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The family
that Natalia has been staying with?
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They wanna be her legal guardians now.
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They can make her a kid again.
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Then they can say we abandoned a child.
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When you were re-aged,
you didn't have due process.
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We should be able to get
the ruling thrown out.
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- You need to get down there.
- Now?
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What? I thought we were
gonna have a date night.
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Until you fix this, the shop is closed.
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Previously, on Good American Family...
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What evidence did you guys use
to change her age?
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We've got some doctor letters.
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We've got immigration papers.
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Oh, I'm sorry, man.
Scrolled too far.
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- Oh.
- Looks like you're out of the dog house.
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I don't think these are f-- are for me.
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- All rise!
- We intend to stay on
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as Natalia's legal guardians.
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We can still appeal. We'll find a way.
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Absolutely not. No appeal!
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- But she didn't even get to speak.
- I'm her mother. I said no!
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Who were those pictures for?
'Cause I don't think they were for me.
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You sound like a crazy person.
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Oh, my God! I can't--
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I can't do this anymore!
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Okay, so what's your plan?
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You're gonna leave and do what?
You can barely get out of bed!
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If that's how you feel then...
why are you even with me?
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If you've got something on your ex
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that can really help
with your custody troubles...
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So, you folks knew she was a kid?
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Yes, we knew she was a kid.
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He gets it.
He's gonna help me get the boys back.
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If you told the detective
that you knew Natalia was a kid,
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then you're probably guilty too.
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If these charges hold,
we could be gone for 75 years.
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We have a natural advantage
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because the public will look at her
and they will see
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a fascination.
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But we need to approach this
as a united front.
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Folks just love a good American family.
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There's just one question
on everybody's mind.
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{\an8}Were you a 22-year-old scam artist...
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{\an8}...or an 8-year-old child left for dead?
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{\an8}- Is that a funny question?
- Well, no.
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{\an8}It's like if somebody decided
to start telling people
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{\an8}that your name's not Dr. Phil,
it's Dr. Will.
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{\an8}And then, those people tell people,
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{\an8}and no matter how hard you try now,
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{\an8}everybody's like, "Hey, it's Dr. Will!"
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{\an8}- So, you're saying...?
- I was eight.
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{\an8}I knew I was eight,
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{\an8}just like how you know
you're Dr. Phil.
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{\an8}But you told people you were 22.
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{\an8}'Cause Kristine trained me to lie...
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{\an8}so people wouldn't figure out
that I was a kid living on my own.
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{\an8}But what about these accusations
the Barnetts keep making,
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{\an8}the horror movie stuff?
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{\an8}You at the foot of their bed
with a knife in your hand?
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{\an8}Of course, I didn't do any of that!
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{\an8}Poisoning Kristine's coffee?
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{\an8}I was cleaning the kitchen,
like she told me to.
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{\an8}I have my spray bottle
in my hand next to her coffee,
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{\an8}she starts screaming.
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{\an8}Kristine Barnett also claims
you pushed her into an electric fence.
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{\an8}The woman tripped.
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{\an8}Then all of a sudden,
she starts screaming I pushed her.
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{\an8}And our lawyer, you know,
talked to the farm who owns that fence.
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{\an8}It wasn't even on.
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{\an8}So, then, they made it all up.
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{\an8}Why?
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{\an8}Listen, when Natalia first got with us,
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{\an8}there were some moments
where she would act out,
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{\an8}and I'd feel like,
"How am I gonna deal with this?"
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{\an8}Because this girl's been broken.
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{\an8}You are not a burden to me,
you are a light.
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{\an8}But I think Kristine
adopted Natalia as a project,
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{\an8}another disabled kid to save.
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{\an8}And when things got rough
and she couldn't be the role model mom
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{\an8}that she thought she was,
she had to find a way to get rid of her.
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{\an8}So, now, you're taking them to court.
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{\an8}What do you hope to get out of that?
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{\an8}It used to be getting back
to my real age...
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{\an8}and getting legally adopted
by my parents here.
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{\an8}And yeah, of course,
I still want that part.
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{\an8}But the other part?
Getting to be a kid again?
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{\an8}That's all gone now.
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{\an8}I'm 16, it's too late.
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{\an8}So then, what do you want now?
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{\an8}I want justice.
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{\an8}I want the Barnetts to do their time.
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{\an8}Oh, for Pete's sake, turn it off.
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I mean, look at how angry she is.
It's terrifying.
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Just looking at her
makes my blood pressure go up.
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It's not good for me.
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That's so weird, you know?
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'Cause I was just thinking
this is exactly like a spa day.
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Is this why you brought me here?
To be tortured and taunted?
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Okay, uh, Terrance,
could you please tell my client
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what you told me on the phone?
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I know that this is hard to watch,
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but in the three years since
Natalia gave that interview,
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her story's only gotten more damning.
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Now, my team's been
culling her depositions,
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some of her vlogs.
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She, uh, posted this last week.
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[on video] Hey, y'all,
me and my family have started a GoFundMe
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to pay for my surgeries.
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I hate being out here begging,
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but my doctors say
I wouldn't have so much pain
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if the Barnetts would have taken care
of me when I was a kid, so...
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Altogether, they give a pretty good peek
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into what the state's gonna lay out
in Mike's trial next week,
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and yours after that,
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that you all were not harmed by Natalia,
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but that she was harmed by you.
Grievously.
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- It's hogwash.
- Can you please let him talk?
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Despite your differences,
you two have been killing it in the press
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and in the court of public opinion.
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But now, we have to face
the court of law.
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And as good as my team is,
we've had some difficulty
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finding rock-solid witnesses.
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Now, if things go well for Mike,
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chances are the charges against you
will get dropped too.
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So, we have been hoping
that you would have some ideas
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of people who could
corroborate your story.
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- Our story.
- You're the one who saw everything.
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Excuse me, pretty sure
Mike's the reason we're in this mess.
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Is he?
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I'm not talking with her here.
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Okay, Jen, do you mind giving us
the room for a few minutes?
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I do, actually, yeah.
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Michael, Jen, with all due respect,
just for a little bit.
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We want Kristine to feel comfortable.
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Look, I-I-I think we need her help, okay?
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Oh my God.
Yeah, fine. I brought a book.
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Okay, thank you.
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Mm.
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My mom keeps saying
I'm rabbit-holing and I gotta chill.
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But of course, I'm obsessing.
This is my life.
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No one's saying not to focus on it, baby.
I'm just saying, you gotta eat,
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- you gotta pee--
- Will you stop?
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The other day,
I nearly jumped outta my skin
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'cause I heard Kristine Barnett's voice
coming from the john.
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Turns out it was just Natalia
Facebook-stalking her from the toilet.
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I'm not stalking her.
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I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear
anything about stalking,
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and draw your attention instead
to the case we're building.
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Now, the case
we're building rests on two things.
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One, we have to discredit Natalia.
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Paint her as unreliable, a sociopath.
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And two, we need to show
that you all were a nice couple
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who tried to support
your capable adult dependent
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as best you could.
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So, let's start with the age.
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Who else can speak to that?
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Did you look into First Path?
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They were changing birth dates,
fudging documents.
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- There was a whole class action lawsuit.
- Yep, yep.
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That suit absolutely goes towards, uh,
discrediting Natalia's age,
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but it doesn't confirm it.
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So, who else?
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Doctors, uh, outside of Lawrence?
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I just cannot believe I'm here again.
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This is literal hell!
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Okay. Well, um... maybe we could think
about people
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who could speak
to her behavior, uh, the violence.
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- What about somebody from the school?
- Oh.
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So, Dr. Wachter,
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one thing the defense will argue
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is that Natalia was expelled
for behavioral issues.
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Yeah, I heard that Mrs. Barnett
was saying
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that she had pulled Natalia out of school
because she was a danger to other kids,
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she was bullying them,
ramming them with her walker.
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- But that's baloney.
- That's a dead-end.
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He blacklisted me 'cause I called out
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the way they treated kids
with disabilities.
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{\an8}Natalia was the sweetest kid.
Polite, funny.
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{\an8}Uh, honestly, it was the mom
who made me nervous.
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{\an8}I offered accessibility training,
and they laughed in my face.
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They were hostile.
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{\an8}She was really strict
with Natalia, and mean.
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{\an8}But if you raised that with her,
she would flip
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{\an8}and say what an advocate
she was for special kids.
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Okay, what about the mom
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from New Jersey, right?
She had the same issues that we had.
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She showed up at my door
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with this theory
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{\an8}that Natalia was a con artist
stealing money for her medical care.
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{\an8} She kept saying
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{\an8}that it was exactly like
that movie Orphan.
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{\an8}And did that track at all for you?
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{\an8}What, that she was a con artist?
No.
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{\an8}The last time I saw her, she was seven.
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{\an8}No way.
What's she gonna do?
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Get up there and say,
"Yeah, I knew she was an adult,
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so I foisted her on another family"?
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She'll just lie.
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{\an8}
So, why did you, then, give her up?
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{\an8}Her needs were more
than we were prepared for.
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{\an8}We thought that we were
doing the right thing,
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{\an8}giving her to a family
that was better equipped to care for her.
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{\an8}I'll never forgive myself for that.
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{\an8}I don't know,
she was totally honest with you, right?
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About-- about her son's birthday,
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and-- and how Natalia stole money
from them, right?
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That's different, sweetie.
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Me on the street versus in court?
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She'll never tell the truth.
She has blood on her hands.
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Okay, um, what about
the psychiatric hospital?
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{\an8}I'm a pediatric nurse
at Larue Psychiatric Hospital.
