00:00 FL v Stephan Sterns 07:13 Madeline Soto Family Dynamics 09:08 Expert Analysis Catch up on the FACTS here: www.courttv.com/news/stephan-sterns-facing-dozens-of-new-sex-crimes-charges-but-not-murder/?
Court TV please stop the stupid commercials for Cologuard. You know...the home test so when people get a false positive test it will scare them into running to the Dr and getting a colonoscopy. Makes me wonder if big pharma is hurting for people due to them not getting colonoscopies? Now they have a home test so that it scares them into submission. Rediculous when you watch court tv on you tube that commercial is on every 15 min with the "cute little jingle" I did it my way. Sickening.
Last year the Florida Legislature passed House Bill 1297, which amends section 794.011 of the Florida Statutes to read, "S e x u a l Assault: A person 18 years of age or older who commits sexual battery upon, or in an attempt to commit sexual battery injures the sexual organs of, a person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony, punishable as provided in ss. 775.082 and 921.1425. In all capital cases under this section, the procedure set forth in s. 921.1425 shall be followed in order to determine *a sentence of death* or life imprisonment." This new statute will not apply to Madeline's case because the enacting date was October 1, 2023 and Madeline turned 12 in February 2023. Had this statute been in place a year earlier, Sterns may very well have been facing a death penalty just for the charges he's currently being held under. Not even considering her murder.
Possibly pregnant? Kept what he's been doing to her quiet for at least two years that we know of so this would've exposed him. Possibly had a plan for this scenario with efforts resetting phone, disposing backpack seems sloppy I'm surprised no charges are filed just because I think we all know the truth.
Sadly, it is seemingly true. The mom absolutely looks like she could have some mental issues and seen it as a competition, not horrendously disgusting. smh
I agree, even if it’s just on the grounds that she lied and was protecting her scumbag bf. What Mother let’s this happen to their daughter over all this time since she was 8?? There is No Way that this mother knew nothing. It’s so infuriating.🤬😡
Every time I see Madeline’s smile it just kills me because what lies behind that smile is a little girl who has repeatedly endured horrendous atrocities done to her. This was a STRONG little girl who still smiled and tried to live a “normal” life even though her life was anything but normal. She’s now safe in God’s arms! Thank you God!
Excuse me. The point being made is that there was a father-daughter relationship which overlapped with an abuse dynamic which is precisely which made it so especially confusing. You are misinterpreting what was said by an expert who helps these people every day. There is no way in which the remarks negated in any way that the victim was abused.
@@drgaryb13 I don’t think the abuser had a father & daughter relationship in mind when he entered into the family. Everyone is entitled to to their own opinions expert or not
Right ! Exactly. It's not worth the risk at all. There are plenty of wonderful stepfathers who fill the shoes of an absent or deceased bio father, but the term "boyfriend" should get a bad name anyway. What adult man wants to be a "boyfriend"?
@12:45 Jenn Soto... come on... that huge proud smile while he lurks all shady in the background with sunglasses on. Grow up, please!!! These single insecure women.
Never even thought about it like that. 💔💔 As a child (30 years old today) of a single mother, I am so so grateful my mother chose to raise my sister and I the way she did. She never brought men into our home, eternally grateful
I think we're forgetting that she was abused for YEARS. She was groomed for a very long time. She had literally just turned 13. She was a beautiful young girl. I'm praying for her dad... and all who loved her.
I know the mother is getting a lot of scrutiny right now. She doesn’t appear to be the smartest individual in the world. I have no doubt that she has been groomed and manipulated heavily by the sociopath. We won’t know until everything shakes out. My gut feeling says that he started dating the mother because she had a daughter and that the mother was easily manipulated.
Nobody is forgetting that Madeline was abused for years. Stephan Sterns got together with the mom ever since she was a baby. So she thought that was her stepdad and that what he was doing was normal. My theory is that he overdosed her at her birthday party.
@@cartergomez5390 Wow that’s an angle I didn’t even think about. I can’t wait for the investigation to go public I really think this guy is a master manipulator.
@@cartergomez5390I’ve seen that speculation online too! That seems to be a very real possibility, that he’d been drugging her and molesting her for years!
The family didn't care about her, just like that lady that left her baby in the house while she went to go party in Puerto Rico and she got life in prison.
Maybe they do not want their family name to be irrevocably publicly tainted. Not to mention the likely very complicated and unhealthy family dynamics and secrecy that enabled the protracted abuse in the first place
@@camellia8625 I’m just about 💯 positive they’ve already done that. Inexcusable to not speak up for this child in any way shape or form. Sickening the whole lot of them…
Everybody let her down. She obviously felt she couldn’t confide in anybody. Its so sad and heartbreaking! It’s getting harder and harder to watch and hear, but she deserves people to fight for justice for her.
The Police may have interviewed them all, explained all the step they are exploring, and asking them to lay low so nothing interferes with the airtight case they are developing. As long as a non-involed family member is kept informed, there is no reason to speak out.
Vinnie, I told my mom first, but she didn’t believe me. It made me not want to tell anyone, especially my father who I was always close with. I didn’t want to hurt my dad…and there’s a ton of shame with telling people. Especially if you weren’t believed the first time you tell someone…
Madeline’s bio father failed her too by not being around to protect her! It breaks my heart that little girls like Madeline have subpar fathers who don’t keep them safe. He went off and made another family.
@@mollycote1021There’s no “even worse”. They’re both failures and equally responsible for this absolute tragedy. Mom had a bf, dad had a wife & other kids. Neither made Madeline a priority.
@@mollycote1021 That's definitely not 'even worse' it's a fathers job to protect his daughter. They are equally in the wrong. But if dad did care this wouldn't have happened.
@@gingerlee726Agree! My dad has always told me that if anyone ever hurt me they better hope the police find em first. That’s how it should be. There should be nothing that takes a father away from his little girl! Women should be able to look at their kids fathers and know they’d do anything to protect them. Madeline’s dad is a weak man
She probably couldn't sleep due to the fear induced hypervigilance and CPTSD. Her life was a nightmare. I also blame the fact that she probably felt she couldn't turn to DCFS because foster care is also a nightmare for ap many children. The state has funds to investigate, prosecute and warehouse predators after the murder, but they need to provide truely safe places for children to escape to for care and shelter. Even some d.v. shelters are run better than a children's group home.
@@Sababbby Totally agree. Of course I have no idea if she was but Madeline strikes me as she was a very smart and mature girl. Probably moreso than other girls her age. She probably knew how horrible the foster care system is...or can be. I'm sure she hated her home life but sometimes you're more comfortable with the evil you know than the unknown. It's often baffling what we will put up with just because it's familiar to us and we know what to expect. Most of the time.
