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A trailer for The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter has arrived, and the clip shows the Ukranian orphan facing caller accusations from her 2nd adoptive parents, Antwon and Cynthia Mans.
By Leah Degrazia Nov 25, 2024 9:58 PMTags
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Natalia Grace's communicative isn't over.
A teaser for The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter has arrived, and it hints astatine a large crippled twist being explored successful the decision of the Ukrainian orphan's saga.
After Natalia—who has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a uncommon signifier of dwarfism—was accused of lying astir her property and attempting to execution her adoptive parents Michael Barnett and Kristine Barnett, she seemingly recovered a blessed ending arsenic the adopted kid of mates Antwon Mans and Cynthia Mans.
However, successful the series' teaser clip, her caller family—who adopted her successful 2013, soon aft she was allegedly abandoned by the Barnetts successful a Lafayette, Indiana, apartment—also said that Natalia was exhibiting troubling behaviour owed to a transportation she formed with an unnamed idiosyncratic connected the internet.
"Something ain't close with Natalia," Antwon told producers successful the trailer. "She got this dude online. He turned her against us. She's acceptable to spell to hellhole with gasoline panties on."
E! News reached retired to a rep for Natalia for remark connected the allegation but has not heard back.
And their accusations volition travel to a caput successful the show, which airs connected ID successful January 2025. In fact, The Final Chapter is acceptable to papers a, arsenic ID enactment it successful a Nov. 25 property release, "dramatic rescue mission" that ensues owed to the "new allegations of abuse" against her.
"The Final Chapter offers a decision to Natalia’s communicative arsenic she strives for healing," the merchandise continued, "and solution successful her tumultuous travel filled with decades of unexpected twists and turns."
Natalia's challenges with the Manses travel years of strife with her erstwhile adopted parents Michael and Kristine, who adopted her successful 2010 and said they believed she was 6 years aged astatine the time. The mates yet grew suspicious that she was not a child and filed a petition successful tribunal successful 2012 to legally alteration her commencement twelvemonth from 2003 to 1989. The pursuing year, the brace moved to Canada with their 3 sons and near Natalia successful the United States.
Six years later, Michael and Kristine—who divorced successful 2018—were each charged with neglect successful transportation to their Canada move. Michael was recovered not blameworthy successful 2022, though helium has since offered a tearful apology to his estranged daughter, which she accepted.
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"I forgive you," she told him in The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks, to which Michael replied, "You don't person to."
As for Kristine, prosecutors dropped their lawsuit against the matriarch successful March 2023. Since then, she has continued to deny immoderate mistreatment oregon abandonment towards Natalia.
"She was not abused by anyone successful my family," Kristine wrote connected Facebook successful January. "Any subject of Natalia was precise minimal and was not retired of the bounds of mean parenting. If thing it was overly permissive arsenic we each felt a tremendous magnitude of sympathy for Natalia and loved her portion she lived with us."
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