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{\an8}Natalia was on my rotation
when they changed her age.
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{\an8}I was worried about what
might happen to a child
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{\an8}in the adult wing
of a psychiatric facility.
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{\an8}But it was court-ordered.
I didn't have a choice.
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Natalia's very good
at making people feel sorry for her,
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especially vulnerable people.
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It's what she did to Mike.
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That's part of sociopathy:
manipulation.
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[on video] I have no idea where
this talk of sociopathy came from.
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{\an8}Natalia expressed joy, curiosity, empathy.
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{\an8}I mean, despite the mother's insistence,
there was no diagnosis.
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Is there no one
who can talk on our behalf?
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Don't be ridiculous.
There's plenty of people.
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What about the neighbors?
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I practically had to beg that woman
not to call the cops on her.
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{\an8}She was always asking for food
or to use my phone.
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{\an8}She was dirty.
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{\an8}I thought she was peculiar,
but now knowing, it all adds up.
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{\an8}I was so peeved about what she did
to my grandson,
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{\an8}but turns out she was
even younger than he was.
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So, that's it then.
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I'm toast.
234
00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:27,829
I wish she had held me up
against that fence until I fried.
235
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- Oh, my God...
- This is so much worse!
236
00:12:32,627 --> 00:12:34,336
I hope Natalia knows,
237
00:12:34,337 --> 00:12:38,382
{\an8}if I'd known what was really going on,
I'd have done something.
238
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{\an8}I-- I hope this helps get her
239
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the justice she deserves.
240
00:12:45,223 --> 00:12:46,223
Wow.
241
00:12:46,224 --> 00:12:47,891
Now, is this gonna hurt us,
242
00:12:47,892 --> 00:12:50,060
since Tally first told that gal
she was 22?
243
00:12:50,061 --> 00:12:52,062
Because Kristine told me to.
244
00:12:52,063 --> 00:12:53,939
I understand that, baby.
245
00:12:53,940 --> 00:12:56,275
I'm asking if the judge
will understand it.
246
00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:59,653
We'll have psychologists speak
to the coercion Natalia faced,
247
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the Stockholm syndrome.
248
00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:04,533
You're feeling confident then?
Nothing keeping you up at night?
249
00:13:04,534 --> 00:13:06,368
Will you stop?
She said she feels good.
250
00:13:06,369 --> 00:13:08,120
Well, no, no, no. I didn't say that.
251
00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:09,955
Optimism gives me indigestion.
252
00:13:09,956 --> 00:13:12,916
I still wish we had
a clear story for the jury
253
00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:17,504
to explain why a nice-seeming couple
would do something so god-awful.
254
00:13:17,505 --> 00:13:20,382
We've been scouring their texts
to see if they ever talk about you,
255
00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:21,843
but it's almost nothing.
256
00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:26,763
Wait, did you check her Facebook?
257
00:13:26,764 --> 00:13:27,889
Why?
258
00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:31,768
Kristine lives on Facebook.
259
00:13:31,769 --> 00:13:34,188
I bet a thousand bucks they use Messenger.
260
00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:36,316
Gabe?
261
00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:39,818
Can we subpoena
the Barnetts' Facebook messages?
262
00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:42,905
- Isn't the trial in two days?
- Yes, and?
263
00:13:52,790 --> 00:13:54,833
Hey, sorry you had to wait.
264
00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:58,587
Driving the final nail in my coffin
took longer than expected.
265
00:13:58,588 --> 00:14:00,881
Oh, really?
So, the Kristine Barnett
266
00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:02,632
didn't swoop in and save the day?
267
00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:05,177
Oh God, it was brutal.
268
00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:08,972
It's like being tortured,
beaten to a pulp.
269
00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,515
Trials are pugilism.
270
00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:12,393
You gotta punch, get punched.
271
00:14:13,895 --> 00:14:19,232
Which is why I would love to discuss
a potential nuclear option.
272
00:14:19,233 --> 00:14:22,320
A-- a Hail Mary, should we need it.
273
00:14:23,988 --> 00:14:24,989
Listening.
274
00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:27,783
Should this not go our way,
275
00:14:27,784 --> 00:14:30,702
my guess is that
they will offer us immunity
276
00:14:30,703 --> 00:14:32,538
to testify against Kristine.
277
00:14:33,956 --> 00:14:38,044
I mean, the state wants Mike,
but they want her more.
278
00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:41,714
Really?
279
00:14:47,095 --> 00:14:49,305
Do you think that's
something you could do?
280
00:14:53,142 --> 00:14:55,769
Yes, of course
that's something he can do.
281
00:14:55,770 --> 00:14:58,355
She is the mother of my children.
282
00:14:58,356 --> 00:15:00,399
Who she never lets you see!
283
00:15:00,983 --> 00:15:03,777
Mike, this is a no-brainer.
284
00:15:03,778 --> 00:15:06,197
This is a literal
get-out-of-jail-free card.
285
00:15:08,449 --> 00:15:11,952
All I've ever wanted to do
is help as many kids as humanly possible.
286
00:15:11,953 --> 00:15:14,371
So, the one silver lining of the pandemic
287
00:15:14,372 --> 00:15:15,831
was realizing...
288
00:15:15,832 --> 00:15:17,415
...I'm not a slave to geography,
289
00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:21,628
and I can take my patented
Spark Method international,
290
00:15:21,629 --> 00:15:25,257
and bring it and sell it
to organizations like yours.
291
00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:29,928
Can you hear me?
292
00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:32,931
Sorry, no, you're frozen.
293
00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,141
Okay, um...
294
00:15:34,142 --> 00:15:36,601
Um, is this better?
295
00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:40,355
I'm trying to say,
we were very interested in your program,
296
00:15:40,356 --> 00:15:43,900
but my board was doing
their homework on you,
297
00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:47,029
and something comes up
about child neglect charges?
298
00:15:48,239 --> 00:15:49,573
- Um...
- Oh, wow, we made it
299
00:15:49,574 --> 00:15:51,950
all the way to Slovenia, huh?
300
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:54,536
Hi. Hi, sorry, um...
301
00:15:54,537 --> 00:15:57,373
Just so you know,
Kristine was the real victim.
302
00:15:58,583 --> 00:16:00,125
This is my friend, Val.
303
00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:03,587
I've been staying with her
during this very difficult time.
304
00:16:03,588 --> 00:16:04,921
Hi, hi.
305
00:16:04,922 --> 00:16:07,382
You know,
she was targeted by a con artist
306
00:16:07,383 --> 00:16:09,259
pretending to be a child,
307
00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:13,013
and this person's just dragging her
and her family's name through the mud.
308
00:16:13,014 --> 00:16:14,931
A res? That's unbelievable.
309
00:16:14,932 --> 00:16:17,350
Yeah, well, what makes
it even more tragic
310
00:16:17,351 --> 00:16:19,102
is Kristine is the real deal.
311
00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:21,021
My daughter Shawn?
312
00:16:21,022 --> 00:16:23,064
My God, what we went through
when we adopted her,
313
00:16:23,065 --> 00:16:25,984
and now, she's going to be
a freshman at Penn
314
00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,444
because of Kristine.
315
00:16:27,445 --> 00:16:29,196
She completely changed our lives.
316
00:16:29,197 --> 00:16:31,823
Wow, that's very powerful.
317
00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:36,036
I would be happy to, you know,
send a letter to your board,
318
00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:37,621
or whatever you might need.
319
00:16:37,622 --> 00:16:39,664
Oh yeah, yes.
Yes, wonderful.
320
00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:42,501
- Thank you, speak soon.
- I'm looking forward to it.
321
00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:45,004
God bless the children.
322
00:16:46,422 --> 00:16:48,506
You are a literal godsend.
323
00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:51,134
Well, gotta do something
324
00:16:51,135 --> 00:16:53,428
to help you pay me back for all
those fancy lawyers, right?
325
00:16:55,765 --> 00:16:56,932
I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
326
00:16:56,933 --> 00:17:00,227
You know I am happy to help
however I can, truly.
327
00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:03,939
You know, the lawyers
say if Mike gets off,
328
00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:05,441
they'll drop my charges too.
329
00:17:06,651 --> 00:17:08,276
- That's great!
- But the witnesses
330
00:17:08,277 --> 00:17:13,032
his team is bringing in
are just... terrible.
331
00:17:15,076 --> 00:17:17,285
- Would you ever be willing?
- Yeah.
332
00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:18,995
No, of-- [scoffs] of course.
333
00:17:18,996 --> 00:17:22,499
I mean, you know I'm happy
to sing your praises whenever I can!
334
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,794
Mainly, it would be talking
about Natalia and what you saw,
335
00:17:25,795 --> 00:17:29,256
how violent she was and manipulative,
336
00:17:29,257 --> 00:17:32,050
and how she was a threat
to me and my family.
337
00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,344
Right.
338
00:17:34,345 --> 00:17:37,056
Sorry, I'm just--
I'm just trying to think.
339
00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:43,186
I don't know that I actually
saw saw any of the incidents.
340
00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:45,188
You just told Irena all about it.
341
00:17:45,189 --> 00:17:46,898
Well, sure.
342
00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:49,234
But I mean, that's all stuff
that you told me.
343
00:17:49,235 --> 00:17:52,697
I-- I can't go into court and say
that I saw things I didn't see, right?
344
00:17:53,698 --> 00:17:55,699
What do they always say on those shows?
345
00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:57,994
Uh, "Objection! Hearsay."
346
00:18:00,371 --> 00:18:01,830
Right.
No, I wouldn't want you
347
00:18:01,831 --> 00:18:03,916
to do anything
you're not comfortable with.
