70-page indictment
According to the Observer, an incident about a Chinese girl who was abused after being adopted by an American couple has attracted everyone's attention.
In this case, a girl from China, Ovilla, took her adoptive parents in the United States to court, accusing her of being adopted by her when she was just over a year old, after which she was imprisoned in a basement and abused for more than a decade.
She wrote a 70-page indictment against the couple, in which she wrote about the whole experience of being beaten and abused, being used as slaves, being threatened, and being dissatisfied with the punishment of her adoptive parents after she saved herself, so the 19-year-old sued again in the hope that her adoptive parents would be truly punished.
It is said that after Ovilla successfully escaped and reported his adoptive parents, the police investigated the incident and arrested the American couple, but the couple also admitted to their crimes, but unexpectedly, they were not severely punished.
It was only because they actively cooperated and pleaded guilty that they were given a suspended sentence and sentenced to six months in prison.
Isn't it a bit far-fetched that they did such a bad thing and only received such a light punishment, and the couple later sold their house and farm and moved to another city in the United States.
Since the bad guys didn't pay for their crimes, Oviria once again accused his adoptive parents, as well as the local police, schools, and child protection agencies, of racial discrimination against him and for ignoring his own reports, which led to his abuse for more than a decade.
Regarding this incident, many netizens also said that the welfare institute should also bear a certain responsibility, and whether it should also be responsible for and protect the most basic sense of security in some form after giving the child for adoption.
Some netizens also said that from now on, they should refuse to adopt across borders, China's birth rate is also low, and they can be raised, so there is no need to let children gamble across the ocean for a lifetime.
Everyone also has different opinions, and more are sympathetic and angry about the tragic experience of this Chinese girl.
So what kind of abuse did she suffer in the United States?
He has been abused for more than a decade
Olivia has lived in the basement of her home for as long as she can remember, and this place can be described as Olivia's hell.
She has no freedom here, no thought, no resistance, and lives an inhuman life every day.
Since she was three years old, she was used as a slave by her adoptive parents to clean the house during the day, dispose of weeds in the garden, and even remove manure and feed the farm animals.
For children of this age, how can these tasks be done? Even children of this age around us can wipe tables, move chairs, and sweep the floor, and three years old is also the age of kindergarten classes, and adults have to be very tired after doing these physical tasks, let alone a child.
So every time the adoptive parents explain something, as long as they don't do it well, they will definitely be beaten, and there are scars everywhere on Olivia's body.
Not only that, she didn't eat a serious meal every day, either the family's leftovers, or expired food, and even poured hot sauce into Olivia's mouth, causing her to choke on chili peppers and vomit to the ground, and even more excessively, let Olivia eat her own vomit into her stomach.
The American couple not only physically abused her, but also mentally tortured her, instilling bad thoughts in her every day, saying that she was a child who was still in the trash can in China by her biological parents, and threw her back if she didn't obey.
Because she was brought to the United States when she was more than a year old and still remembered, she didn't have any impression of China, and she thought that China was such a terrifying place, so she didn't dare to resist.
In order to prevent Olivia from escaping, the American couple simply tied her to a post in the basement with a dog chain, only to let her out when she was allowed to work, and then tied her back when she was done.
In this way, Olivia has lived here for more than ten years, and has also been abused by American couples for more than ten years.
Why was this Chinese girl successfully adopted by this American couple?
Chinese girl adopted by American couple
In 2003, a lovely girl was born in Hunan, and she should have grown up healthy and happy in a complete and happy family.
But unfortunately, she was abandoned by her biological parents not long after she was born, and was later sent to a welfare home, and the girl became an orphan.
It wasn't until 2004, when she was just over a year old, that a couple named Thomas and Dennis came to the home to adopt a girl and bring her back to the United States.
You must know that when foreigners come to China to adopt orphans, the economic conditions of the family are very good, and these children must have a good environment and education.
So the American couple chose this Hunan girl among many children, and told the dean that they would love the child well, and after going through the adoption procedures, they brought her back to the United States and named her Olivia.
The family of this American couple is indeed very advantageous, with a large house with a small garden in the front and a small farm in the back.
Everything here seems so good, it seems that Olivia is very lucky to be adopted by this American couple and will definitely live a happy life, but I never expected that this is not the case.
Not only did the American couple not treat Olivia well, they didn't even treat her as if she were their own family.
They used the basement as Olivia's bedroom, and they all knew that the basement was not exposed to sunlight all year round, it was very cold and damp, and it was used to store chores, and it was not a place for people to live in at all.
However, Olivia, who was young and didn't know anything, survived and grew up in such an environment, at first she frolicked and played at home during the day, and returned to sleep in the basement at night, but it didn't take long for her adoptive parents to not allow her to run back and forth, and simply imprisoned her in the basement.
Eating and drinking Lazar are all in the basement, and there is no sunlight or ventilation, so the smell here becomes unpleasant.
It's really hard for me to imagine how Olivia has lived here for more than ten years, and the living environment of cats and dogs is a hundred times stronger than here.
This also makes people wonder, didn't anyone find out that they were abusing children in this way, and didn't the local police take care of it?
Finally saw the light of day
For Olivia, such a life is simply purgatory on earth, as she grows up day by day, she slowly has her own thoughts, and she begins to be unable to endure such torture, so she has the idea of escaping.
She often sneaks away while her adoptive parents are not paying attention when she is released to work, but she is soon discovered and recaptured.
Because she has been locked in the basement for many years, she is not particularly familiar with the outside environment, and once she finally escaped, but she got lost, and was later taken back to this terrible home by the police.
The American couple thought that keeping her on a leash would prevent her from escaping, but now that Ovilla was getting bigger and the leash could no longer trap her, the adoptive parents installed an alarm on the basement door.
This alarm is specially designed to prevent the current Olivia from escaping, as long as there is any movement in the basement door, this alarm will immediately call the police, and the adoptive parents will also be notified as soon as possible to come and arrest her.
If the couple's bad behavior is said that the neighbors around them don't know any movement, I don't believe it, and it makes sense to say that they don't know in the short term, but they don't know how it is possible to behave in the past ten years.
In fact, there are still some people who know what happened to Ovilla, and some people have reported it.
But because the couple did not give Ovilla an American hukou, her identity is very special, and many people in the local area are racist against Chinese Americans, so they also choose to ignore it, and everyone is not willing to meddle anymore.
In addition, Olivia also relied on her own success to call the police for help many times, not only in vain, but also was educated by the police on her escape behavior, and was sent back many times.
Feeling desperate, Ovilla had no choice but to dig the plaster wall in the basement with his bare hands, through his unremitting efforts, he didn't expect to really let himself dig a big hole, this time, she finally escaped, although the United States was found by the police a few days ago, but fortunately she met an enthusiastic policeman, this time she struggled to resist, and there was a well-founded accusation against her adoptive parents, and later after investigation, the evidence was conclusive.
The American couple were arrested by the police and confessed to their crimes, but Ovilla was not satisfied with the verdict, leading to the initial 70-page indictment.
epilogue
We are saddened by what happened to Ovilla, but at the same time we are glad that she managed to escape hell in the end.
At the same time, her matter has also attracted the attention of the public, according to people familiar with the matter, now Ovilla has also begun a new life, due to childhood experience did not complete the school, now has been successfully completed, and often participates in local activities, and will also conduct course training for some foster families, become a counselor of related courses.
Perhaps it is precisely because of her personal experience that she doesn't want other children like her to repeat the mistakes of the past, and she can step out of the shadows and still face life with a positive and sunny attitude, which is still very admirable.
Finally, I hope that all adopted children can be treated gently, and I hope that such a thing will not happen again.