A woman allegedly held her “severely emaciated” stepson in captivity for over 20 years, since he was 11 years old, and forced him to endure “prolonged abuse."

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      Nah, Connecticut has a pretty robust social safety net compared to many states, and this guy is high profile so they’d never risk the bad press. He probably won’t need it though. He’s going to make a million doing the talk show circuits and publishing an autobiography. That’s the American way.

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      We’re under Trump now, they’ll kick him out and he’ll be arrested for sleeping on the streets by tomorrow.

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      America, land of the free! Greatest country on earth! Now pull yourself up by the bootstraps.