348
00:18:09,297 --> 00:18:12,048
We got the Facebook messages,
and holy shit,
349
00:18:12,049 --> 00:18:13,718
hold onto your butts.
350
00:18:16,596 --> 00:18:19,639
These messages
are the most incriminating evidence
351
00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:21,558
I've seen in my entire career.
352
00:18:21,559 --> 00:18:26,438
For starters, you both use
the M-word repeatedly
353
00:18:26,439 --> 00:18:29,233
- when referring to Natalia.
- What's the M-word?
354
00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:35,363
No matter how many times
we say that you cared for Natalia,
355
00:18:35,364 --> 00:18:37,741
using an epithet against
little people proves bias,
356
00:18:37,742 --> 00:18:39,909
- and that indicates intent.
- That's not fair!
357
00:18:39,910 --> 00:18:41,871
Uh, I didn't know it was a bad word.
Kris, did you?
358
00:18:44,915 --> 00:18:47,208
These words go in and out
of fashion all the time.
359
00:18:47,209 --> 00:18:49,711
Oh-- Well, okay, Michael,
360
00:18:49,712 --> 00:18:52,922
you also referred to her as "that thing,"
361
00:18:52,923 --> 00:18:56,384
as in, "That thing totally blew people
for McDonald's."
362
00:18:56,385 --> 00:18:59,889
And Kristine, you called her
"a smoked-out, hungover hooker."
363
00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:02,724
That doesn't sound like me.
364
00:19:08,439 --> 00:19:11,149
Who hasn't said ugly things
about a person who was cruel to them?
365
00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:12,609
She was torturing us.
366
00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:14,569
Honestly, it doesn't matter
what you said.
367
00:19:14,570 --> 00:19:16,237
It's that you didn't
tell us about this crap,
368
00:19:16,238 --> 00:19:18,031
and the trial starts tomorrow.
369
00:19:18,032 --> 00:19:20,617
Well, these were private messages,
and we were married.
370
00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,786
In a case involving a child,
spousal privilege doesn't hold.
371
00:19:22,787 --> 00:19:24,913
- She isn't a child!
- The charges say she is.
372
00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:28,249
And so did Michael, which is why
even though she's legally an adult,
373
00:19:28,250 --> 00:19:30,669
they're able to say
you abandoned a child.
374
00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,629
They-- they can't read these
in the courtroom.
375
00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:34,130
No kidding.
376
00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:36,883
Deidra and I are going to huddle up,
377
00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:38,176
get back into these case files,
378
00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:40,136
and see if we can get these stricken.
379
00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:42,682
In the meantime, you two,
get your shit together.
380
00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:45,183
Read through these.
381
00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:49,479
Be prepared for what
the other side now knows.
382
00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,523
And I'm gonna call you an Uber,
my friend,
383
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:53,818
because you don't look fit to drive.
384
00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,321
It's okay.
I'll take him.
385
00:19:58,322 --> 00:19:59,740
We can go through this stuff together.
386
00:20:03,244 --> 00:20:06,121
"I have a video of you
whooping the holy freaking hell
387
00:20:06,122 --> 00:20:08,707
"out of Natalia in the living room
388
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:10,876
when you tried to beat
the truth outta her."
389
00:20:13,129 --> 00:20:14,754
Then she says, "Whatever.
390
00:20:14,755 --> 00:20:17,674
That midget was very evil,
and you know it."
391
00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:29,645
I mean, the worse they are,
the better for me, right?
392
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:32,732
I knew it was bad.
393
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:36,234
But getting in their heads,
394
00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:38,027
understanding how they saw you,
395
00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:39,905
the words they used to talk about you?
396
00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:43,200
I hate that you have to see all this.
397
00:20:45,453 --> 00:20:48,164
It's the way a lot of people
talk about people like me.
398
00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:54,794
I'm just saying,
if you decide it's too much,
399
00:20:54,795 --> 00:20:57,380
that you don't want to go to court,
we've got you.
400
00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:59,216
I promise.
401
00:21:01,677 --> 00:21:03,471
I'm not a kid anymore, Brandon.
402
00:21:04,638 --> 00:21:06,766
When I tell you I can handle this...
403
00:21:08,142 --> 00:21:09,643
I need you to listen.
404
00:21:12,563 --> 00:21:14,773
Why would you write
something like that in a message?!
405
00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:16,483
That you beat her?
Because you did!
406
00:21:16,484 --> 00:21:18,276
And-- and you wrote right back
like it was nothing,
407
00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:20,236
like you were proud!
408
00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:22,323
Whatever.
She was evil, and you know it.
409
00:21:23,032 --> 00:21:25,658
I was just trying to protect
my family from her.
410
00:21:25,659 --> 00:21:28,995
When you take it out of context,
it makes me sound like a monster!
411
00:21:28,996 --> 00:21:31,039
I swear, Michael,
if I go to jail because of you...
412
00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:38,005
- What's so funny?
- Nothing, it's just... it's ironical.
413
00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:44,010
I'm not gonna let you
pull that crap with me, Michael.
414
00:21:44,011 --> 00:21:45,262
What is funny?
415
00:21:48,432 --> 00:21:50,851
Terrance says that if I'm found guilty...
416
00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:55,773
they'll probably offer me immunity
to testify against you.
417
00:21:56,857 --> 00:22:01,195
Apparently, the state wants you so bad
that they're willing to let me off.
418
00:22:05,616 --> 00:22:07,409
And what will you do?
419
00:22:09,870 --> 00:22:11,330
It's a problem for another day.
420
00:22:23,259 --> 00:22:25,635
I know you don't wanna go
to jail, Michael.
421
00:22:25,636 --> 00:22:27,638
I know you wanna stay
with your new family.
422
00:22:28,681 --> 00:22:31,433
But I don't really think
you want me to go to jail, do you?
423
00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:34,562
Can you live with that?
424
00:22:35,646 --> 00:22:37,147
The boys having no mother?
425
00:22:41,944 --> 00:22:43,153
I don't know.
426
00:22:48,659 --> 00:22:52,245
We should go somewhere
and go through these, like Terrance said.
427
00:22:52,246 --> 00:22:53,998
Maybe there's a way I can help.
428
00:22:58,794 --> 00:23:02,171
It should be quiet in here.
Boys went to go see the new Thor.
429
00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:04,508
Oh, okay.
430
00:23:05,134 --> 00:23:06,176
Oh!
431
00:23:07,511 --> 00:23:10,180
- What happened to the movie?
- Tickets were sold out.
432
00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:13,224
- Oh.
- What's he doing here?
433
00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:16,729
Your dad's trial starts tomorrow,
so we have a few things to go over.
434
00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:22,984
You guys look really good.
You got so big.
435
00:23:22,985 --> 00:23:24,944
Mike, why don't you
let me talk to the boys?
436
00:23:24,945 --> 00:23:27,823
I'll meet you upstairs,
it's the second door on the right.
437
00:23:29,867 --> 00:23:33,119
- So did you guys get something to eat?
- No, we're not hungry.
438
00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:35,455
- Can we please talk about what's going on?
- I told you,
439
00:23:35,456 --> 00:23:36,623
I'm helping your dad.
440
00:23:36,624 --> 00:23:38,291
But you said that he hurt you.
441
00:23:38,292 --> 00:23:40,460
He's on his meds now,
and he's harmless.
442
00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:41,794
You don't have to see him again.
443
00:23:41,795 --> 00:23:43,963
Who cares?
I don't wanna see him.
444
00:23:43,964 --> 00:23:45,381
End of discussion.
445
00:23:45,382 --> 00:23:48,636
- I'm going up there now.
- Mom, no. This is crazy.
446
00:23:49,345 --> 00:23:50,930
Keep playing.
447
00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:06,778
Uh... did-- did you plan
for them to be here?
448
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,738
What?
No, you heard them.
449
00:24:08,739 --> 00:24:12,200
The movie got sold out,
though they've seen it three times.
450
00:24:12,201 --> 00:24:16,205
I-I don't-- I don't...
I'm not sure I believe you, Kris.
451
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:21,126
Look, it... [scoffs] It's fine, I just...
452
00:24:22,795 --> 00:24:24,587
We need to talk about everything else.
453
00:24:24,588 --> 00:24:27,131
This is-- this is feeling
really weird, okay?
454
00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:29,676
It's really weird
that no one is backing you up.
455
00:24:29,677 --> 00:24:33,805
And I'm just like,
"She didn't make this up, did she?"
456
00:24:33,806 --> 00:24:35,391
I mean, did-- did you make this up?
457
00:24:36,767 --> 00:24:40,812
You've got to be kidding me.
No, you're not pinning this on me.
458
00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,146
Who took her to Larue?
459
00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:44,440
Who made her her own trustee?
460
00:24:44,441 --> 00:24:47,068
Pretty sure it's both of our names
on the re-aging petition.
461
00:24:47,069 --> 00:24:50,029
I did those things because of you!
462
00:24:50,030 --> 00:24:52,198
- You lower your voice.
- Kris!
463
00:24:52,199 --> 00:24:54,076
I don't wanna scare my boys.
464
00:24:57,121 --> 00:25:00,707
I did those things,
and I only did those things,
465
00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:03,292
because I believed you,
because you told me it was true,
466
00:25:03,293 --> 00:25:05,086
and you asked me to do it,
and I did that stuff.
467
00:25:05,087 --> 00:25:07,381
And if this isn't real, Kris...
468
00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:10,466
Do-- do you understand?
469
00:25:10,467 --> 00:25:13,928
If, if, if what you said is--
470
00:25:13,929 --> 00:25:16,932
and if Natalia didn't...
