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Dec 15, 2017 · BMX star John Buultjens was taken into care when he was just seven after attacking his abusive father with a kitchen knife to protect his mother. Now he is playing his own violent dad in a new...
Jan 30, 2018 · Eventually John was rescued from this nightmare of domestic violence by his foster parents, Marianna Buultjens – a Paisley native – and Eldridge Buultjens, who had immigrated from Sri Lanka....
Mar 12, 2019 · John was eventually put into Glenrosa children’s home after he picked up a knife in a bid to stop his dad beating his mum. He was then adopted by biracial couple Eldridge and Marianna...
Sep 13, 2017 · Mr Buultjens thought he was going to be in care until he was 16, but the home had a foster programme, and in 1982 he was adopted. "My [adoptive] dad is black - he's from Sri Lanka - and my...
Nov 16, 2017 · That life was, however, left behind when three years later John was adopted by bi-racial couple Eldridge, above, and Marianna Buultjens, who he considers his parents today - his biological mum and dad have also since passed.
Apr 24, 2021 · Graham stars as real-life BMX star John Buultjens – whose story has been transposed from Glasgow to Oakdale, California – who is taken into care at the start of the film aged nine for stabbing...
Nov 12, 2020 · After a violent, racially-charged incident lands John (Shane Graham) in juvenile detention, he is finally placed with an unlikely set of foster parents, Eldridge (Ludacris) and Marianna...
