:11,470 --> 00:33:15,400
of the plan to get rid
of Natalia.
614
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:19,040
Natalia was, in fact,
going to perpetuate
615
00:33:19,070 --> 00:33:22,200
the idea that she's older,
616
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:26,500
at the age where
she could live independently.
617
00:33:26,540 --> 00:33:29,970
This is the best scenario
that Kristine Barnett
could come up with
618
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,400
and save face.
619
00:33:32,470 --> 00:33:34,940
I have seen
a lot of people
620
00:33:34,970 --> 00:33:37,040
trying to brainwash
their child
621
00:33:37,070 --> 00:33:39,470
to speak their lies
for them,
622
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,140
to create the illusion
623
00:33:41,170 --> 00:33:42,900
that something is real,
624
00:33:42,940 --> 00:33:45,700
when, in fact,
it's just a made-up story.
625
00:33:45,740 --> 00:33:48,670
And the child
becomes that story.
626
00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:50,270
That fake story.
627
00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:53,140
Kristine Barnett
wants her daughter
628
00:33:53,170 --> 00:33:55,500
talking about herself
as a 22-year-old.
629
00:33:55,540 --> 00:33:57,570
She wants the doctors
to hear it.
630
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,140
She wants
all the authorities
to hear
631
00:34:00,170 --> 00:34:02,540
the story
that she's come up with.
632
00:34:02,570 --> 00:34:05,100
And she was gonna do
whatever it took
633
00:34:05,140 --> 00:34:07,140
to break Natalia down.
634
00:34:07,170 --> 00:34:10,469
And she had to really
employ drastic measures.
635
00:34:13,139 --> 00:34:16,100
Everybody thought
Kristine was this amazing mom,
636
00:34:16,139 --> 00:34:18,139
who loved having
special needs kids,
637
00:34:18,170 --> 00:34:20,469
who loved helping people,
and everything.
638
00:34:22,139 --> 00:34:25,969
But they don't know
what Kristine actually did.
639
00:34:27,570 --> 00:34:29,600
Kristine was the one
that beat me.
640
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,969
Michael watched me...
641
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:36,600
get beat.
642
00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:39,239
Three times
he watched me get beat,
643
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,100
and didn't do anything.
644
00:34:45,370 --> 00:34:46,840
Why would you...
645
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:06,240
Why are we here, Michael?
646
00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:09,140
Why are we here?
That's... That's...
647
00:35:10,140 --> 00:35:12,700
Well, if you're talking
philosophically...
648
00:35:12,740 --> 00:35:14,400
No, like, I wanna know
649
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,600
why did you adopt me
in the first place.
650
00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:22,570
Why?
651
00:35:26,070 --> 00:35:28,940
Many of these questions,
there's not gonna be
a single answer to.
652
00:35:28,970 --> 00:35:30,740
Look.
653
00:35:30,770 --> 00:35:33,500
I've learned recently,
you and I had
the same monster.
654
00:35:35,970 --> 00:35:37,300
And...
655
00:35:38,140 --> 00:35:39,940
We are here...
656
00:35:41,740 --> 00:35:43,940
because we both
657
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,740
were incredible victims
658
00:35:48,770 --> 00:35:52,070
of an otherworldly
type of abuse.
659
00:35:53,970 --> 00:35:55,900
Okay, first...
660
00:35:55,940 --> 00:35:57,500
I'm gonna say,
please don't cuss.
661
00:35:58,370 --> 00:36:00,270
I'll do my best.
I... I...
662
00:36:00,300 --> 00:36:03,240
I speak a certain way.
I'll do my best.
663
00:36:03,270 --> 00:36:06,400
Second, what do you mean
by you were a victim?
664
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,400
Oh, God.
665
00:36:09,170 --> 00:36:10,670
This is all stuff
you don't know.
666
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,300
Well, you wanna elaborate?
667
00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:16,340
Yeah, I do.
You wanna give me
time to do it?
668
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,540
This is not easy.
669
00:36:26,270 --> 00:36:27,700
I...
670
00:36:28,970 --> 00:36:30,540
had the same monster
you did.
671
00:36:31,170 --> 00:36:33,670
I was exceptionally
controlled
672
00:36:33,700 --> 00:36:35,170
and put down,
673
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,370
and threatened.
674
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:38,470
Was minimalized.
675
00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:41,770
Anything that
was who I was,
was ripped from me.
676
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,200
And I was guided
and instructed to
677
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:45,900
be exactly what
678
00:36:47,070 --> 00:36:48,500
she wanted me to be.
679
00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:50,300
What do you mean
by "threatened"?