471
00:25:20,019 --> 00:25:21,186
Oh, my God!
472
00:25:24,648 --> 00:25:27,483
Oh, my God, if we...
473
00:25:31,447 --> 00:25:32,905
I can't-- I--
474
00:25:32,906 --> 00:25:35,241
I can't-- oh, hold on, I need to sit down.
I can't--
475
00:25:39,580 --> 00:25:41,164
Kris, I'm having a panic attack.
476
00:25:41,165 --> 00:25:42,457
- I can't.
- Okay. Okay.
477
00:25:42,458 --> 00:25:45,334
- Oh God, I can't breathe.
- Okay, I'm here.
478
00:25:45,335 --> 00:25:48,171
It's okay.
479
00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:51,258
I'm here. I'm here.
480
00:25:52,468 --> 00:25:54,594
Shh.
481
00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:56,095
- Do you feel my hand?
- Yes!
482
00:25:59,475 --> 00:26:02,143
I'm here. It's okay.
483
00:26:02,144 --> 00:26:04,854
It's alright.
484
00:26:04,855 --> 00:26:07,273
- Okay.
- You know what I think?
485
00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:09,942
You can't let them
get into your head, baby.
486
00:26:09,943 --> 00:26:11,111
Okay.
487
00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:14,823
Don't let them undo all the good you did.
488
00:26:17,117 --> 00:26:18,535
Natalia was lying.
489
00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:21,163
She was dangerous.
490
00:26:22,498 --> 00:26:25,542
I know this is hard,
and I know you've been hurting.
491
00:26:27,544 --> 00:26:28,837
But you're a good man.
492
00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:31,590
You're a good father.
493
00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:34,635
A good man.
494
00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:39,431
You know why things
got bad for us at the end?
495
00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,893
It's because you stopped needing me.
496
00:26:44,228 --> 00:26:47,564
Kris, no, I needed you.
I did, I...
497
00:26:49,858 --> 00:26:52,110
I thought you were ignoring me.
498
00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:55,989
And I-- I was so lonely, I...
499
00:26:57,825 --> 00:26:59,408
I was dying without you.
500
00:26:59,409 --> 00:27:02,162
You never got over
what happened with her.
501
00:27:03,539 --> 00:27:04,706
You blamed me.
502
00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:10,087
I mean, the way you looked at me
completely changed.
503
00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:14,925
You started looking at me
like I was the enemy.
504
00:27:17,386 --> 00:27:20,722
And I know you don't mean it, but...
505
00:27:22,182 --> 00:27:24,351
it kind of feels like
what you're doing now.
506
00:27:25,352 --> 00:27:27,395
Like I'm this terrible person.
507
00:27:27,396 --> 00:27:29,647
Baby, what we did was heroic.
508
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:32,150
We had to protect our family.
509
00:27:39,074 --> 00:27:40,409
And you stepped up.
510
00:27:42,244 --> 00:27:44,288
When I needed you, you stepped up.
511
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,835
Then you had a plan to put her away,
512
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:52,796
and to go to Dr. Lawrence.
513
00:27:56,633 --> 00:28:00,177
- Yeah.
- When you did that,
514
00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,723
- it made me feel so safe.
- Mm.
515
00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:05,642
So loved.
516
00:28:09,938 --> 00:28:11,356
And I guess that's...
517
00:28:18,071 --> 00:28:21,116
That's the feeling I was trying
to hold onto when I...
518
00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:27,164
I sent you those pictures.
519
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,207
Mm.
520
00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:32,711
God, those fucking pictures.
521
00:28:43,138 --> 00:28:44,139
I...
522
00:28:46,141 --> 00:28:47,309
I kept them.
523
00:28:48,936 --> 00:28:50,437
You did?
524
00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:54,732
Yeah...
525
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:56,401
I like those pictures.
526
00:28:58,654 --> 00:29:00,322
I know what you like, Michael.
527
00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:02,658
You know I do.
528
00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:15,169
We're, uh, we're pretty hungry.
Can we go get some pizza or something?
529
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:17,381
Well, that's a great idea.
530
00:29:19,341 --> 00:29:23,136
What do you say we go
to Villa Tronco, like old times?
531
00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:27,307
Jacob?
532
00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:33,438
Wes?
533
00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:38,819
You wanna come, Dad?
It's been a while.
534
00:29:39,861 --> 00:29:42,905
♪ A bottle of white ♪
535
00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:46,659
- ♪ A bottle of red ♪
- Yeah.
536
00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:51,914
♪ Perhaps a bottle of rose instead ♪
537
00:29:57,212 --> 00:30:00,090
- Wes, have another piece.
- I'm good.
538
00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:03,300
Waste not, want not.
539
00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:06,387
Kris, he said he's good.
Christ.
540
00:30:06,388 --> 00:30:08,098
Don't talk to Mom like that.
541
00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,561
♪ A bottle of white ♪
542
00:30:14,062 --> 00:30:18,274
♪ It all depends
upon your appetite ♪
543
00:30:19,693 --> 00:30:21,862
Oh. Uh, that's Terrance.
Be right back.
544
00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:25,406
Hey, what's up, my man?
545
00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:27,450
Check your texts.
546
00:30:34,750 --> 00:30:37,460
Oh, my God, holy shit.
547
00:30:37,461 --> 00:30:39,336
Yep.
The birth mom came forward
548
00:30:39,337 --> 00:30:42,214
with hospital records,
the birth certificate, the whole nine.
549
00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:45,259
Uh, so this is, like, really, really bad?
550
00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:46,803
Could be the death knell.
551
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:49,889
You think any more about immunity?
552
00:30:54,561 --> 00:30:58,189
If the tables were turned,
you know she'd take it.
553
00:31:04,071 --> 00:31:05,447
Yeah, um...
554
00:31:07,949 --> 00:31:09,868
If-- if it goes bad, let's...
555
00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:12,954
let's do it.
556
00:31:15,999 --> 00:31:19,169
"This girl is my daughter
who was born 20 years ago.
557
00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:23,047
"Doctors told me to leave the baby,
558
00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:26,300
"that she had a complex pathology.
559
00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:28,094
"'Don't ruin your life,' they said.
560
00:31:28,095 --> 00:31:31,890
They had me surrender her
immediately to an orphanage."
561
00:31:46,113 --> 00:31:48,322
I don't think we can show her.
562
00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:51,117
Well, how are we gonna hide it?
563
00:31:51,118 --> 00:31:54,329
I know it's awful, but I mean,
it's all over the news.
564
00:31:55,664 --> 00:31:58,124
But the way she's been obsessing,
565
00:31:58,125 --> 00:32:02,211
she's liable to hop on a plane
and hightail it to the Ukraine.
566
00:32:05,006 --> 00:32:06,257
Hi, baby.
567
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:07,717
I read it.
568
00:32:09,219 --> 00:32:10,554
It's great for the case.
569
00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:32,033
Mm.
570
00:32:37,914 --> 00:32:40,000
I told Terrance I'll do it.
571
00:32:41,835 --> 00:32:43,420
The immunity thing.
572
00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:49,717
- Mm.
- Baby, I'm really scared.
573
00:32:54,347 --> 00:32:56,932
Proceedings begin today
in a most unusual adoption case
574
00:32:56,933 --> 00:32:59,268
that has attracted
international attention.
575
00:32:59,269 --> 00:33:00,395
Morning, bud.
576
00:33:02,147 --> 00:33:03,607
Have you read this, Mom?
577
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:07,319
I don't read lies.
578
00:33:12,782 --> 00:33:14,284
Wheels up in five, boys.
579
00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:17,328
Michael Barnett
and his now ex-wife Kristine
580
00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:20,080
stand accused of multiple counts
of felony neglect,
581
00:33:20,081 --> 00:33:23,959
for abandoning their adopted
eight-year-old daughter Natalia Grace,
582
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,297
whom they claim was an adult
con artist out for blood.
583
00:33:30,759 --> 00:33:32,509
In breaking news overnight,
584
00:33:32,510 --> 00:33:34,887
Natalia's biological mother
has come forward
585
00:33:34,888 --> 00:33:38,641
with the revelation that
she gave birth to Natalia in 2003,
586
00:33:38,642 --> 00:33:41,352
not 1989, as the Barnetts claim.
587
00:33:41,353 --> 00:33:44,021
This could be the smoking gun
the state needs to prove
588
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:47,107
that the Barnetts abandoned her
in a Westfield apartment
589
00:33:47,108 --> 00:33:49,068
when she was only eight years old.
590
00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:52,988
All eyes are on
the Tippecanoe County Courthouse
591
00:33:52,989 --> 00:33:56,825
where counsel from both sides
have gathered for a pretrial hearing
592
00:33:56,826 --> 00:33:59,621
to discuss the inclusion
of this latest wrinkle.
593
00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:02,666
You're okay, you're okay.
594
00:34:06,002 --> 00:34:07,170
Okay.
595
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,593
Uh, wait, where's Terrance?
596
00:34:15,011 --> 00:34:17,429
Your Honor, at this time,
the state requests--
597
00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:19,432
Just a moment, Miss Starbuck.
598
00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:22,852
Where's the counsel for the defense?
599
00:34:24,813 --> 00:34:26,730
Uh, I'm sorry, my honor.
600
00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:28,023
"Your Honor," please.
601
00:34:28,024 --> 00:34:30,234
Right, "Your Honor."
602
00:34:30,235 --> 00:34:31,568
Doh.
603
00:34:31,569 --> 00:34:33,655
Long-time listener,
first-time defendant.
