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Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry: Ariel Castro’s Victims Finally Graduate High School [Video]

Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry: Ariel Castro’s Victims Finally Graduate High School [Video]

Gina DeJeses and Amanda Berry, two of the girls who were kidnapped, held captive, and tortured, for years by Ariel Castro, have finally had their dreams of graduating high school come true. Castro stole 10 years of the girls lives, keeping them from the major life events that most of us take for granted. One […]

9y ago

Cleveland Abduction Victims Gina DeJesus And Amanda Berry Share Their Advice –‘Stay Strong And Stay Positive’

Cleveland Abduction Victims Gina DeJesus And Amanda Berry Share Their Advice –‘Stay Strong And Stay Positive’

Cleveland abduction victims Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry recently spoke to USA Today about their time in captivity and shared their advice for survival to other young women who may be enduring the same horror they did for 10 years. “Stay strong and stay positive, and never give up hope,” Berry said, hoping that someone […]

9y ago

Cleveland Abduction Victim Michelle Knight On Forgiveness: ‘It’s Like Turning Dirt Into Gold’ [Video]

Cleveland Abduction Victim Michelle Knight On Forgiveness: ‘It’s Like Turning Dirt Into Gold’ [Video]

This is not the first time that Ohio kidnap victim, Michelle Knight, has bravely stepped forward to speak about the abduction and subsequent 11 year torture she endured at the hands of Ariel Castro. Along with two other girls, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, Knight was held captive and abused by Castro in his Cleveland […]

9y ago

Amanda Berry: Hope Kept Us Alive In Ariel Castro’s House Of Horrors

Amanda Berry: Hope Kept Us Alive In Ariel Castro’s House Of Horrors

When Ariel Castro wasn’t home, Amanda Berry and his other captives, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, tried to live normal lives. Sometimes, their captor went out with friends or was gone at work. During those episodes of solitude, Berry and the others would sing or dance together, and if it was Thursday night, they watched […]

9y ago

‘Cleveland Abduction’ Coming To Lifetime: Dr. Phil Interviews Cast Along With Michelle Knight

‘Cleveland Abduction’ Coming To Lifetime: Dr. Phil Interviews Cast Along With Michelle Knight

Cleveland Abduction is a movie coming to Lifetime television on Saturday, May 2. It is an original movie based on Ariel Castro’s abductions of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus. Castro kept the trio for more than 10 years until they were able to escape on May 6, 2013. To let viewers know what […]

9y ago

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus Release Statements On One Year Anniversary Of Ariel Castro Escape

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus Release Statements On One Year Anniversary Of Ariel Castro Escape

On the one year anniversary of their dramatic escape from the monstrous hands of serial rapist and sexual deviant, Ariel Castro – who committed suicide in prison – two of the escapees, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus, released statements to the press. Having spent up to a decade in captivity in a secret dungeon at […]

10y ago

Ariel Castro Allegedly Wanted His Captives To Escape

Ariel Castro Allegedly Wanted His Captives To Escape

Ariel Castro loved his daughter, and wanted her and the three women he held captive to escape what is now known as his “house of horrors,” or at least that is what Castro’ attorney is saying. According to ABC News, Castro’s attorney, Craig Weintraub, is saying that the man who held three women captive for […]

10y ago

Joan Rivers Probably Won’t Apologize To Cleveland Kidnapping Victims

Joan Rivers Probably Won’t Apologize To Cleveland Kidnapping Victims

Joan Rivers may have offended Ariel Castro’s kidnapping victims with her recent joke, but the comedienne doesn’t plan to apologize for the quip anytime soon. The Fashion Police co-host caused a stir yet again when she decided to joke about Cleveland kidnapping victims Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. Even those who enjoy Rivers unique brand […]

10y ago

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight Honored By Ohio Governor

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight Honored By Ohio Governor

The three women that were held against their will for years — Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight — were honored by Ohio Governor John Kasich at the annual courage awards ceremony on Monday night. Amanda Berry and her six-year old daughter — fathered by her captor — escaped from 10 years of captivity […]

10y ago

Gina DeJesus Delves Into Politics At Puerto Rican Parade In Cleveland

Gina DeJesus Delves Into Politics At Puerto Rican Parade In Cleveland

Gina DeJesus is only a few weeks removed from being released from her kidnapper, but already the Cleveland woman is dipping her foot into local politics. In the first public appearance since delivering a video statement last month, DeJesus rode in the city’s Puerto Rican Parade to support Janet Garcia, a candidate for city council. […]

