Kristine Barnett slams Natalia Grace’s abuse claims in docuseries
nypost.com“The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks.”In a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday, Barnett denied that she nor her ex-husband Michael Barnett ever abused Grace, whom they adopted from Ukraine in 2010.“Natalia was a very much loved and cared for member of my family,” Kristine wrote Thursday. “She was not abused by anyone in my family.
Let’s get straight to these allegations. Nobody ever took a belt to Natalia and the allegations that she was ‘beaten’ are just plain false.
Any discipline of Natalia was very minimal and was not out of the bounds of normal parenting.”In the docuseries, Grace accused Kristine of pepper spraying her multiple times and beating her with a belt.
Grace confronted Michael in the series and claimed that he, too, was manipulated and mistreated by Kristine. The Barnetts previously accused Grace of emotionally and physically abusing them, as well as looming over the couple while they were sleeping with a knife in her hand — which she denies.When the Barnetts adopted Grace, they believed she was 6 years old, but became suspicious that she was an adult posing as a child.
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