604
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:42,371
Uh, my-- my counsel, um, uh,
Terrance Kinnard, he's never late.
605
00:34:42,372 --> 00:34:46,166
So, if I could-- maybe we could have
just a quick, um...
606
00:34:46,167 --> 00:34:47,501
- Uh, what do you call it?
- Recess.
607
00:34:47,502 --> 00:34:49,712
Recess. Um, I could call him.
608
00:34:49,713 --> 00:34:52,464
I'm afraid I'm the one
that calls the recesses, Mr. Barnett.
609
00:34:52,465 --> 00:34:54,049
Ah, Your Honor.
610
00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:56,927
Uh, Judge Huss, please accept
my deepest apologies.
611
00:34:56,928 --> 00:35:00,806
Uh, two flat tires.
What are the odds?
612
00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:02,933
Nice to see you, Terrance.
613
00:35:02,934 --> 00:35:04,476
Uh, as I started to say,
614
00:35:04,477 --> 00:35:08,147
in light of the breaking news
about my client's birth mother,
615
00:35:08,148 --> 00:35:09,857
the state requests a postponement
616
00:35:09,858 --> 00:35:12,985
so we can send someone
to Ukraine to test DNA.
617
00:35:12,986 --> 00:35:17,156
Uh, I-- I apologize, Your Honor,
uh, but I hold our legal system
618
00:35:17,157 --> 00:35:19,366
in the highest regard,
as I know you do, too.
619
00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:23,662
Uh, so, I'm offended on your behalf
that Miss Starbuck would waltz in here
620
00:35:23,663 --> 00:35:27,374
on the day our proceedings are to begin
and attempt to trick this court
621
00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:30,753
into relitigating, uh, Miss Barnett's age.
622
00:35:30,754 --> 00:35:33,964
Miss Barnett filed countless petitions
to change her age,
623
00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:36,050
each of which was denied by the court,
624
00:35:36,051 --> 00:35:38,177
who upheld the fact
that she was an adult
625
00:35:38,178 --> 00:35:41,096
when the, uh, Barnetts
rented her an apartment.
626
00:35:41,097 --> 00:35:43,807
Your Honor, the state
has unequivocal evidence
627
00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:48,854
that Natalia was eight years old when
the Barnetts abandoned her, alone.
628
00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:50,773
You know,
I should thank you, Miss Starbuck,
629
00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:52,650
because in trying to relitigate this,
630
00:35:52,651 --> 00:35:54,318
you forced me to go back
through paperwork
631
00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:57,655
I've read a hundred times,
and something new caught my eye.
632
00:35:57,656 --> 00:35:59,114
See this here.
633
00:35:59,115 --> 00:36:03,911
Um, the state was previously granted
the opportunity to appeal the decision
634
00:36:03,912 --> 00:36:07,289
in Miss Barnett's 2017 re-aging trial,
and they opted not to.
635
00:36:07,290 --> 00:36:10,042
And so, now, here we are,
five years later,
636
00:36:10,043 --> 00:36:12,753
and they wanna waste the court's time
by suddenly trying to appeal?
637
00:36:12,754 --> 00:36:16,507
I mean, I'm sorry, but that ship
has circumnavigated the globe by now.
638
00:36:16,508 --> 00:36:19,468
Uh, Your Honor, Mr. Kinnard
knows he has a losing case...
639
00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:21,428
...so he's grasping at straws,
640
00:36:21,429 --> 00:36:23,722
trying to throw out evidence
on a technicality, truly.
641
00:36:23,723 --> 00:36:25,599
If you wanna talk grasping at straws,
642
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,852
uh, look no further than Miss Starbuck
trying to use a tabloid
643
00:36:28,853 --> 00:36:31,438
to smuggle the question
of Miss Barnett's age into court.
644
00:36:31,439 --> 00:36:33,524
I'm sorry,
but the question of Natalia's age
645
00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:35,651
has not been smuggled in here.
646
00:36:35,652 --> 00:36:39,363
Half the charges against Mr. Barnett
hinge on the question of her age!
647
00:36:39,364 --> 00:36:41,824
Um, which is why the defense
would like to submit a motion
648
00:36:41,825 --> 00:36:43,617
to dismiss these bogus charges...
649
00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:45,119
- What?!
- ...uh, so as not to waste any more
650
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,329
of the court's valuable time.
651
00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,248
Miss Starbuck, is it true that the state
652
00:36:49,249 --> 00:36:52,376
declined to appeal the ruling
of Natalia's age in 2017?
653
00:36:52,377 --> 00:36:54,128
- Yes, Your Honor, but--
- Hold that thought.
654
00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:57,756
Ah.
655
00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:12,354
Okay, this court will not set precedent
656
00:37:12,355 --> 00:37:15,315
for a criminal case
to attack civil decisions,
657
00:37:15,316 --> 00:37:17,735
especially ones that have been
upheld so many times.
658
00:37:17,736 --> 00:37:20,779
The state had ample opportunity
659
00:37:20,780 --> 00:37:24,283
to appeal the results
of Natalia's age in 2017,
660
00:37:24,284 --> 00:37:25,617
and they declined.
661
00:37:25,618 --> 00:37:29,079
So, I hereby grant the defense's motion
to dismiss the four charges
662
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,832
that rely on Miss Barnett being a child.
663
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:36,754
The remaining four charges that concern
a legal dependent still hold.
664
00:37:36,755 --> 00:37:38,714
Please, Your Honor,
I beg you to reconsider this.
665
00:37:38,715 --> 00:37:41,383
I will give the state lunch
666
00:37:41,384 --> 00:37:43,260
to adjust their strategy.
667
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:46,889
When we reconvene,
the following rules will apply:
668
00:37:46,890 --> 00:37:48,682
Rule number one,
669
00:37:48,683 --> 00:37:52,644
Natalia may not be called
a child or an adult.
670
00:37:52,645 --> 00:37:55,773
If the notion of her age
must be referenced,
671
00:37:55,774 --> 00:38:00,153
she may be referred to as,
"a person born in 1989."
672
00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:04,448
The word "adoption"
and discussion of her schooling
673
00:38:04,449 --> 00:38:07,702
are also barred,
as those relate to her age.
674
00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:13,916
Rule number two, the topic of Natalia
675
00:38:13,917 --> 00:38:17,212
having been re-aged is off-limits.
676
00:38:18,213 --> 00:38:21,715
"Rule number three,
given Natalia's legal age,
677
00:38:21,716 --> 00:38:24,760
"the statute of limitations
preclude litigating offense
678
00:38:24,761 --> 00:38:26,762
that took place prior to 2014"?
679
00:38:26,763 --> 00:38:28,013
This is BS!
680
00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:30,224
Everything they did to her
happened before 2014.
681
00:38:30,225 --> 00:38:32,059
Dr. Young, your orthopedist.
682
00:38:32,060 --> 00:38:35,020
Keep.
The growth plate stuff is out.
683
00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:36,939
But she can testify that
they didn't give her
684
00:38:36,940 --> 00:38:40,359
a walker or orthopedic shoes,
and that increased her pain tenfold.
685
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,236
- Her immigration papers?
- No.
686
00:38:42,237 --> 00:38:44,446
They have her birthday as 2003.
687
00:38:44,447 --> 00:38:46,198
Agent Aguilar from CPS?
688
00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:48,158
Uh-uh.
"Child" Protective Services.
689
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:49,785
I'm sorry, what is happening here?
690
00:38:49,786 --> 00:38:51,787
The whole point is they abandoned a child.
691
00:38:51,788 --> 00:38:54,122
- What else is there?
- They abandoned a disabled adult.
692
00:38:54,123 --> 00:38:55,582
We still have a case.
Four charges.
693
00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:58,418
Well, we can still say
they beat me, right?
694
00:38:58,419 --> 00:39:00,295
You don't have to be a kid to be abused.
695
00:39:00,296 --> 00:39:01,923
We have the Facebook stuff.
696
00:39:02,924 --> 00:39:05,008
We can't use the Facebook messages.
697
00:39:05,009 --> 00:39:07,010
What? Why the heck not?
698
00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:09,638
They're protected under
spousal privilege now.
699
00:39:09,639 --> 00:39:12,683
We were able to make an exception because
she was a child when the abuse occurred.
700
00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:15,310
This is what I'm saying, it's rigged.
This whole system, it's rigged.
701
00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:17,396
Cynthia, with all due respect,
you gotta stop.
702
00:39:17,397 --> 00:39:19,648
We've all been working
too long and hard to let this go.
703
00:39:19,649 --> 00:39:21,775
- This is our chance.
- Don't do that.
704
00:39:21,776 --> 00:39:23,819
Let's try to stay respectful.
705
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:31,785
This isn't gonna end well, baby.
706
00:39:31,786 --> 00:39:34,163
What else am I supposed to do?
707
00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:36,915
It's time to get back in there.
708
00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:38,500
Okay, we can still do this.
709
00:39:38,501 --> 00:39:39,586
Okay.
710
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:51,430
In the case of the State
of Indiana versus Michael Barnett,
711
00:39:51,431 --> 00:39:54,559
the Superior Court of Tippecanoe County
is now in session.
712
00:40:22,128 --> 00:40:23,588
God is in control.
713
00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:28,425
- Remember that.
- Amen.
714
00:40:34,057 --> 00:40:36,184
Will the defendant please rise?
715
00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:43,191
How does the defendant plead?
716
00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:45,860
Not guilty, Your Honor.
717
00:40:47,528 --> 00:40:51,615
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
because of her disability,
718
00:40:51,616 --> 00:40:56,328
Natalia Barnett was incapable
of doing even basic tasks.
