The vibrations just, you know, helped me be calm. Later, she was found and reported to her father, who put her back in school. She then began dating a boy, who soon got her pregnant. I wanted to be better than … my mom. Michelle had been on her way to a custody meeting on August 21, , for her two-year-old son Joey who had been recently taken into foster care.
But she was stopped on the street by a man she quickly recognised as the father of one of her friends — and would later inflict unimaginable cruelty on her. Offering to give her a lift to the hearing, Castro said they would first stop by his house so he could give Michelle a puppy, which the young mum hoped to gift to her son.
But instead he imprisoned her inside the unassuming Cleveland home for more than a decade until her release in May Not only was she in captivity the longest, she also suffered the worst abuse — from Castro breaking the neck of the puppy he used to lure her into his house to repeated beatings and sexual assaults. During her imprisonment Michelle's son was adopted out to another family, as her own relatives made little attempts to search for her. Michelle is now believed to have no contact with him.
When asked about her son during an interview with Good Morning Britain this week , a clearly pained Michelle said she was keeping him in her prayers. When her kidnapper was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus years in prison, Michelle was present at the hearing, addressed the court, and vowed to Castro that she'd overcome the hell he'd put her through. In it, she opened up about the abuse she suffered before and after her kidnapping by Castro.
Throughout her decade in captivity, Michelle clung to the hope of being reunited with her son Joey, but it was not to be. Joey had been adopted by his foster parents and was 13 at the time of her release, and Michelle chose not to disrupt his life.
Michelle was determined not to be a victim for the rest of her life and not to allow Castro's violence to taint the rest of her life. She went into therapy and realized that the path to healing lay through forgiveness. She explained :. I didn't want it to hold me back or control my life anymore, so I had to break free.
Michelle's greatest victory over Castro was that she learned to set aside her fears and trust again. In , Michelle fell in love and married Miguel Rodriguez , who had been introduced to her by mutual friends. Michelle overcame her trauma and is happily married and a motivational speaker and advocate for trafficked and abused women and children. Ariel Castro received a prison sentence of life plus an additional 1, years for kidnapping, torturing and imprisoning three young women in Cleveland, Ohio.
Michelle Obama is a lawyer, writer and the wife of former U. President Barack Obama. Prior to her role as first lady, she was a lawyer, Chicago city administrator and community-outreach worker. Michelle Williams first came to stardom as a star of teen drama 'Dawson's Creek. Michelle Kwan is a five-time world champion figure skater and two-time Olympic medalist.
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