Viewers ofThe Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speakswere left on the edge of their seats on Wednesday night as hershocking storyrevealed one final plot twist.
“Something ain’t right with Natalia. This girl is tweaking," Antwon claimed to show producers in a voiceover. “I feel like she’s the enemy in the house. And she said to us, we have held her hostage. Made us look like we’re the enemy.”
“Natalia is stabbing her family in the back over a complete lie,” his wife added.
“She’s done other things too, but this was a new low,” Antwon continues. “Natalia does not have emotions for nothing but herself. We’re done. We’re done with her.”
A final ominous title card on the gripping show read, “Natalia’s story will continue.”
Kristine and Michael Barnett.Tippecanoe County Jail (2)
This led to accusations that Natalia — who has a form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita — was merely posing as a child, and was really an adult woman with sinister intentions against their family.
The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaksdispelled the Barnett’s claim, with DNA tests provingthat Natalia was around 9-years-old when they adopted her (rather than 22, as they had suggested).
The show finale also featured Natalia’s reunion with Michael. During the rollercoaster episode, Michael laid the blame for mistrusting and abandoning Natalia on his ex-wife, Kristine, and sobbed for forgiveness, which Natalia eventually gave.
Michael toldGoodMorningAmericain October 2019 that doctors allegedly treating Natalia told them “this person is a sociopath. This person is a con artist. You are all in danger.”
In 2012, two years after the Barnetts adopted Natalia, the couple petitioned Marion County Probate Court to have her age legally changed to 22, changing her birth year from 2003 to 1989. The following year, the couple moved with their three sons to Canada without Natalia.
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Natalia’s new family have also grown to mistrust her.Dr. Phil/ Youtube
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The Barnetts were charged with neglect of a dependent. Prosecutors weren’t able to charge them with neglect of a child because of Natalia’s court-ordered age change to 22.
Michael was found not guilty of three counts of neglect and conspiracy to commit neglect of a dependent in 2022, theAssociated Pressreported. Charges against Kristine were later dropped, according toWTHR.
All 6 episodes ofThe Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speakscan be streamed on Max.
source: people.com