719
00:40:56,329 --> 00:40:59,373
She has no ability
to take care of herself,
720
00:40:59,374 --> 00:41:02,709
yet Mr. Barnett abandoned her anyway.
721
00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:05,295
Now, the defense will argue...
722
00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:09,384
Natalia Barnett may look
different than you and me...
723
00:41:10,385 --> 00:41:13,136
but she is a perfectly
competent individual.
724
00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:15,722
Any difficulties she had
while living alone
725
00:41:15,723 --> 00:41:17,557
are not my client's fault.
726
00:41:17,558 --> 00:41:20,228
Did Michael Barnett cause her dwarfism?
727
00:41:21,229 --> 00:41:22,230
I don't think so.
728
00:41:23,731 --> 00:41:25,857
So, Dr. Wachter, can you tell us
729
00:41:25,858 --> 00:41:28,527
how you came to observe
Natalia's disability?
730
00:41:28,528 --> 00:41:30,988
Sure. She attended
Chapel Ridge Elementary School.
731
00:41:30,989 --> 00:41:33,365
Objection!
Your Honor, please instruct counsel
732
00:41:33,366 --> 00:41:35,742
and the witness to abide by your rulings.
733
00:41:35,743 --> 00:41:39,163
Sustained.
The jury will ignore that response.
734
00:41:40,289 --> 00:41:42,124
I'm an LPN in the pediatric wing of Larue.
735
00:41:42,125 --> 00:41:43,917
- Objection!
- Sustained.
736
00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:45,168
This makes no sense.
737
00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:47,504
Her disability wasn't the reason
she couldn't live alone.
738
00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,006
- It was because she was a ch--
- Objection.
739
00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:51,008
Miss Starbuck, watch yourself.
740
00:41:51,009 --> 00:41:53,594
- Well, if I'd known she was a child--
- Objection.
741
00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:56,430
Of course she didn't know
how to shop for herself.
742
00:41:56,431 --> 00:41:57,723
- She was a little--
- Objection.
743
00:41:57,724 --> 00:41:59,558
Then I don't know
how to answer that question.
744
00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:01,685
Objection! Objection! Objection!
745
00:42:01,686 --> 00:42:04,062
We ran a battery of tests
that were conclusive.
746
00:42:04,063 --> 00:42:05,480
- She was a child.
- Objection.
747
00:42:05,481 --> 00:42:07,816
- They knew she was a child!
- Objection!
748
00:42:07,817 --> 00:42:10,736
I'm sorry, are we just not interested
749
00:42:10,737 --> 00:42:12,362
- in the truth here?
- Objection!
750
00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:15,407
Order!
751
00:42:15,408 --> 00:42:18,703
The jury will ignore
the witness' last remarks.
752
00:42:19,412 --> 00:42:21,830
The state claims that you
couldn't live on your own.
753
00:42:21,831 --> 00:42:23,290
But according to my math,
754
00:42:23,291 --> 00:42:25,167
you were old enough
to take care of yourself.
755
00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:27,627
So, can you please
tell the members of the jury
756
00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:30,630
in what year were you born?
757
00:42:35,219 --> 00:42:37,345
- Natalia.
- Hi!
758
00:42:39,432 --> 00:42:42,893
I... I'm a person...
759
00:42:42,894 --> 00:42:44,728
Are you gonna be
my mommy and daddy?
760
00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:47,647
We sure would love that,
if you'll have us.
761
00:42:47,648 --> 00:42:50,108
...born in 1989.
762
00:42:53,362 --> 00:42:55,405
Please don't leave me!
763
00:42:55,406 --> 00:42:57,574
I will. I will.
764
00:42:57,575 --> 00:42:58,868
Please!
765
00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:03,622
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
766
00:43:03,623 --> 00:43:06,875
in the matter of the State of Indiana
versus Michael Barnett,
767
00:43:06,876 --> 00:43:08,668
have you reached a verdict?
768
00:43:08,669 --> 00:43:09,879
We have, Your Honor.
769
00:43:10,797 --> 00:43:12,672
We know these things
can be emotional,
770
00:43:12,673 --> 00:43:14,717
but please, no outbursts.
771
00:43:19,639 --> 00:43:21,891
Will the defendant please rise?
772
00:43:26,813 --> 00:43:29,231
On count one, neglect of a dependent,
773
00:43:29,232 --> 00:43:30,566
we find the defendant...
774
00:43:32,026 --> 00:43:33,985
...not guilty.
775
00:43:33,986 --> 00:43:36,613
Count two, not guilty.
776
00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:39,616
Count three, not guilty...
777
00:43:44,705 --> 00:43:46,958
I'm fine. I'm fine.
778
00:43:48,835 --> 00:43:50,877
You're smart to hide here.
779
00:43:50,878 --> 00:43:52,672
It's a circus down there.
780
00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:56,550
Michael Barnett
trying to win himself an Oscar,
781
00:43:56,551 --> 00:44:00,053
literally on the floor.
"Thank God, thank God!"
782
00:44:00,054 --> 00:44:01,930
- This isn't funny.
- I know, baby.
783
00:44:01,931 --> 00:44:03,598
Nothing about this is funny.
784
00:44:03,599 --> 00:44:05,642
But you're not surprised, right?
785
00:44:05,643 --> 00:44:07,562
You knew this was gonna happen.
786
00:44:09,147 --> 00:44:10,773
I said nothing of the sort.
787
00:44:12,108 --> 00:44:14,819
You think your face
hides anything you're thinking?
788
00:44:16,487 --> 00:44:20,323
I guess it does, if you're getting
"I told you so," from this.
789
00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:22,827
Who was it that said
this wasn't gonna end well?
790
00:44:24,996 --> 00:44:28,081
- I was trying to help you.
- By treating me like a child?
791
00:44:28,082 --> 00:44:29,749
No.
792
00:44:29,750 --> 00:44:33,045
By treating you like a young lady
with a head full of steam.
793
00:44:34,297 --> 00:44:38,925
You act like you're invincible,
and, honey, you are close.
794
00:44:38,926 --> 00:44:41,011
But nobody's invincible, not all the way.
795
00:44:41,012 --> 00:44:42,680
You don't think I know that?
796
00:44:43,848 --> 00:44:46,142
But we both know
it didn't have to be this way.
797
00:44:46,893 --> 00:44:49,895
- What are you gettin' at?
- The guardianship hearing!
798
00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:51,980
You were trying to help me then, too?
799
00:44:51,981 --> 00:44:54,775
You didn't let us appeal the decision,
you made us stop!
800
00:44:55,985 --> 00:44:59,279
Oh, Tally.
That is low.
801
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:02,949
We could have used
the 10 million pieces of evidence
802
00:45:02,950 --> 00:45:05,035
to prove that I was a kid!
803
00:45:05,036 --> 00:45:07,287
My birth mother!
804
00:45:07,288 --> 00:45:09,624
The Facebook messages, the doctors!
805
00:45:11,250 --> 00:45:13,169
But I'm gonna be like this forever.
806
00:45:14,086 --> 00:45:16,796
For the rest of my life,
people will see me
807
00:45:16,797 --> 00:45:19,634
like the Barnetts
want me to be-- a monster.
808
00:45:21,385 --> 00:45:25,222
A 33-year-old monster,
just because you wanted to help.
809
00:45:25,223 --> 00:45:27,016
Oh, no. Uh-uh.
810
00:45:27,934 --> 00:45:29,352
This is not on me, baby.
811
00:45:30,645 --> 00:45:33,104
There is a whole clown car
of people to blame.
812
00:45:33,105 --> 00:45:36,233
Courts, doctors, all the adults
813
00:45:36,234 --> 00:45:38,902
that knew what was happening
and did nothing to stop it.
814
00:45:38,903 --> 00:45:40,488
And I am not one of those people.
815
00:45:42,114 --> 00:45:46,701
Maybe not, but you're worse,
'cause you act like you believe in me,
816
00:45:46,702 --> 00:45:49,330
but you think this is all I am.
817
00:45:50,414 --> 00:45:53,625
A project to help you
feel better about yourself.
818
00:45:53,626 --> 00:45:55,711
You're just like Kristine!
819
00:45:59,131 --> 00:46:00,841
You really think that?
820
00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:06,596
I know you're hurting right now,
but as hurt as you are,
821
00:46:06,597 --> 00:46:08,640
you can't treat me like that.
822
00:46:08,641 --> 00:46:10,351
I'm not the one you're mad at.
823
00:46:11,686 --> 00:46:13,020
I love you.
824
00:46:14,105 --> 00:46:15,856
I don't think you wanna push me away.
825
00:46:21,279 --> 00:46:22,738
I'm a grown-ass woman now.
826
00:46:24,532 --> 00:46:26,325
You can't tell me what I want.
827
00:46:29,662 --> 00:46:30,830
Okay, then.
828
00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:51,182
I just feel giddy to get my life back.
829
00:46:51,183 --> 00:46:53,310
Just finally feel like there's this weight
830
00:46:53,311 --> 00:46:56,980
that's been lifted off,
and I can just breathe
831
00:46:56,981 --> 00:47:00,234
and just get back to saving kids.
832
00:47:02,903 --> 00:47:05,448
- I-- I'm okay.
- We have to celebrate!
833
00:47:10,161 --> 00:47:12,203
I'm gonna email my old publicist,
834
00:47:12,204 --> 00:47:15,875
tell her to shake off the cobwebs.
835
00:47:17,752 --> 00:47:19,085
Whoa!
836
00:47:19,086 --> 00:47:21,546
Facebook's blowing up.
837
00:47:21,547 --> 00:47:24,341
I hope you rot in jail
for what you did to that poor little girl.
