@Jaspersmom wrote:
I've watched the first two episodes and I'm looking forward to seeing the final one tonight. In my area, it starts at 9 pm (EST). I read a lot about her before this documentary and was convinced that Natalia was a fraud. After what I've seen the last two nights, I've totally changed my mind. I'm appalled that no one has been held responsible for the horrific things done to Natalia. In my opinion, several people should be in jail.
@Jaspersmom Agree. I hope there will turn out to be a legal way to have Natalia reaged to her real age.
The reason they got away with their misdeeds....The fact that Natalia was made a legal adult with the legal age change process prevented the court from finding Michael guilty of child abandonment and neglect charges since she was not legally considered a child, so he walked. Some neglect charges were also dropped due to the statute of limitations. Michael was ordered to pay the Ukrainian orphanage that Natalia was adopted from $10,000. Kristine wasn't prosecuted because it was felt they didn't have enough evidence against her to proceed.
As for Kristine, she had written a book about how she mothered Jacob, the autistic genius PHD candidate in Physics, against all the odds she was given by professionals about his chances for success in life. She liked being portrayed as a hero. Kristine's book is called "The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurtuting, Genius and Autism." The charges of neglect of Natalia are in deep contrast with the nurturing mother figure in which she cast herself in the book.
It's my guess, her original motives for adopting the disabled Natalia was a chance to use her so that Kristine could be seen a hero again and also write another book about how she saved another of her children. Kristine is a truly horrible, manipulative, insensitive, mean, deceitful person. The evidence I've seen so far shows me that she physically abused Natalia. She was also up to many odd liaisons with men during her marriage to Michael which were discussed last year.
Michael. It seems I remember him saying something about his own diagnosis, but I can't find it and I can't find it on the internet yet. He does over dramatize everything he says and histrionic is how I would describe his personality. He has remarried, BTW.
Jake, AKA Jordan. Last year I checked the Canadian facility where he was working on his doctorate and he was pictured there and a little description about him was under the photo. Last night, I checked for him at the facility again and I couldn't find him. The facility noted that PHD candidates had a term of five years there to complete their PHD. The facility is non profit. He might have left the program there. I was not able to find anything current about him.
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