10y ago

Gina DeJesus To Ariel Castro: “May God Have Mercy On Your Soul”

Gina DeJesus To Ariel Castro: “May God Have Mercy On Your Soul”

Gina DeJesus was the youngest of the three woman held captive by convicted rapist Ariel Castro. She did not attend his sentencing on Thursday but a statement released by a family friend was released on her behalf. Gina was held captive by Castro for nine years, having been abducted by him when she was just […]

10y ago

Ariel Castro Pleads Not Guilty To Newest Indictment

Ariel Castro Pleads Not Guilty To Newest Indictment

Cleveland, OH — Ariel Castro pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a massive new 977-count indictment. Castro has been accused of kidnapping three Cleveland women and raping them repeatedly while he held them captive for a decade. Judge Pamela Barker also appeared to reprimand Castro, 53, during the hearing, asking him to keep his eyes […]

10y ago

Michelle Knight Still Not Reunited With Family After Ohio Kidnap Rescue [Report]

Michelle Knight Still Not Reunited With Family After Ohio Kidnap Rescue [Report]

Ohio kidnap victim Michelle Knight broke her silence yesterday in a video “thank you” released by Knight and fellow captives Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus — but after the three were unmasked for the first time and appeared well and on the mend, some reports suggest she has yet to see her family since the […]

10y ago

Ohio Kidnap Victims Break Silence, Release First Pics And Video

Ohio Kidnap Victims Break Silence, Release First Pics And Video

The Ohio kidnap victims have released a straightforward video, The Inquisitr reported earlier, thanking supporters and (to be direct) explaining that the space they’ve had to heal thus far has been instrumental in recovering from their “ordeal.” The Ohio kidnap victim video is short and to the point, depicting Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight […]

10y ago

Three Ohio Kidnap Victims Thank Public For Support [Video]

Three Ohio Kidnap Victims Thank Public For Support [Video]

Three Ohio kidnap victims who were held for a decade, released a Youtube video on Monday night, to thank the public for their support after their incredible escape. The women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight broke their silence in the three-minute, 30-second video posted at midnight. They thank supporters for their encouragement and […]

10y ago

Cleveland Kidnap Victims Have Long-Term Injuries [Report]

Cleveland Kidnap Victims Have Long-Term Injuries [Report]

Two of the Cleveland kidnap victims are suffering from long-term injuries not unlike those seen in a prisoner of war camp. Along with severe malnutrition, as least one will require long-term therapy for hearing loss, as well as joint and muscle damage. The basement where all three women were held had chains coming from the […]

11y ago

Cleveland Kidnap Victim Gina DeJesus’ Mother: ‘I Forgave’ Ariel Castro

Cleveland Kidnap Victim Gina DeJesus’ Mother: ‘I Forgave’ Ariel Castro

Nancy Ruiz, the mother of Cleveland kidnap victim Gina DeJesus, recently told ABC’s 20/20 that she does not hate Ariel Castro, the man who held her daughter captive for nine years. “I would hug him and I would say, ‘God bless you,’” Ruiz told David Muir in an exclusive interview Thursday. ‘I did not hate […]

11y ago

Ariel Castro Daughter Speaks Out On Kidnappings: ‘I’m So, So Sorry’ [Video]

Ariel Castro Daughter Speaks Out On Kidnappings: ‘I’m So, So Sorry’ [Video]

Ariel Castro’s daughter, 22-year-old Arlene Castro, has offered a tearful apology to the three women her father allegedly kidnapped and kept captive at his Cleveland home for more than a decade. Appearing on Thursday’s Good Morning America, Castro said she was “so, so sorry” for the ordeal the three women had been through. She also […]

11y ago

In Cleveland Suicide Note, Castro Blames Victims For Their Ordeal

In Cleveland Suicide Note, Castro Blames Victims For Their Ordeal

In Cleveland, a suicide note left by accused kidnapper Ariel Castro has revealed what may be some insight into the state of mind of a man who kept three abducted women under lock and key in his home for over a decade. The Cleveland suicide note appears to be an unused draft, and Castro (who […]

11y ago

Ohio Captor, Ariel Castro, Played Psychological Games

Ohio Captor, Ariel Castro, Played Psychological Games

Cleveland, OH – Police Chief Michael McGrath recently confirmed the three victims of the Cleveland, Ohio kidnapping – Amanda Berry, 27, Michelle Knight, 32, and Gina DeJesus, 23 – spent much of their decade long captivity on the second floor of the house they were discovered in, and that ropes, chains and padlocks were found […]

11y ago

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