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[Marp]

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COLUMBIA, Tenn. — A 15-year-old Tennessee girl who authorities say was kidnapped by her teacher had endured months of abuse at the hands of her mother, according to court documents, making her particularly vulnerable to an adult predator.

The mother is scheduled to appear in court next month and has pleaded not guilty to five counts of abuse and neglect involving several of her children. The girl's father filed for divorce Monday, citing the alleged abuse. His daughter was found safe with her teacher last week at a cabin in a remote part of Northern California.

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Authorities said the mother physically abused several of her children for about a year, beginning in November 2014. The teen's father was living at home during that time, but the couple separated in November 2015 and the father took sole custody of the children, according to the divorce filing. The parents have been married for 30 years and have 10 children together, though only four of them are still minors.

The mother is accused of hitting her children until they bled, knocking a daughter unconscious with a wooden board and throwing a chair at another daughter, bruising her leg, court documents show. The mother also smacked a child in the head for injecting herself with her brother's EpiPen.

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The mother has been ordered to stay away from the children, court records said.

The mother is alleged to have banged the 15-year-old's head on a washer, and at another point, she threw the girl down basement steps and locked her inside, the documents said.

The children wrote letters to the Department of Children's Services about the abuse before the mother was arrested, according to one of the teen's relatives.

Full article:  http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/court-documents-mother-had-abused-teen-in-kidnapping-case/ar-BBA...

[SahmIam]

I believe there is MUCH more to this story than her family and others are telling. Much more. I also believe her family wants the public to only hear things that bring them sympathy. I would like to here HER opinion on many of the events; before , during and after her being on the road with Cummins and this includes her issues with her family.

That's all I have to say on this subject.

[KingstonsMom]

What struck me, is that according to this article (and many others), the Father was in the home and witnessed this abuse from 2014-2015, but did nothing?

Isn't he culpable for letting them go through a whole year of abuse?

Maybe I'm not understanding something.......

[CrazyDaisy]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

What struck me, is that according to this article (and many others), the Father was in the home and witnessed this abuse from 2014-2015, but did nothing?

Isn't he culpable for letting them go through a whole year of abuse?

Maybe I'm not understanding something.......

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Just a guess but perhaps the incidents grew in number and intensity over that year.  I to have a hard time believing a father would allow something that bad to go on for a year before doing something. 

[KingstonsMom]

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@CrazyDaisy wrote:

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

What struck me, is that according to this article (and many others), the Father was in the home and witnessed this abuse from 2014-2015, but did nothing?

Isn't he culpable for letting them go through a whole year of abuse?

Maybe I'm not understanding something.......

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Just a guess but perhaps the incidents grew in number and intensity over that year.  I to have a hard time believing a father would allow something that bad to go on for a year before doing something. 

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@CrazyDaisy

The first incident would have been enough for me, but that's just me.

[SilleeMee]

Maybe the father was being abused as well. That happens.

[Plaid Pants2]

Maybe the father was outside of the home at the time that the abuse happened, i.e. at the store, working, etc.

When he would ask about the injuries, the mother would lie, and say that the kid fell.

In other words, maybe the abuse didn't take place right in front of his eyes.

I'm just guessing here.

[depglass]

Dare I say she would have been better off with the teacher?  Not to condone what he did, but that girl went willingly.  What a hellhole. 

[Plaid Pants2]

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@depglass wrote:

Dare I say she would have been better off with the teacher?  Not to condone what he did, but that girl went willingly.  What a hellhole. 

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Here's the thing though, legally, she was unable to consent to going with him, because she is a minor.

Also, abused kids are eaiser to groom to abuse even more.

Poor kid.

She is so messed up.  She probably doesn't know who she can trust anymore.

I hope that she doesn't turn to drugs/alcohol and become an addict to numb her pain from all the trauma that she has been through.

[chrystaltree]

Yes, from day one, I knew that there was much more to that story.  I saw grizzled old grandpa and I knew that no teenager would be attracted to or even want him to touch her. I knew that the girl had to have some issues, some serious problems and he used that to influence or even brainwash her.  Also, I read that every adult in that girl's life knew there was something wrong going on between them but no one did anything.  The teachers at the school gossiped and giggled about it, the school administrator had a talk with him but never removed her from his class.  The father knew that something was going on but he never insisted that they remove his daughter from his class or from the school.  It was another student who reported that she saw them kissing, a 15 year could see what was happening but nothing was done.  This child was abused and victimized by her mother and then she was abused and victimized by this teacher and she also neglected by her father who didn't act like a father.  My heart breaks for that girl.  She's going to need a lot of pyschiatric therapy to recover for all that was done to her.