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Lifetime Partners Again With Elizabeth Smart On ‘The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story’

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EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime is partnering again with kidnapping survivor and advocate Elizabeth Smart on The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story.

Starring Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia), Cara Buono (Stranger Things) and Kristian Bruun (Orphan Black), the film depicts the true story of Kara Robinson, who survived a brutal abduction and ultimately brought down a serial killer.

Smart is an executive producer on the movie, which premieres February 11 at 8 p.m. ET.Douglas plays the 15-year-old Kara, who was watering plants in her best friend’s front yard in South Carolina when she was approached by a man who put a gun to her neck, forced her into a plastic storage bin and drove off.

He took Kara to his apartment where he held her captive and sexually assaulted her for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, Kara memorized as many details as possible throughout her ordeal and when her captor finally fell asleep, she escaped the restraints and fled his apartment.

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