@@maxmanx1294 Sir, you will have soon the law and the facts. That man was not a step dad, was a stranger being left alone with the girl. . . just wait . . . I am so sure the exact law facts are being built . . .
Yes 100% correct. At a minimum her daughter was being sexually abused in that house for at least 4 years. That is a huge period of time to live in close proximity in the house and be clueless about any sexual activity. The mother's failure to rescue her daughter from the horror she was suffering is criminal. I also think the biological father should be held to some responsibility, how can a father just abandon his child, it is not up to society to raise his daughter, provide health care, education, sanity, it is up to the biological parents. Why did no one protect her? The school never noticed strange things about the girl? That gross monster was manhandling her for years, he must have left marks. Didn't her mother ever take her to a doctor for an annual check up? The doctor would see if she was sexually active although not by choice. It is so scary that a child can be abused and repeatedly raped for years but o one knows? There are just too many answers to a huge number of questions. And yes the public has a right to know, even if a lynch mob forms against the mother, let the cops handle that. I am so angry on behalf of this poor little girl at every single person that failed her.
He is mom's boyfriend. Nothing more. Jenn Soto said "step dad" to make this whole situation seem more acceptable to Law Enforcement and the public. Think about it. For her to say "My boyfriend took her to school." Doesn't sound right now does it? Even with that one statement she was covering for him and herself.
@@SnarkyLady exactly the fact that he was allowed to still have access to her is very disturbing, he was probably making money from abusing her and recording/possibly distributing the abuse images online, predators record abuse so they can make trades of some sort, was jen soto whose excuse for not being around all the time was 'work', was she getting money or something and pimping her daughter to him? Why was he still allowed to be around Maddy?
You don't have to be lured when it's your mom's bf. It can be an assault and violent, and then when you're crying, they threaten you or your family. You promise not to tell. That's why it's not the child's job to 'tell' or to 'fight back.' both parents need to be in their children's lives, so they can notice subtle changes in their happiness and behavior. That's the parents job. I keep hearing people say 'teach your children to tell. Or teach your child to fight back.' how about teach the parents to watch the child, and watch for signs, and pay attention, and do your job, and keep your children safe. Moms, there is no excuse for you to put a bf above your child. Dammit! My mom kept forgiving my stepdad. I understand that money was a problem, and she couldn't bear being lonely, and when i was 14 she had cancer so that was the perfect excuse. Till the day she died last year, she told me how well he took care of her the year she had cancer. So that's why. That's the same year i realized he had orchestrated us to be alone, so i went to bed scared, and woke up to him grabbing me from my bed, carrying me to his. I screamed but nobody was there, i even hoped our German shepherd would save me, but he had planned ahead, and put the dog out, which we never did at night. His excuse, he was drunk and thought i was someone else. My bio dad was off starting a new family, excelling in his career while my mom was broke after helping him get his advanced degree. Had he done his job, he would've noticed i slowly started becoming depressed. But i barely knew him anymore. My big sister had to be the one to notice and she told our Mormon bishop what had happened to me. And he just told me to try harder not to get alone with my stepdad. 'You don't want to tear down your family do you?' he said. Adults need to do their jobs and protect children. STOP PUTTING THE JOB ON CHILDREN!! They can't tell you on command, it's too scary and embarrassing! It feels so gross! And you've been threatened. But this isn't a case of being lured into a 'relationship,' please stop doing that! It is so gross. No child wants this! It's terrifying We don't know how to stop an adult who tells us we have to do something, when the other adults all seem ok with that person having authority over us. In my case, i froze. I just froze and obeyed. Except the time i screamed for our dog. Poor Maddie. I wonder if he threatened her and she lived with that, or she just froze and this murder was a surprise. Maybe mom broke up with him, and he said if i can't have her, you can't have her. Poor Maddie. But it was no relationship. She looks like a child who froze, she looked detached at her party. Dissociated. Scared. I was violently attacked. The first time, i was kidnapped, he was just dating my mom. I didn't even know him. I thought i was going to die. No grooming. I hated him. But no adult did their job. And when i did reach out for help, 2 years later, i was told not to get alone with him. And he got meaner. 2022 Maddie's stepdad got meaner. She must've got brave and told. And like me, telling didn't make her safe. Parents doing their job is the solution. It's scary and violent and an alternate reality where you don't understand what is happening. Lured. That word really bothers me. Love you little Maddie💕✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨💧
You are absolutely right. It is the parents responsibility to care for their kids. But most of the time, parents lack of such care about their kids and they put the woman or men in their life first instead their kids. It is so sad that there are no more moral principles, education and common sense. How am I going to leave my kids with my boyfriend or girlfriend alone. I admire you to become the brave person that spoke up for someone else to learn from you. I coul say that Maddie's mother is guilty, guilty, by omission or perhaps an accomplice to murder.
OMG when you mentioned what The Mormon Bishop said I felt sick to my Stomach. ( My entire family is part of the organized religion) except for myself and my adult son. What you had to go through makes me so angry.
all of this 👏🏾 I've had enough! I'm SICK and TIRED of disturbed, sick and twisted individuals committing these terrible, heinous crimes, while others expect the child/victim to act as the adult (tell/fight back/etc). we must protect each other, especially these kids, to do away with these predators as best as we can, before they have the opportunity destroy lives. i am terribly sorry to hear the trauma that you endured. i wish you well and i wish you healing 🤍
Agreed, and also, ensuring that you are apart of your child’s life. We don’t know the father’s engagement aside from him being married to another woman and living out of state but I am willing to bet if he had Madeline for summers, holidays, etc.. she may have had a safe space for this to come out of the wash ❤️🩹😌
I've known people who had wonderful step mothers and fathers. The main thing is to love your child first and observe and pay attention to how others behave around your child. That goes for romantic partners, family and even child care workers or school employees. Literally you have to watch everyone.
Yay, Gary Brucato is a guest! His takes are always quite fascinating. It helped this be a little less heartbreaking - because I’m still experiencing anger about all that had been done to Maddie. 💔 We must get justice for this little girl.
I think it means hes a coward just like Adam Montgomery. These aren’t men, fathers, step father…they didn’t deserve the beautiful souls they were meant to protect and love…instead they instilled their life with chaos and evil.
They can waive those initial appearances, as it’s just due process and nothing important happening. Lawyer can handle that. As it progresses he has to show up
Or.... The mother caught him abusing her. Got so jealous of her daughter that she raged and killed her. Then manipulated/blackmailed him into taking the fall because he would have gotten In trouble anyways for doing what he did. I don't think he would kill her unless it was accidental in the moment. I think he wanted her too badly
I am so grateful that my mother's boyfriend when I was growing up, who I still choose to call my stepfather these many years later, was nothing like this monster!
