Posted on 10/14/2009 9:49:52 AM PDT by Justaham
After being held against her will for 18 years, much of it in a backyard hell straight out of a horror film, Jaycee Dugard wants the world to know:
"I'm so happy to be back with my family," she tells PEOPLE.
(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...
memo to media: leave.this.person.alone.
I’m glad to see her smile.
In all fairness, she did give an interview to People magazine.
To be fair, this isn't some paparazzi shot of her at the grocery store. She made the choice to sit down for an exclusive cover story. That shows a great deal of strength on her part.
I'm glad this young lady is back home.
Still. The media eats people.
Agreed.
You wrote:
“She made the choice to sit down for an exclusive cover story. That shows a great deal of strength on her part.”
This young woman is clearly very strong. I agree entirely. Apparently, however, this was not a sit down interview:
“Dugard was not interviewed by the magazine, although people close to her spoke at length about her rehabilitation and that of her two daughters, Angel, 15, and Starlit, 11....The 10-page article is accompanied by many pictures of Dugard and her mother. Dugard’s daughters are shown only from the back.
“TODAY’s Matt Lauer asked People’s managing editor, Larry Hackett, if the magazine paid for the photographs, which were taken by a private photographer engaged by the family.
“We have bought photographs in the past,” Hackett said, apparently confirming that the family was paid for the pictures. “I don’t want to go into the details.”
“Hackett said that Dugard and her mother decided to allow publication of the photos and to tell their story because of the intense interest.”
Good for her. I hope she can build a life after what that despicable creep did to her. I can’t imagine what she went through when she was just a girl of 11 !
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