838
00:47:24,342 --> 00:47:25,425
You whore!
839
00:47:25,426 --> 00:47:27,594
There's a dark corner
in hell for people like you.
840
00:47:27,595 --> 00:47:28,928
I hope you get raped!
841
00:47:28,929 --> 00:47:30,890
Ugh!
842
00:47:32,224 --> 00:47:33,642
What? What is it?
843
00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:38,855
Kristine, what is it?
844
00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:41,776
People are sick, that's what.
845
00:47:42,777 --> 00:47:46,364
Case is literally closed.
How can people still have questions?
846
00:47:47,698 --> 00:47:48,949
I have a question.
847
00:47:50,368 --> 00:47:51,369
Oh?
848
00:47:52,912 --> 00:47:54,372
Well, I just thought that...
849
00:47:55,831 --> 00:47:58,208
I thought Natalia looked
a lot older up there.
850
00:47:58,209 --> 00:48:00,669
She looked mature.
851
00:48:03,422 --> 00:48:07,635
Well, no matter how hard
we Botox, we all age.
852
00:48:08,636 --> 00:48:10,221
That's not what I meant.
853
00:48:12,306 --> 00:48:14,016
Kris, she looked taller.
854
00:48:14,558 --> 00:48:18,019
She has breasts now, and hips.
855
00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:20,772
She's-- her, her face looks
like a young adult.
856
00:48:20,773 --> 00:48:22,315
Do you have a point, Val?
857
00:48:22,316 --> 00:48:24,150
It's just that a lot
of what they were saying,
858
00:48:24,151 --> 00:48:26,070
what the witnesses were trying to say...
859
00:48:27,488 --> 00:48:31,242
Do you think that possibly, maybe,
maybe you could have been wrong?
860
00:48:32,618 --> 00:48:33,785
Are you kidding me?
861
00:48:35,287 --> 00:48:38,581
- Whose side are you on, Val?
- I was on yours, Kristine.
862
00:48:38,582 --> 00:48:40,959
- But if she was a child--
- She is a monster.
863
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,629
But why are you the only one
who's still holding onto that story?
864
00:48:44,630 --> 00:48:49,801
There were so many doctors who were--
who were willing to testify on her behalf.
865
00:48:49,802 --> 00:48:53,889
And all that stuff with her bio mom,
a-and you couldn't find witnesses, right?
866
00:48:55,182 --> 00:48:56,183
Wow.
867
00:48:57,351 --> 00:48:59,770
I would expect this from some people.
868
00:49:01,063 --> 00:49:02,440
Not my best friend.
869
00:49:03,232 --> 00:49:05,567
Who knew you were such a Judas?
Boys!
870
00:49:05,568 --> 00:49:08,111
I feel so stupid.
I believed you, Kristine.
871
00:49:08,112 --> 00:49:09,529
Mom?
872
00:49:09,530 --> 00:49:11,614
- Get your stuff, we're going.
- What? No way!
873
00:49:11,615 --> 00:49:13,241
Ethan and I are going
to a party with Jaden.
874
00:49:13,242 --> 00:49:14,742
Fine. Jacob, let's go.
875
00:49:14,743 --> 00:49:16,454
Kris, seriously?
876
00:49:18,205 --> 00:49:19,540
I saved your daughter.
877
00:49:37,975 --> 00:49:39,351
Surprise!
878
00:49:40,895 --> 00:49:43,898
Sorry, I didn't know how to start.
879
00:49:45,399 --> 00:49:48,193
I just, I really need to talk to you.
880
00:49:48,194 --> 00:49:51,029
Yeah, uh, you know, I don't know
if that's a-- a good idea.
881
00:49:51,030 --> 00:49:55,367
Michael, come on, you got off.
So, can we please just talk honestly?
882
00:49:56,452 --> 00:49:57,745
I need to understand.
883
00:50:01,415 --> 00:50:04,835
Okay.
Just, um, just for a minute though, okay?
884
00:50:06,378 --> 00:50:07,671
What is it?
885
00:50:12,468 --> 00:50:15,596
It's-- it's just, you knew, right?
886
00:50:16,597 --> 00:50:21,018
That I was a kid,
that she was hurting me?
887
00:50:23,062 --> 00:50:24,438
Um...
888
00:50:25,648 --> 00:50:26,941
That's...
889
00:50:28,567 --> 00:50:31,277
I mean, it's--
it's complicated, you know?
890
00:50:31,278 --> 00:50:32,863
I mean, uh...
891
00:50:35,074 --> 00:50:36,367
You...
892
00:50:38,244 --> 00:50:40,828
You have to understand that, um...
893
00:50:40,829 --> 00:50:41,914
W--
894
00:50:42,164 --> 00:50:43,791
We were both victims here, right?
895
00:50:44,875 --> 00:50:47,377
Kristine, uh, controlled me too.
896
00:50:47,378 --> 00:50:49,420
She-- She-- She did it for years.
897
00:50:49,421 --> 00:50:51,422
She still-- I mean, she still does,
898
00:50:51,423 --> 00:50:55,260
and-- and I just didn't have the strength
to stand up to her.
899
00:50:55,261 --> 00:50:57,637
I think-- I think what happened,
900
00:50:57,638 --> 00:51:00,473
we-- we were, uh, facing the same monster.
901
00:51:00,474 --> 00:51:03,769
That whole time, we were,
and we didn't even know it.
902
00:51:05,104 --> 00:51:07,273
That we-- we're the same here.
903
00:51:08,357 --> 00:51:09,900
Right? I mean, does that make sense?
904
00:51:10,609 --> 00:51:12,152
But Michael, I was a kid.
905
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:15,155
You were supposed to be my dad.
906
00:51:25,583 --> 00:51:27,333
You-- do you wanna--
do you wanna sit down?
907
00:51:27,334 --> 00:51:28,836
- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.
908
00:51:29,962 --> 00:51:32,505
Don't tell your brothers this, but...
909
00:51:32,506 --> 00:51:34,674
you know I always like
our private time the best
910
00:51:34,675 --> 00:51:36,093
when it's just you and me.
911
00:51:40,222 --> 00:51:42,265
Do you want some music?
912
00:51:47,104 --> 00:51:49,815
♪ Bring me southern kisses
from your room ♪
913
00:51:51,191 --> 00:51:52,817
I remember what you did to Natalia.
914
00:51:52,818 --> 00:51:55,486
♪ Meet me in the middle of the night,
let me hear you say ♪
915
00:51:55,487 --> 00:51:57,697
I'm not judging you.
916
00:51:57,698 --> 00:52:00,283
I'm not laying blame, I just...
917
00:52:00,284 --> 00:52:02,535
I just had to say that.
918
00:52:02,536 --> 00:52:05,747
Oh, sweet boy.
You were too young
919
00:52:05,748 --> 00:52:09,167
to know what was happening
around you.
920
00:52:09,168 --> 00:52:13,088
We did everything we could to protect you
from what was going on.
921
00:52:13,756 --> 00:52:17,092
But you didn't protect me from it.
I saw it.
922
00:52:18,218 --> 00:52:19,803
And I'm not certain
how to live with that.
923
00:52:20,888 --> 00:52:22,139
How do you?
924
00:52:23,557 --> 00:52:26,643
Mom, please.
The trial's over.
925
00:52:26,644 --> 00:52:27,728
Exactly!
926
00:52:30,022 --> 00:52:31,773
So, there's nothing more to talk about.
927
00:52:31,774 --> 00:52:34,693
♪ Come on out
beneath the shining sun ♪
928
00:52:37,655 --> 00:52:41,240
In that article,
her mom said the doctors
929
00:52:41,241 --> 00:52:43,494
told her that Natalia would never
amount to anything.
930
00:52:45,204 --> 00:52:48,415
That her life would be better
if she didn't even take Natalia home.
931
00:52:49,792 --> 00:52:51,709
It's a lot like what
they told you about me.
932
00:52:51,710 --> 00:52:55,004
It's not the same, not the same at all.
Don't you even say that.
933
00:52:55,005 --> 00:52:57,715
I've heard you give that speech
a thousand times.
934
00:52:57,716 --> 00:52:59,717
"He'd never learn to read,
to tie his shoes.
935
00:52:59,718 --> 00:53:01,844
"He'd never learn to wrap his arms
around me and tell me
936
00:53:01,845 --> 00:53:03,222
that he loves me."
937
00:53:06,183 --> 00:53:07,518
We're almost there.
938
00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:14,524
Why'd you do it, anyways?
939
00:53:16,068 --> 00:53:17,652
Why did you adopt me?
940
00:53:17,653 --> 00:53:20,238
I don't-- I don't know.
I can only speak for myself,
941
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:24,201
but I-- I just really wanted a daughter.
I did.
942
00:53:24,827 --> 00:53:26,161
But why?
943
00:53:29,581 --> 00:53:31,750
It's everything I've been saying,
I just...
944
00:53:33,335 --> 00:53:34,962
I was really...
945
00:53:36,296 --> 00:53:40,592
broken, and I wanted to feel better.
946
00:53:43,011 --> 00:53:44,929
So, I made you feel better,
947
00:53:44,930 --> 00:53:48,224
- and then you didn't need me anymore?
- No. No, no, no, no, no.
948
00:53:48,225 --> 00:53:50,853
I-- I didn't mean it like that,
you have to understand.
949
00:53:52,146 --> 00:53:55,982
I-- I was the one who was--
who was trying to hang onto you
950
00:53:55,983 --> 00:53:57,568
for-- for as long as I could.