Sterns likely doesn't want to be seen because he thinks there may be others out there that might recognize him either on the street or in photos or films, probably afraid of more victims coming forward.
why is the mother hiding? innocent people don't hide..she should keep on talking to the press...only guilty people are told by lawyers to hide and keep quite,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;..
It's disgusting that many people are going after bio dad with little information. He's probably being instructed by detectives to not speak out or he's just not ready. I'm not sure why people are trolling and tripping out over it.
Omg love the pink tie🩷 Good coverage Vinnie thank you for keeping us informed on this case as it unfolds. Rest in the loving arms of Jesus sweet Maddie 😢no one can hurt you anymore 🙏🏼
She was probably tortured for the full six years that his mother picked up this trash and brought him into her home. Was she pregnant? Was she passed around at that "adult" party? Was this pervert getting paid to use Maddie to "entertain' other perverts. What a sad life and a horrific ending. Her mother is a useless coward for ALLOWING her daughter to be subjected to this abuse. She KNEW, she APPROVED, she should be held accountable.
Poor little girl She was abused by the monster the mother brought to her life everyone in her family felt big time but at the end of the mother fault big time She should be punished put her in prison
@@celticwarrior777No one is “shaming” anyone. A child relies on the custodial parent for protection. It’s clear this mother wasn’t looking out for her own daughter for this prolonged abuse to go on over years .
As a child victim of family SA you 1st think it's normal & 2nd when you strat to doubt that it's not normal you are afraid to be blamed (you asked for it) & or not being believed or worse tearing apart the family. All of the above is why kids don't come out about SA.
@@estherlajoy9539 Florida does have the death penalty now for this type of abuse on children. Sterns isn't eligible since Madeline was older than the age limit at the time the law went into effect. However, that's just considering the s-ex-ual abuse. He very well may still receive a death penalty for capital mur-der.
why is the mother hiding? innocent people don't hide..she should keep on talking to the press...only guilty people are told by lawyers to hide and keep quite,,,,,,.,/,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,'
That's what a news report in Spanish shared that Tyler did fly from Texas to Florida when he learned Madeline was missing. Also, but could be rumors online that Jenn slowly stopped Tyler from seeing Madeline, who knows if that's true. They also said that Tyler's curtain wife had asked Madeline if anything was happening at home, but Madeline Supposedly said everything was fine. Again, who knows if that's people online spreading rumors.
This case bothers me. Ive lost sleep over it. Something about knowing what she went through and for her to be killed on her birthday makes it even worse. Seeing her hide all of her pain with a smile. I pray her soul is at peace. Im sorry this happened to you, Maddie. You didn't deserve this. Damn this haunts me.
You skipped one Vinnie, after Maddie is born and before she meets Stephan Sterns she married Steven Young and they stay married a short time and then divorce.
Lose the Hollywood style movie music. True crime reports should never have music in them. It is disrespectful to the murdered girl's memory, and it cheapens the whole thing to a soap opera.
Sometimes I get why there are some people who genuinely believe that people shouldn't be allowed to reproduce & parent without being vetted first. It's unrealistic and would be mishandled by the government, but damn of its not a tempting concept. Too many feckless, selfish, depraved parents exist. Our modern culture is a hellscape, y'all.
I think mom is involved. There's no way she didn't notice something was wrong and for him to have all that very valuable CP with mom living in a gated community and be doing so well financially I think they were profiting off of it. I know you don't want to believe me but I've been in prison and Ive met over 10 moms in my state of 400 thousand who profited off of SA of her kids. The mom has the same look in her eyes.
I grew up like Madeline. This is why it's very triggering. I first remember being SA at age 3. By the time I was Maddie's age, I was experienced at adult behavior. My adoptive brother was one of my abusers and he married a woman with 3 children. He had his eye on the daughter. This didn't end well with lives ruined, as you could imagine. I'm in NZ, and there's no justice here for those kinds of crimes. It's almost as if the system enables it. It's hard to fully recover without proper justice.
yup true,,,and also why is the mother hiding? innocent people don't hide..she should keep on talking to the press...only guilty people are told by lawyers to hide and keep quite,,,
This focus on bio dad is very unfair. He loved his child and had nothing to do with any of this. He is a victim too if losing a child. As soon as he heard he left Texas to go to Florida. He remarried. I am sure he is very upset and devastated. We need to give him space and privacy. Don't get him involved in this.
Yes my dauggters mother when we where not togather gave my daughter her last name to upset me. The only reason it wasn't decided at the hospital is because we couldn't agree on her middle name. She knew it hurt me becUse it's my only child. She has two twin daughters I raised prior to our separation. If I told you what she did teyi g to keep her from mentioning after moving with another man it would blow your mind. I fought for my daughter and now have full custody thank God.
I wish that the father would come forward and speak at least say something about his daughter when he's ready of course. And I don't want to lay any judgment on him until I know the full story. He does have the right to be silent but if he could at least come forward and say something
@@Lola-193 I saw someone else posted it and they were really confident with details so I thought maybe they were correct, but I really have no knowledge myself. Just repeating what I saw posted days ago. Now I read he lives in Texas.
Yep three times and courts denied because they side with women. Heartbreaking 💔 especially those that are bashing him! I can imagine what trying to co parent with a woman like that would be like…
A friend once told me I would never be able to understand abuse and family dysfunction because I was raised in Beaver Cleaver's house. All I can say is thank God for that! I know we don't live in a 1950s sitcom anymore, but would it kill anyone to keep some of those values? Oh, wait. It kills children every day that parents don't.
'SHE engaged in this relationship because it gave her a relationship??' WRONG! I can't stand how stupid people share their opinion when they've never been there. Kids don't engage in this activity WILLINGLY. I was forced every time against my will. This can go on for years without you telling, or with people you do tell minimizing it, or you have been threatened. You cry, you freeze, you fight back, you scream. But these master manipulators groom OTHER PEOPLE. My stepdad orchestrated times when i would suddenly be alone with him. So my screaming wasn't heard. The last few years he kept me quiet by telling me my mom had cancer and would die from stress if she knew. I was way too young to unpack that lie! Stop talking like these children are willing participants, just because they are prisoners for years and you can't understand why we can't get away! Please!
The statement was that the child was CONFUSED by a groomer into thinking the dynamic was normal but it was NOT consensual. A child cannot consent. You didn't listen.
