{"id":122121,"date":"2023-12-12T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=122121"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:29:11","slug":"sociopath-ukrainian-dwarf-who-pretended-to-be-kid-confronts-adoptive-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/sociopath-ukrainian-dwarf-who-pretended-to-be-kid-confronts-adoptive-father\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Sociopath’ Ukrainian dwarf who ‘pretended to be kid’ confronts adoptive father"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    The latest twist in the bizarre tale of Ukrainian dwarf Natalia Grace and her adoptive parents has been caught on camera, with Natalia coming face-to-face with the dad who labelled her a sociopath and a liar.<\/p>\n

    Michael Barnett and his wife Kristine, from Indiana, in the United States, adopted Natalia in 2010, thinking she was a six-year-old orphan with a rare genetic disorder. But they claim they later found out she was a homicidal adult who wanted to kill them and their other kids.<\/p>\n

    In 2012, a judge granted the family\u2019s petition to legally change her birth date from 2003 to 1989. The family then moved her into an apartment while they moved to Canada.<\/p>\n

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    Now the tense reunion between Natalia and Michael has been filmed for a Investigation Discovery (ID) documentary called Natalia Speaks.<\/p>\n

    In the film, they sit close to each other as Natalia dismisses Michael\u2019s allegations, which include the claim that he once woke up to find her standing over her parents\u2019 bed with a knife.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI was never in y\u2019all\u2019s room with a knife,\u201d she says. But Michael replies: \u201cI know what I saw.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The face-to-face confrontation can be seen in the six-part series which will be aired early next year on ID.<\/p>\n

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    In the show, Natalia says: \u201cIn every lie is a hidden truth, but you gotta dig enough to see it. They are not going to get away with this.\u201d<\/p>\n

    She also says she \u201clost her childhood\u201d after Michael and Kristine\u2019s successful petition to have her age legally changed.<\/p>\n

    The Barnetts were held in custody in 2019 on child neglect charges accused of abandoning Natalia when they moved to Canada. Michael was acquitted of the charges and Kristine had her case dismissed.<\/p>\n

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    Cynthia Mans, Natalia\u2019s new adoptive mum, tells the film that justice wasn\u2019t served, and that Michael just \u201csmirked\u201d when he was cleared.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt was like watching my daughter be raped,\u201d Cynthia said. \u201cIf I could have caught Kristine in an alley and put a black hoodie on, I would have busted her upside the head.\u201d<\/p>\n

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