Natalia Grace Barnett is sharing her facet of the story.
For those that want a refresher, Michael and Kristine Barnett adopted Natalia who was born with the uncommon genetic dysfunction spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia in 2010. They had been advised by the adoption company that she was 6 years outdated on the time. However, they quickly began to doubt her age – believing she was method older than she mentioned. And in 2012, they satisfied the Marion County Superior Court to legally change Natalia’s start report to state that she was born in 1989 and never 2003.
Shortly afterward, the Barnett household put her in an condo in Lafayette, Indiana, whereas they moved to Canada with their sons. Kristine and Michael had been then arrested and charged with neglect in 2019. However, their prices had been later dismissed. The now divorced couple have claimed for years that Natalia was not a baby however as an alternative, an grownup girl who was making an attempt to kill them and their youngsters.
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A six-half documentary collection referred to as The Curious Case of Natalia Grace dropped earlier this week, during which we noticed Michael and his son Jake communicate out about their time with Natalia. But now the lady on the middle of this thriller is talking out for the primary time about her adoptive dad and mom’ claims!
Investigation Discovery revealed they’re releasing an interview particular with Natalia this summer time referred to as The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks. A press launch from the community shared that “the new documentary will feature shocking and emotional access to Natalia Barnett as she tells her side of the story in the next chapter of a bizarre family saga.” They famous that she’s going to element “what happened behind the closed doors of the Barnett family home and address allegations against her head on,” including:
“After years of being cloaked under a gag order due to the subsequent legal proceedings around the 2019 arrest of her adoptive parents, Natalia has been unable to tell her story – until now.”
And there’s already a preview out! In the sneak peek, Natalia slammed her adoptive dad and mom for mendacity and making her out to be “this big crazy person.” She mentioned:
“The things that Michael said that I’ve done is a lie. She was trying to make me seem like I was just this big crazy person, that’s not true. I wanna tell people what really happened because I didn’t get that chance. This is my story and I’m only gonna say it once.”
Another preview obtained by Entertainment Tonight noticed Natalia expressing how “frustrating” it’s been for her to see the feedback made by Kristine and Michael:
“Because I already don’t know who I am and I wanna know who I am, what happened to me, but I’m hearing all this stuff that never actually happened from Kristine and Michael and I’m just like, it’s shocking and it’s frustrating because that’s not true and people are believing what Kristine and Michael are saying without even hearing my side.”
She continued:
“This is my side of the story and I’m gonna say what happened because I never got a chance to say what happened. You all have heard Kristine and Michael and what they have said, but you need to hear both sides in order to know what really happened.”
Wow. Hopefully, we get some extra solutions to this wild scenario. No premiere date for the interview has been revealed but, however will probably be coming someday this summer time. Thoughts, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback beneath.
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