Thank you Vinny for having the strength to deal with this it is a heavy burden. It is something that is hard for them to even speak of. I appreciate you and I appreciate the coverage that you’re doing on this case Shalom.
why is the mother hiding? innocent people don't hide..she should keep on talking to the press...only guilty people are told by lawyers to hide and keep quite,,,././././.
00:00 FL v Stephan Sterns
07:13 Madeline Soto Family Dynamics
09:08 Expert Analysis
Catch up on the FACTS here:
www.courttv.com/news/stephan-sterns-facing-dozens-of-new-sex-crimes-charges-but-not-murder/?
Court TV please stop the stupid commercials for Cologuard. You know...the home test so when people get a false positive test it will scare them into running to the Dr and getting a colonoscopy. Makes me wonder if big pharma is hurting for people due to them not getting colonoscopies? Now they have a home test so that it scares them into submission. Rediculous when you watch court tv on you tube that commercial is on every 15 min with the "cute little jingle" I did it my way. Sickening.
Last year the Florida Legislature passed House Bill 1297, which amends section 794.011 of the Florida Statutes to read,
"S e x u a l Assault:
A person 18 years of age or older who commits sexual battery upon,
or in an attempt to commit sexual battery injures the sexual organs of, a
person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony, punishable as
provided in ss. 775.082 and 921.1425. In all capital cases under this section,
the procedure set forth in s. 921.1425 shall be followed in order to determine
*a sentence of death* or life imprisonment."
This new statute will not apply to Madeline's case because the enacting date was October 1, 2023 and Madeline turned 12 in February 2023. Had this statute been in place a year earlier, Sterns may very well have been facing a death penalty just for the charges he's currently being held under. Not even considering her murder.
Possibly pregnant? Kept what he's been doing to her quiet for at least two years that we know of so this would've exposed him. Possibly had a plan for this scenario with efforts resetting phone, disposing backpack seems sloppy I'm surprised no charges are filed just because I think we all know the truth.
Why hasn't the father spoken out? Can anyone interview him
Why MADELINE GOT her mom last name..??? She got a Father !!!
Madeline was likely groomed and abused for 6 years. This is horrendously tragic.
Don't give a fk that is your child. Groomed? Jenn is grown! Groomed bullshit!
The last half of her tormented life due to adults that were supposed to be taking care of her.
Millions more out there - millions!!
Sadly, it is seemingly true. The mom absolutely looks like she could have some mental issues and seen it as a competition, not horrendously disgusting. smh
You'd like to think that so you can feel bad more. Get help.
Everyone failed her. So sad. 😥 May she rest in peace.🌷🙏
He makes me sick every time I look at him or even hear his name. He is not a stepfather and does not deserve that title..
I flip the TV off every time I see his face 😂
Me too. He gives off cringe vibes.
I get sick I can’t look at him I don’t like his face.
@@killingqueen666 Imagine going to a blind date and you encounter that guy as your date partner. 😮
He actually had the audacity to post her picture on Reddit 3 years ago.
The mom need to be arrested and thrown in jail too
Why
I agree, even if it’s just on the grounds that she lied and was protecting her scumbag bf. What Mother let’s this happen to their daughter over all this time since she was 8?? There is No Way that this mother knew nothing. It’s so infuriating.🤬😡
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@@chelseapowell2819because she knew everything that was going 9n. How could she not.😤
@chelseapowell2819 YOU THINK HER MOTHER WAS INNOCENT?????
Every time I see Madeline’s smile it just kills me because what lies behind that smile is a little girl who has repeatedly endured horrendous atrocities done to her. This was a STRONG little girl who still smiled and tried to live a “normal” life even though her life was anything but normal. She’s now safe in God’s arms! Thank you God!
It’s not a relationship when a child is being abused, it’s sexual abuse of a child
THANK YOU
Excuse me. The point being made is that there was a father-daughter relationship which overlapped with an abuse dynamic which is precisely which made it so especially confusing. You are misinterpreting what was said by an expert who helps these people every day. There is no way in which the remarks negated in any way that the victim was abused.
@@drgaryb13 I don’t think the abuser had a father & daughter relationship in mind when he entered into the family. Everyone is entitled to to their own opinions expert or not
@jbrimble1957 - No freaking kidding. The expert says the same thing.
@@jbrimble1957 it’s not really an opinion, you just misinterpreted what the word relationship meant in this context
He is not a step dad he is mom's boyfriend
He's a MONSTER and a COWARD to boot!
That's what she called him and what he called himself multiple times
Not even. Child pr edator.
Exactly!! so where is HER dad?!! She has two parents so what is her dad’s part of the investigation?
He is the worst kind of evil monster preying on a child ! DP
It should be mandatory for the "alleged" perpetrator to be present at all hearings.
What mother misses their daughter’s 13th bday??
This is my question also. Especially since you didn't even have her party on the day of her actual birthday. Why choose a day when you're working?
I could never !!
@@janinekayser4837Stellar point!!
Her birthday was celebrated during the week, Madeline later had another birthday at her grandparent's house.
@@TheBetsy1127 I believe NOTHING the mother has said. She also said “we” dropped her down the street from school. She solicited her daughter to men
They said Maddy was ashamed of the car... NO she didn't want to be seen with Him!¡! She was ashamed OF HIM!¡!
Yes. Like she felt people would know what he was doing to her. Ina. Sense
She wasn’t ashamed of the car; that was a lie these two killers made up!
If you are a single mom.... you are a TARGET for child predators. .. I feel this needs to be talked about and publicized more often....
Right ! Exactly. It's not worth the risk at all. There are plenty of wonderful stepfathers who fill the shoes of an absent or deceased bio father, but the term "boyfriend" should get a bad name anyway. What adult man wants to be a "boyfriend"?
@12:45 Jenn Soto... come on... that huge proud smile while he lurks all shady in the background with sunglasses on. Grow up, please!!! These single insecure women.
Never even thought about it like that. 💔💔 As a child (30 years old today) of a single mother, I am so so grateful my mother chose to raise my sister and I the way she did. She never brought men into our home, eternally grateful
I think we're forgetting that she was abused for YEARS. She was groomed for a very long time. She had literally just turned 13. She was a beautiful young girl. I'm praying for her dad... and all who loved her.
I don't think any of us are forgetting that for a single second.
I know the mother is getting a lot of scrutiny right now. She doesn’t appear to be the smartest individual in the world. I have no doubt that she has been groomed and manipulated heavily by the sociopath. We won’t know until everything shakes out. My gut feeling says that he started dating the mother because she had a daughter and that the mother was easily manipulated.