951
00:53:58,569 --> 00:54:01,071
I mean, I'm not a bad guy, right?
952
00:54:03,073 --> 00:54:07,578
I-- I was just trying to--
to make everybody happy.
953
00:54:09,288 --> 00:54:11,122
Don't look at me like that.
What do you want me to do?
954
00:54:11,123 --> 00:54:13,417
Seriously, I will do-- I will do anything.
955
00:54:14,084 --> 00:54:16,295
Can you just admit what you did?
956
00:54:17,838 --> 00:54:19,548
That you hurt me?
957
00:54:22,092 --> 00:54:23,218
I...
958
00:54:24,803 --> 00:54:26,138
Kristine hurt you.
959
00:54:27,723 --> 00:54:32,351
Michael, if she was hurting you too,
960
00:54:32,352 --> 00:54:37,191
if you knew what was happening,
why didn't you stop her?
961
00:54:38,817 --> 00:54:40,611
If you loved me...
962
00:54:42,321 --> 00:54:44,489
why didn't you do something?
963
00:54:47,326 --> 00:54:49,786
Mm.
964
00:54:53,207 --> 00:54:55,875
Hurt people hurt people, Natalia.
That's just...
965
00:54:57,711 --> 00:55:00,129
But you didn't have to.
966
00:55:01,798 --> 00:55:04,133
Are you freaking kidding me?
967
00:55:04,134 --> 00:55:05,801
What is she doing here?
968
00:55:05,802 --> 00:55:08,346
- What are you doing here?
- I need a place to stay.
969
00:55:08,347 --> 00:55:11,140
- There's a gas leak at Val's.
- Uh...
970
00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:12,850
Well, you can't stay here.
971
00:55:12,851 --> 00:55:15,686
You can't, my family's inside.
You're gonna have to find a motel.
972
00:55:15,687 --> 00:55:19,065
I'm out of money, Michael,
because of you, and--
973
00:55:19,066 --> 00:55:20,776
I saw you at the trial, Natalia.
974
00:55:22,152 --> 00:55:24,112
But I wasn't sure if I should say hi.
975
00:55:25,906 --> 00:55:27,741
You-- you can say hi.
976
00:55:28,867 --> 00:55:32,788
I also wasn't sure if I should say
that I've had time to think about stuff...
977
00:55:34,039 --> 00:55:35,456
and I should have helped you.
978
00:55:35,457 --> 00:55:37,209
Alright, Jacob, that's enough.
979
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:43,631
She made us scared of you,
but you were just a kid.
980
00:55:43,632 --> 00:55:45,300
I shouldn't have listened.
981
00:55:46,802 --> 00:55:48,470
I'm very sorry.
982
00:55:51,765 --> 00:55:52,891
I-It's okay.
983
00:55:53,976 --> 00:55:56,352
It's okay, you were--
you were just a kid too.
984
00:55:56,353 --> 00:55:58,771
Okay, let's go to Grammy's.
985
00:55:58,772 --> 00:56:00,232
I don't think I want to.
986
00:56:04,027 --> 00:56:06,612
Do you-- do you wanna stay here?
987
00:56:07,906 --> 00:56:08,991
Okay.
988
00:56:14,705 --> 00:56:15,831
Okay.
989
00:56:17,374 --> 00:56:18,834
Judases everywhere.
990
00:56:21,378 --> 00:56:22,588
Everywhere.
991
00:56:38,186 --> 00:56:39,478
How'd it go?
992
00:56:39,479 --> 00:56:42,231
Kristine showed up.
993
00:56:42,232 --> 00:56:43,317
Jake, too.
994
00:56:47,988 --> 00:56:51,866
I'm sorry,
I should have gone with you.
995
00:56:51,867 --> 00:56:54,161
Mm. It's okay.
996
00:56:57,664 --> 00:56:59,791
You shouldn't have had
to face her on your own.
997
00:57:01,877 --> 00:57:06,381
It's fine.
At this point, I know how to handle her.
998
00:57:09,134 --> 00:57:13,262
That woman.
I don't know, I can never decide.
999
00:57:13,263 --> 00:57:15,557
You think she believes
the story she tells?
1000
00:57:16,725 --> 00:57:18,769
Who cares?
Everyone else does.
1001
00:57:20,062 --> 00:57:23,356
♪ Young child with dreams ♪
1002
00:57:26,568 --> 00:57:32,366
♪ Dreaming each dream on your own ♪
1003
00:57:35,494 --> 00:57:36,952
Are you coming to bed?
1004
00:57:36,953 --> 00:57:40,247
♪ When children play ♪
1005
00:57:40,248 --> 00:57:41,833
Okay.
1006
00:57:43,001 --> 00:57:48,882
♪ Seems like you end up alone ♪
1007
00:57:58,475 --> 00:58:02,103
♪ Papa says he'd love to be with you ♪
1008
00:58:02,104 --> 00:58:04,105
♪ If he had more time ♪
1009
00:58:04,106 --> 00:58:05,856
After Natalia was born,
1010
00:58:05,857 --> 00:58:07,608
the doctor said I should give her up.
1011
00:58:07,609 --> 00:58:10,361
They said she would
never live a normal life.
1012
00:58:10,362 --> 00:58:13,864
The doctor said there's nothing
I could do for her.
1013
00:58:13,865 --> 00:58:15,616
"You're young," they said.
1014
00:58:15,617 --> 00:58:19,579
"You are 24 years old.
Don't ruin your life."
1015
00:58:27,087 --> 00:58:29,798
♪ Shilo, when I was young ♪
1016
00:58:31,133 --> 00:58:34,469
♪ I used to call your name ♪
1017
00:58:35,429 --> 00:58:37,388
♪ When no one else would come ♪
1018
00:58:37,389 --> 00:58:39,474
I wanted this to go differently.
1019
00:58:40,058 --> 00:58:41,768
We failed you, Natalia.
1020
00:58:43,562 --> 00:58:44,771
I'm sorry.
1021
00:58:47,941 --> 00:58:50,068
I'm sorry they made you
lie on the stand.
1022
00:58:52,279 --> 00:58:54,698
I'm sorry people
didn't get to see the real you.
1023
00:58:57,617 --> 00:58:59,411
Thanks for the ride.
1024
00:59:08,378 --> 00:59:12,841
♪ Oh ♪
1025
00:59:15,469 --> 00:59:17,136
After Natalia was born,
1026
00:59:17,137 --> 00:59:19,013
the doctors said I should give her up.
1027
00:59:19,014 --> 00:59:20,806
Hey, Tally, is that you?
Come here!
1028
00:59:20,807 --> 00:59:22,808
They said she would
never live a normal life.
1029
00:59:22,809 --> 00:59:27,021
The doctor said there's nothing
I could do for her.
1030
00:59:27,022 --> 00:59:28,814
"You're young," they said.
1031
00:59:28,815 --> 00:59:32,193
"You are 24 years old.
Don't ruin your life."
1032
00:59:32,194 --> 00:59:33,819
Oh.
Cool, yeah, I saw it.
1033
00:59:33,820 --> 00:59:35,780
No, it's not that.
1034
00:59:35,781 --> 00:59:37,907
Look.
"We love you, Natalia."
1035
00:59:37,908 --> 00:59:39,909
"You are a light unto the world."
1036
00:59:39,910 --> 00:59:41,702
"God gave you strength, Natalia."
1037
00:59:41,703 --> 00:59:43,537
"That's right, Natalia.
You go, girl!"
1038
00:59:43,538 --> 00:59:44,914
"You are a survivor!"
1039
00:59:44,915 --> 00:59:47,458
Wait, this dude's talking
about marrying you.
1040
00:59:47,459 --> 00:59:50,836
"Love your YouTube videos!
You're so funny and nice!"
1041
00:59:50,837 --> 00:59:53,964
"I feel so bad I doubted you, Natalia."
1042
00:59:53,965 --> 00:59:56,509
"Hope this will silence
the doubters and the haters."
1043
00:59:56,510 --> 00:59:59,929
- "We're praying for you, Natalia Grace."
- "You're beautiful inside and out."
1044
00:59:59,930 --> 01:00:02,014
- "You're so courageous."
- "You're such a fighter."
1045
01:00:02,015 --> 01:00:03,933
"You deserve the world, Natalia."
1046
01:00:03,934 --> 01:00:07,102
- "And now, the healing can begin."
- "I wish I had her strength."
1047
01:00:07,103 --> 01:00:08,854
I'm sorry the court got it wrong.
1048
01:00:08,855 --> 01:00:10,439
Natalia Grace is a warrior!
1049
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:12,525
They don't get
to decide who you are, Natalia.
1050
01:00:12,526 --> 01:00:14,443
It's such an awful story.
1051
01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:17,530
But she is so amazing.
Nobody can bring her down!
1052
01:00:17,531 --> 01:00:18,989
"We see you, Natalia."
1053
01:00:18,990 --> 01:00:21,534
"You are loved."
1054
01:00:24,371 --> 01:00:26,581
♪ When no one else would come ♪
1055
01:00:57,737 --> 01:01:04,034
♪ All I saw was the way
that she made me smile ♪
1056
01:01:04,035 --> 01:01:08,206
♪ She made me smile ♪
1057
01:01:09,916 --> 01:01:12,544
♪ Shilo, when I was young ♪
1058
01:01:14,129 --> 01:01:16,798
♪ I used to call your name ♪
1059
01:01:18,341 --> 01:01:21,261
♪ When no one else would come ♪
1060
01:01:22,429 --> 01:01:25,473
♪ Shilo, you always came ♪
1061
01:01:26,099 --> 01:01:28,351
♪ Come today ♪