680
00:36:52,540 --> 00:36:53,940
Um...
681
00:36:53,970 --> 00:36:56,670
Her favorite threat was
682
00:36:56,700 --> 00:36:58,370
taking the boys away from me
683
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,070
and making sure I would
never see them ever again.
684
00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:03,900
-Um...
-Why didn't you leave?
685
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,040
That's the best question ever.
686
00:37:07,500 --> 00:37:08,870
I tried.
687
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:11,700
And this is...
These answers are not gonna be
688
00:37:12,570 --> 00:37:14,640
what you're looking for,
to a degree, but...
689
00:37:14,670 --> 00:37:17,770
I tried to leave her
no less than 10 times.
690
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,470
I ended up in a hospital
691
00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:22,500
regularly over it.
692
00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:23,970
Why did you marry her?
693
00:37:32,300 --> 00:37:34,340
-I'm sorry?
-Let's not use curse words.
694
00:37:34,370 --> 00:37:38,100
I know you probably,
you talk like this on
a regular basis, maybe.
695
00:37:38,140 --> 00:37:40,570
But we try to keep
a clean environment.
696
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,070
So let's please respect that.
697
00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:44,140
This is really hard.
I don't--
698
00:37:53,540 --> 00:37:55,440
That sounds crazy, right?
"Don't be a Christian"?
699
00:37:55,470 --> 00:37:57,840
See, you can't impose
your beliefs...
700
00:37:57,870 --> 00:38:00,200
I don't wanna have fights.
701
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:01,970
Jesus is our man,
you understand that?
702
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,340
Guys, it's okay.
703
00:38:03,370 --> 00:38:04,800
God is in control.
704
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,070
-Do you understand this?
-Guys, I'm out.
705
00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:07,600
- I ask this...
- God is in control.
706
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,700
- No, no. That's it.
-We're not.
We'll not do anything.
707
00:38:09,740 --> 00:38:11,700
-Michael...
-I tried. I tried.
708
00:38:11,740 --> 00:38:15,600
-Okay, enough.
-I tried. I tried. I tried.
I tried. I tried.
709
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,100
I tried. I tried.
710
00:38:18,140 --> 00:38:21,100
And I tried.
And I tried to get rid
of that mug and...
711
00:38:21,140 --> 00:38:23,640
And I'm trying to talk to her
so that I can fix this.
712
00:38:23,670 --> 00:38:25,040
- Let me--
Let me talk to you.
-No. No.
713
00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:26,970
-Let me talk to you.
Hold on a second.
-No.
714
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,570
-Let me talk to you.
-No.
715
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:29,740
-Come here for a second.
-No.
716
00:38:29,770 --> 00:38:30,700
No.
717
00:38:30,740 --> 00:38:32,840
I came here to try to find...
718
00:38:32,870 --> 00:38:35,300
Let me speak to you
for a second.
719
00:38:35,340 --> 00:38:37,270
- I cannot do this.
- Hold on, hold on.
720
00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:39,000
Let him do that.
Let him do that.
721
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,670
I got it. I got it.
722
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,100
Michael,
come here for
a second, man.
723
00:38:44,140 --> 00:38:47,200
I'm not here
to degrade you.
Hey, come here.
724
00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:49,840
-I'm not here...
-God would not do to me
725
00:38:49,870 --> 00:38:51,670
what happened?
Leave me alone!
726
00:38:53,670 --> 00:38:54,770
No, listen to me.
727
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:56,540
If there was a God,
he would let me die.
728
00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:02,570
-He would have let me die!
-He don't want you to die
because he loves you.
729
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,540
All I wanted was
just to talk to him.
730
00:39:05,940 --> 00:39:08,240
Ask my questions.
731
00:39:08,270 --> 00:39:09,770
-God loves you.
-Please get away from me.
732
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,440
I would like you
to get away from me.
733
00:39:11,470 --> 00:39:13,300
-Step away from me.
-All right.
734
00:39:13,340 --> 00:39:15,140
He shouldn't have
talked to my dad that way.
735
00:39:15,170 --> 00:39:17,440
All my dad asked
was that he didn't cuss.
736
00:39:17,470 --> 00:39:19,670
Just have some respect.
737
00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:21,940
My dad has the right
to ask that.
738
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,240
Just like I do.
739
00:39:28,670 --> 00:39:30,500
I don't understand.
740
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,140
We're not gonna
put up with no spirits
up in this house though.
741
00:39:39,170 --> 00:39:40,340
Period.
742
00:39:42,770 --> 00:39:44,600
Where we go,
God's in control.
57152
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