Nobody is forgetting that Madeline was abused for years. Stephan Sterns got together with the mom ever since she was a baby. So she thought that was her stepdad and that what he was doing was normal. My theory is that he overdosed her at her birthday party.
@@cartergomez5390 Wow that’s an angle I didn’t even think about. I can’t wait for the investigation to go public I really think this guy is a master manipulator.
@@cartergomez5390I’ve seen that speculation online too! That seems to be a very real possibility, that he’d been drugging her and molesting her for years!
Where was her grandmother??? What a family!!!😢
Poor beautiful girl🩷🙏🩷🙏🩷⚖️
The family didn't care about her, just like that lady that left her baby in the house while she went to go party in Puerto Rico and she got life in prison.
@@cartergomez5390 yes+ much more such cases!!! I cant believe it!! Everyday one or more new 😢💔💔💔💔
@cartergomez5390 really? How did you come to that conclusion?
Their is a interview with the grandma@@cartergomez5390
What does the grandmother have to do with this situation? The mom failed to protect her daughter
He should be force to attend the hearing! Didn’t care about molesting a child, he need to be shamed for all to see!
Right! Why does He get to choose!!
@@waraira66the constitution maybe?
Yes Nasty beast
Y E S
WHY IS NO ONE IN THIS FAMILY SPEAKING 🗣️ OUT!?!? IT IS ABSOLUTELY BAFFLING
Maybe they do not want their family name to be irrevocably publicly tainted. Not to mention the likely very complicated and unhealthy family dynamics and secrecy that enabled the protracted abuse in the first place
@@camellia8625 Too late.
@@camellia8625 I’m just about 💯 positive they’ve already done that. Inexcusable to not speak up for this child in any way shape or form. Sickening the whole lot of them…
Everybody let her down. She obviously felt she couldn’t confide in anybody. Its so sad and heartbreaking! It’s getting harder and harder to watch and hear, but she deserves people to fight for justice for her.
The Police may have interviewed them all, explained all the step they are exploring, and asking them to lay low so nothing interferes with the airtight case they are developing. As long as a non-involed family member is kept informed, there is no reason to speak out.
Vinnie, I told my mom first, but she didn’t believe me. It made me not want to tell anyone, especially my father who I was always close with. I didn’t want to hurt my dad…and there’s a ton of shame with telling people. Especially if you weren’t believed the first time you tell someone…
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I know. My cry for help was met with silence
@@mintpatty💔😢
Im sorry this happened to you 😢
Heartbreaking 💔 So sorry you had to go through that🙏🏼 I hope this wakes other parents up!
Madeline’s bio father failed her too by not being around to protect her!
It breaks my heart that little girls like Madeline have subpar fathers who don’t keep them safe. He went off and made another family.
Even worse mothers that let men like this in her life to abuse her daughter
@@mollycote1021There’s no “even worse”. They’re both failures and equally responsible for this absolute tragedy. Mom had a bf, dad had a wife & other kids. Neither made Madeline a priority.
@@mollycote1021 That's definitely not 'even worse' it's a fathers job to protect his daughter. They are equally in the wrong. But if dad did care this wouldn't have happened.
@@gingerlee726Agree! My dad has always told me that if anyone ever hurt me they better hope the police find em first. That’s how it should be. There should be nothing that takes a father away from his little girl!
Women should be able to look at their kids fathers and know they’d do anything to protect them. Madeline’s dad is a weak man
Men, please do better to be there for your developing child, especially your girls. Her life was too short.
The black rings around her eyes breaks my heart I hope shes at peace and gets the justice she deserves 🙏🙏💖
She smiled but the spark in her eyes was missing. That poor girl suffered so much 💔😭
Exactly. That poor girl looks like she had the weight of the WORLD on her shoulders.
When I saw that picture I could tell she was sad 😭😭💔💔
She probably couldn't sleep due to the fear induced hypervigilance and CPTSD. Her life was a nightmare. I also blame the fact that she probably felt she couldn't turn to DCFS because foster care is also a nightmare for ap many children. The state has funds to investigate, prosecute and warehouse predators after the murder, but they need to provide truely safe places for children to escape to for care and shelter. Even some d.v. shelters are run better than a children's group home.
@@Sababbby Totally agree. Of course I have no idea if she was but Madeline strikes me as she was a very smart and mature girl. Probably moreso than other girls her age. She probably knew how horrible the foster care system is...or can be. I'm sure she hated her home life but sometimes you're more comfortable with the evil you know than the unknown. It's often baffling what we will put up with just because it's familiar to us and we know what to expect. Most of the time.
That "mother" must go to jail and for a long term !!
WHY?
What evidence proves she's guilty of criminal acts?
@@maxmanx1294 Sir, you will have soon the law and the facts. That man was not a step dad, was a stranger being left alone with the girl. . . just wait . . . I am so sure the exact law facts are being built . . .
@@larryarevaloproudfoot2182 If she knew, I hope she gets life.
Yes 100% correct. At a minimum her daughter was being sexually abused in that house for at least 4 years. That is a huge period of time to live in close proximity in the house and be clueless about any sexual activity. The mother's failure to rescue her daughter from the horror she was suffering is criminal. I also think the biological father should be held to some responsibility, how can a father just abandon his child, it is not up to society to raise his daughter, provide health care, education, sanity, it is up to the biological parents. Why did no one protect her? The school never noticed strange things about the girl? That gross monster was manhandling her for years, he must have left marks. Didn't her mother ever take her to a doctor for an annual check up? The doctor would see if she was sexually active although not by choice. It is so scary that a child can be abused and repeatedly raped for years but o one knows? There are just too many answers to a huge number of questions. And yes the public has a right to know, even if a lynch mob forms against the mother, let the cops handle that. I am so angry on behalf of this poor little girl at every single person that failed her.
He is mom's boyfriend. Nothing more. Jenn Soto said "step dad" to make this whole situation seem more acceptable to Law Enforcement and the public. Think about it. For her to say "My boyfriend took her to school." Doesn't sound right now does it? Even with that one statement she was covering for him and herself.
Big Facts💯
Even worse is EX bf. Who ended it and why?
@@SnarkyLady exactly the fact that he was allowed to still have access to her is very disturbing, he was probably making money from abusing her and recording/possibly distributing the abuse images online, predators record abuse so they can make trades of some sort, was jen soto whose excuse for not being around all the time was 'work', was she getting money or something and pimping her daughter to him? Why was he still allowed to be around Maddy?
Justice for Madeline 💜💜💜💜
You don't have to be lured when it's your mom's bf. It can be an assault and violent, and then when you're crying, they threaten you or your family. You promise not to tell. That's why it's not the child's job to 'tell' or to 'fight back.' both parents need to be in their children's lives, so they can notice subtle changes in their happiness and behavior.
