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May 31, 2023 · Michael Barnett, who adopted Natalia Grace from Ukraine, was cleared of neglect charges in 2022. Natalia Grace, who claims to be 8 years old, will speak out in a new ID docuseries in 2024.
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Jan 5, 2024 · Natalia Grace, an orphan adopted by Michael and Kristine Barnett, reveals her true age and alleges abuse in a new docuseries. The Barnetts, who claimed Natalia was a 20-year-old sociopath, were charged with neglect and abandonment in 2013.
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Jan 1, 2024 · Natalia Grace is a Ukrainian-born girl who was adopted by the Barnetts, who claimed she was an adult with psychiatric issues. The Barnetts were charged with neglect and faced a trial, while Natalia found a new family and a new documentary series.
- Jurors Deliberated For Just More Than 2 Hours in Michael Barnett Case
- Natalia Barnett's Age in Question
- The Barnetts' Move to Canada
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Jurors left the courtroom at 11:40 a.m. to decide Barnett's fate. They announced just before 2 p.m. they had reached a verdict. While Barnett sobbed quietly during the reading of the verdicts, his daughter left the courtroom as soon as the trial officially closed. Michael Barnett trial:Natalia Barnett testifies against adoptive father in trial alle...
Jurors never heard that Michael and Kristine Barnett adopted Natalia in 2010 when she was not quite 7, according to her Ukrainian birth records. They never heard that the Barnetts believed that Natalia was an adult and the adoption was a fraud. Jurors never knew that the Barnetts legally changed Natalia's birth year through a court order, making he...
After moving Natalia to Lafayette, the Barnetts and their three biological sons moved to Canada so the oldest Barnett boy, considered a genius, could begin his graduate work. Natalia testified on Wednesday that she didn't know how to cook, didn't know how to count money or how to do most things a 23-year-old person would know. In contrast, it would...
The jury found Michael Barnett not guilty of neglecting Natalia, a Ukrainian orphan with severe dwarfism, in a trial that lasted for more than two years. The case involved complex issues of adoption, age, independence and disability.
Natalia Grace Barnett (born September 4, 2003) is a Ukrainian-born American with dwarfism, who, in 2010, was adopted by an American family but abandoned by them two years later. Barnett's adoptive parents claimed that Barnett was a legal adult, and, in 2012, they successfully sought a court order legally changing her birth year from 2003 to ...
Jan 4, 2024 · Michael Barnett/ID. While Natalia was legally an adult due to the Barnetts re-aging her in court, she was still classified as a dependent of the Barnetts as a result of her disability ...
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Oct 25, 2022 · Natalia Barnett, a woman with severe dwarfism, accused her adoptive father Michael Barnett of abandoning her in Lafayette, Indiana, in 2013. She said she had no friends, no skills and no support from the Barnetts, who moved to Canada and changed her birth records.