That's the parents job.
I keep hearing people say 'teach your children to tell. Or teach your child to fight back.' how about teach the parents to watch the child, and watch for signs, and pay attention, and do your job, and keep your children safe.
Moms, there is no excuse for you to put a bf above your child. Dammit!
My mom kept forgiving my stepdad. I understand that money was a problem, and she couldn't bear being lonely, and when i was 14 she had cancer so that was the perfect excuse. Till the day she died last year, she told me how well he took care of her the year she had cancer. So that's why.
That's the same year i realized he had orchestrated us to be alone, so i went to bed scared, and woke up to him grabbing me from my bed, carrying me to his. I screamed but nobody was there, i even hoped our German shepherd would save me, but he had planned ahead, and put the dog out, which we never did at night.
His excuse, he was drunk and thought i was someone else.
My bio dad was off starting a new family, excelling in his career while my mom was broke after helping him get his advanced degree. Had he done his job, he would've noticed i slowly started becoming depressed. But i barely knew him anymore.
My big sister had to be the one to notice and she told our Mormon bishop what had happened to me. And he just told me to try harder not to get alone with my stepdad. 'You don't want to tear down your family do you?' he said.
Adults need to do their jobs and protect children.
STOP PUTTING THE JOB ON CHILDREN!!
They can't tell you on command, it's too scary and embarrassing! It feels so gross!
And you've been threatened.
But this isn't a case of being lured into a 'relationship,' please stop doing that! It is so gross.
No child wants this!
It's terrifying
We don't know how to stop an adult who tells us we have to do something, when the other adults all seem ok with that person having authority over us.
In my case, i froze. I just froze and obeyed. Except the time i screamed for our dog.
Poor Maddie.
I wonder if he threatened her and she lived with that, or she just froze and this murder was a surprise.
Maybe mom broke up with him, and he said if i can't have her, you can't have her.
Poor Maddie.
But it was no relationship. She looks like a child who froze, she looked detached at her party. Dissociated.
Scared.
I was violently attacked.
The first time, i was kidnapped, he was just dating my mom. I didn't even know him. I thought i was going to die.
No grooming. I hated him.
But no adult did their job.
And when i did reach out for help, 2 years later, i was told not to get alone with him.
And he got meaner.
2022 Maddie's stepdad got meaner. She must've got brave and told.
And like me, telling didn't make her safe. Parents doing their job is the solution.
It's scary and violent and an alternate reality where you don't understand what is happening.
Lured. That word really bothers me.
Love you little Maddie💕✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨💧
Her mother should have figured it out
My mom would have never seen me again after I left home!!
You are absolutely right. It is the parents responsibility to care for their kids. But most of the time, parents lack of such care about their kids and they put the woman or men in their life first instead their kids. It is so sad that there are no more moral principles, education and common sense. How am I going to leave my kids with my boyfriend or girlfriend alone. I admire you to become the brave person that spoke up for someone else to learn from you. I coul say that Maddie's mother is guilty, guilty, by omission or perhaps an accomplice to murder.
OMG when you mentioned what The Mormon Bishop said I felt sick to my Stomach. ( My entire family is part of the organized religion) except for myself and my adult son.
What you had to go through makes me so angry.
all of this 👏🏾 I've had enough! I'm SICK and TIRED of disturbed, sick and twisted individuals committing these terrible, heinous crimes, while others expect the child/victim to act as the adult (tell/fight back/etc). we must protect each other, especially these kids, to do away with these predators as best as we can, before they have the opportunity destroy lives.
i am terribly sorry to hear the trauma that you endured. i wish you well and i wish you healing 🤍
How about stop introducing kids to people you are in relations with , period.
It usually doesnt turn out well.
It's well known that pedos target single mothers.
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Agreed, and also, ensuring that you are apart of your child’s life.
We don’t know the father’s engagement aside from him being married to another woman and living out of state but I am willing to bet if he had Madeline for summers, holidays, etc.. she may have had a safe space for this to come out of the wash ❤️🩹😌
I've known people who had wonderful step mothers and fathers. The main thing is to love your child first and observe and pay attention to how others behave around your child. That goes for romantic partners, family and even child care workers or school employees. Literally you have to watch everyone.
It's an unspeakable horror....That precious child had no one protecting her. Fly with the angels, Maddie..💔
Yes where is her bio dad
Well not around a lot due to hire being an affair child.
Yay, Gary Brucato is a guest! His takes are always quite fascinating. It helped this be a little less heartbreaking - because I’m still experiencing anger about all that had been done to Maddie. 💔 We must get justice for this little girl.
Yes, I could listen to Gary Brucato speak all day. He is very humble too.
I think it means hes a coward just like Adam Montgomery. These aren’t men, fathers, step father…they didn’t deserve the beautiful souls they were meant to protect and love…instead they instilled their life with chaos and evil.
Truth
How can someone who is in custody refuse to appear in court ?
They can waive those initial appearances, as it’s just due process and nothing important happening. Lawyer can handle that. As it progresses he has to show up
I wonder if he killed her bc she told him no …or if she got pregnant by him
Or if she said she’s telling on him at school the next day.
Him or the mother or both. So sad
Or.... The mother caught him abusing her. Got so jealous of her daughter that she raged and killed her. Then manipulated/blackmailed him into taking the fall because he would have gotten In trouble anyways for doing what he did.
I don't think he would kill her unless it was accidental in the moment. I think he wanted her too badly
I'm leaning strongly towards the pregnancy scenario. They would really struggle to hide that and a paternity test would reveal the truth.
Wow, all of the above are possibilities, SMH 😔 😢
RIP Maddy 😭😔
Poor kid never had a chance.
😢😢😢😔💔🙏🏾R.I.P. Sweetheart
I think Madeline was pregnant
That is my same thought… I have a feeling that is what the forensic will come back with
It is my gut feeling too
@@brendao185we’ll never know. She’s a minor.
@@cathymarsh1782that’s not true whatsoever
@@cathymarsh1782We will know if they release the autopsy report.
Check in with your children. Believe them if they say they feel anxiety about staying somewhere or with someone. Listen to them.
I am so grateful that my mother's boyfriend when I was growing up, who I still choose to call my stepfather these many years later, was nothing like this monster!
Sterns likely doesn't want to be seen because he thinks there may be others out there that might recognize him either on the street or in photos or films, probably afraid of more victims coming forward.
Stellar insight. Ugh! 😢
Actually people arrested for his crimes are targeted by other inmates he is trying to keep a low profile in jail.
why is the mother hiding? innocent people don't hide..she should keep on talking to the press...only guilty people are told by lawyers to hide and keep quite,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,;..
I didn't see any remorse coming from her 😢😢😢😢😢 grieving 😢😢😢😢 grandmother
Women stop letting your boyfriends move in with you when you have kids
I don't think she told her dad because if she did I bet sterns wouldn't be able to walk. Her father served this country
I really agree with you.
It's disgusting that many people are going after bio dad with little information. He's probably being instructed by detectives to not speak out or he's just not ready. I'm not sure why people are trolling and tripping out over it.
The more I hear of Madeleine story, the more I feel that Madeline's mother was an enabler.
BEEN thinking that
I actually think she was also involved.
@@The-Oneness11 Unfortunately, I agree. Sick and evil!
Thanks!
Omg love the pink tie🩷
Good coverage Vinnie thank you for keeping us informed on this case as it unfolds. Rest in the loving arms of Jesus sweet Maddie 😢no one can hurt you anymore 🙏🏼
We need to open a helpline for young kids. So they can ring and let know what is going on with them.
Yesssss!!! Advocate for that! They can see commercials of the # website anything to do it!
She was probably tortured for the full six years that his mother picked up this trash and brought him into her home. Was she pregnant? Was she passed around at that "adult" party?
Was this pervert getting paid to use Maddie to "entertain' other perverts. What a sad life and a horrific ending. Her mother is a useless coward for ALLOWING her daughter to be subjected to this abuse. She KNEW, she APPROVED, she should be held accountable.
I would never miss my kids birthday party
U find it weird i mean wouldnt she nake sure the party was on her day off
That and $2 will get you on a bus.
I thought that was strange.
I did I keep wondering if she ended up pregnant.And that's why he killed her
I just wrote about this hunch precisely. 💔😭
That will come out in the autopsy
Its possible. Or she may have threatened to tell
I can’t believe they can’t make him appear🤬
Criminals seem to have more rights than victims.
Poor little girl
She was abused by the monster the mother brought to her life everyone in her family felt big time but at the end of the mother fault big time
She should be punished put her in prison
Stop women shaming we dont know she knew.
@@celticwarrior777No one is “shaming” anyone. A child relies on the custodial parent for protection. It’s clear this mother wasn’t looking out for her own daughter for this prolonged abuse to go on over years .
Lots of women do that, they can't be without man.
@@celticwarrior777 well the Crumbley parents just got found guilty for turning a blind eye…so should this mother…if you can call her one
@celticwarrior777 then she is not very intelligent. Women need to step up and watch their children if they are bringing men into their childs life.
As a child victim of family SA you 1st think it's normal & 2nd when you strat to doubt that it's not normal you are afraid to be blamed (you asked for it) & or not being believed or worse tearing apart the family. All of the above is why kids don't come out about SA.
He tried to get custody of her three times. Was denied each time 😢
Evidence?
Great panel Vinnie! Thank you for your continued advocacy on this case. RIP Madeline 💔
He (Sterns) doesn't deserve anything not even a life sentence he been hurting this Angle Madeline since she was 8 yrs old!
Death penalty would be advised
@@estherlajoy9539 💯+
@@estherlajoy9539 Florida does have the death penalty now for this type of abuse on children. Sterns isn't eligible since Madeline was older than the age limit at the time the law went into effect.
However, that's just considering the s-ex-ual abuse. He very well may still receive a death penalty for capital mur-der.
RIP Madeline I am sorry so many turned a blind eye.
Do you think the mother hasn't been arrested because the DA needs her to testify against him?
I think she’s in a mental hospital
Maybe nothing suggests she even knew about it. Let law enforcement do their job & find out
@@maxmanx1294 ...or she turned a blind eye to it. Or even thought her daughter wanted it.
I think they are holding off on the murder charges.. until they can figure where the mom falls in all of this.
No. DA has plenty to lock him up forever without murder charges
Why the hell does this predator still get to hide? He should be made to appear and face the camera and we the people!!!!
EXACTLY
why is the mother hiding? innocent people don't hide..she should keep on talking to the press...only guilty people are told by lawyers to hide and keep quite,,,,,,.,/,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,'
Madeline's biological father lives in Texas he did fly from Texas when he learned that Madeline disappeared.
Haven't heard that yet. As heartbreaking as this is. Hope it's true that he did. Because babygirl didn't have anyone there 😢
Rest in peace Madeline
So he did the bare minimum. wow
Too little too late in my opinion!! Maybe if he had been more involved in her life she wouldn’t have had to go through the hell that was her life
TENDRÍA QUE HABER VENIDO ANTES, MUCHO ANTES!! 🤬😠
That's what a news report in Spanish shared that Tyler did fly from Texas to Florida when he learned Madeline was missing. Also, but could be rumors online that Jenn slowly stopped Tyler from seeing Madeline, who knows if that's true. They also said that Tyler's curtain wife had asked Madeline if anything was happening at home, but Madeline Supposedly said everything was fine. Again, who knows if that's people online spreading rumors.
He probably just had a different phone back then
This case bothers me. Ive lost sleep over it. Something about knowing what she went through and for her to be killed on her birthday makes it even worse. Seeing her hide all of her pain with a smile. I pray her soul is at peace. Im sorry this happened to you, Maddie. You didn't deserve this. Damn this haunts me.
Absolutely heartbreaking
Hello everyone from New Jersey!
TYSM Vinnie and Court TV blessings to all
You guys are really milking this poor girl’s story for views. Just wrong.
She may have been impregnated by this monster and mom and boyfriend felt murder was the only way to cover up their crimes against this precious child.
Agree
SII!!! 🤬😠
Autopsy will identify if she was pregnant
So sad, she was so beautiful! She isn't hurting anymore.
He learned not to appear from Adam Montgomery.
You skipped one Vinnie, after Maddie is born and before she meets Stephan Sterns she married Steven Young and they stay married a short time and then divorce.
Esa "mujer" es una Enferma Mental grave, claramente! NO debería tener hijos, es una Inútil!! 🤬😠
Madeleine was just starting to show the lovely, young woman she should have become 😢
Justice and RIP ❤
Lose the Hollywood style movie music. True crime reports should never have music in them. It is disrespectful to the murdered girl's memory, and it cheapens the whole thing to a soap opera.
YESS...100% Agree
Thought I was the only one feeling that way.
You're reaching
It’s not that deep. 😅
This makes me so sick to my stomach.
Sometimes I get why there are some people who genuinely believe that people shouldn't be allowed to reproduce & parent without being vetted first. It's unrealistic and would be mishandled by the government, but damn of its not a tempting concept. Too many feckless, selfish, depraved parents exist. Our modern culture is a hellscape, y'all.
Yup
If it was a birthday party how come there is no people in any of the photos but her?
I think mom is involved. There's no way she didn't notice something was wrong and for him to have all that very valuable CP with mom living in a gated community and be doing so well financially I think they were profiting off of it. I know you don't want to believe me but I've been in prison and Ive met over 10 moms in my state of 400 thousand who profited off of SA of her kids. The mom has the same look in her eyes.
I believe the mom knew but acted as if nothing was going on.
I agree, I think her child abuse images were being trafficked and sold online, and they profited off of it.
I grew up like Madeline. This is why it's very triggering. I first remember being SA at age 3. By the time I was Maddie's age, I was experienced at adult behavior. My adoptive brother was one of my abusers and he married a woman with 3 children. He had his eye on the daughter. This didn't end well with lives ruined, as you could imagine. I'm in NZ, and there's no justice here for those kinds of crimes. It's almost as if the system enables it. It's hard to fully recover without proper justice.
If Mom didn't know, she SHOULD have known!! My guess is she knew but didn't want to lose the loser.
Amen
yup true,,,and also why is the mother hiding? innocent people don't hide..she should keep on talking to the press...only guilty people are told by lawyers to hide and keep quite,,,
This focus on bio dad is very unfair. He loved his child and had nothing to do with any of this. He is a victim too if losing a child. As soon as he heard he left Texas to go to Florida. He remarried. I am sure he is very upset and devastated. We need to give him space and privacy. Don't get him involved in this.
Why did he not give her his last name?
@@anarivera7455Maybe the mother insisted on giving Madeline hers?
How do you know how he feels?
You're talking about how _you_ would feel.
Yes my dauggters mother when we where not togather gave my daughter her last name to upset me. The only reason it wasn't decided at the hospital is because we couldn't agree on her middle name. She knew it hurt me becUse it's my only child. She has two twin daughters I raised prior to our separation. If I told you what she did teyi g to keep her from mentioning after moving with another man it would blow your mind. I fought for my daughter and now have full custody thank God.
@@anarivera7455 why don't you ask the mother
Love how u make it so easy to understand what exactly what's going on I do follow u on all your channel's Vinnie watching u from Canada
Also here from CA 🍁
I wish that the father would come forward and speak at least say something about his daughter when he's ready of course. And I don't want to lay any judgment on him until I know the full story.
He does have the right to be silent but if he could at least come forward and say something
EXACTLY!
I read he was in prison. I can't confirm that tho.
@isabellaflorentina7574 Where did you "read," that?
@@Lola-193 I saw someone else posted it and they were really confident with details so I thought maybe they were correct, but I really have no knowledge myself. Just repeating what I saw posted days ago. Now I read he lives in Texas.
They say the bio father and step mother tried to get custody because they knew Jenn was bi polar.
Y QUÉ PASÓ ENTONCES??!! 😠
Yep three times and courts denied because they side with women. Heartbreaking 💔 especially those that are bashing him! I can imagine what trying to co parent with a woman like that would be like…
@@jesclifford88What?? The court is to blame also.
Did the courts make him move far away from his daughter? He lives in another state right?
@@SharpTacmaybe cuz of military
A friend once told me I would never be able to understand abuse and family dysfunction because I was raised in Beaver Cleaver's house. All I can say is thank God for that! I know we don't live in a 1950s sitcom anymore, but would it kill anyone to keep some of those values? Oh, wait. It kills children every day that parents don't.
I pray that one day those values will be restored. The world has become very debased and cases like these are way too commonplace now :(
Well said let's get back to values, morality and protecting our children no matter what.
@@NadineDelange-dx8ol yes especially women predators in the classrooms and getting pregnant from the underage male victims
She never had a Chace, he robbed her
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Out of respect could you refrain from referring to this little girl as "Soto" her name was Madeleine! 😡💔🇬🇧
Madeline was a BEAUTIFUL Baby!! And a beautiful young lady! May she receive the justice she so rightfully deserves! RIP
'SHE engaged in this relationship because it gave her a relationship??' WRONG!
I can't stand how stupid people share their opinion when they've never been there.
Kids don't engage in this activity WILLINGLY. I was forced every time against my will. This can go on for years without you telling, or with people you do tell minimizing it, or you have been threatened. You cry, you freeze, you fight back, you scream. But these master manipulators groom OTHER PEOPLE.
My stepdad orchestrated times when i would suddenly be alone with him. So my screaming wasn't heard. The last few years he kept me quiet by telling me my mom had cancer and would die from stress if she knew.
I was way too young to unpack that lie!
Stop talking like these children are willing participants, just because they are prisoners for years and you can't understand why we can't get away!
Please!
You distorted every word of what was said. The person speaking is a leading authority on the subject.
The statement was that the child was CONFUSED by a groomer into thinking the dynamic was normal but it was NOT consensual. A child cannot consent. You didn't listen.
I’m sorry to hear the abuse you lived through 😞 I hope you’re doing okay.
I have been wondering about that .
I went through similar I was saved because my grandfather kidnapped me to protect me.
Thank you!!! I’ve been waiting to hear about the bio dad!
Thank you for passionately caring about Maddies case. Love Vinnie!
RIP lil princess😢❤😢❤😢❤
SO TELL US SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THIS CASE!
What’s NEW?!? 🤨
When will we get the autopsy report? Toxicology will be important.
🕊️💜Madeline Soto💜🕊️
She was going to tell, was pregnant, or got too old for him. Sick.
The Mother knew, she just turned a blind eye. That usually happens when there's alot of kids, NOT ONE!!!!😢
Thank you Vinny for having the strength to deal with this it is a heavy burden. It is something that is hard for them to even speak of. I appreciate you and I appreciate the coverage that you’re doing on this case Shalom.
As a mother I couldn’t be calm like her mom. Hurts my heart ❤️, this child was left without protection.
why is the mother hiding? innocent people don't hide..she should keep on talking to the press...only guilty people are told by lawyers to hide and keep quite,,,././././.
Great panel! Love seeing Dr Brucato!
Was not his first time I agree with that. This guy has been flying under the radar for some time imo. There’s going to be more to reveal.
same goes for women predators in the classrooms...
So where is her father? Never addressed in this clip.
I wonder how Maddie’s biological father and stepmom felt about Stephan. We all can imagine how they must feel about him now.
Dr. Brucato is the best, please have him on more !
She was embarrassed to say anything
Seriously???
Uh, yeah. Sexual abuse is humiliating.@@We4redev0
Dr. Brucato has a tremendous amount of knowledge.