A Chinese girl in New Hampshire filed a lawsuit in court, claiming that she has been imprisoned in a dungeon by her adoptive parents for many years. The case also named the New Hampshire Child Welfare Department, as well as a school district, police and adoption agency in Massachusetts as defendants, accusing the above-mentioned units of negligence that led to the abuse.
Comprehensive Yahoo News and the British “Daily Mail” reported that the 19-year-old plaintiff Olivia (Olivia Atkocaitis) filed a complaint with Merrimack County (Merrimack County) on the 30th, saying that her adoptive father, Thomas Atkocaitis (Thomas Atkocaitis) And adoptive mother Denise (Denise Atkocaitis) treated her like a slave for many years. Not only did she not allow her to go to school, she was also imprisoned in a room with an area of ​​only 8 feet by 8 feet. In addition to slavery, she was starved and beaten. Olivia’s The room is actually a dungeon, with 1 window but surrounded by barbed wire.
The case also involves the New Hampshire Department of Child Protection, New Boston (New Boston) police in the state, as well as a school district and a non-profit adoption agency in Massachusetts. It is reported that someone in the family reported it to the authorities, but in the end they missed the point and missed the opportunity to rescue Olivia. The case revealed that one of the children of the Atkoketis couple disclosed the inside story to the school counselor when Olivia was 8 years old in 2011, saying that Olivia was whipped or even pushed down the stairs by her parents. He also couldn’t eat, and after the police arrived at the scene to collect evidence, although they took photos and archived the room where Olivia lived, and referred the case to the local child welfare department, in the end it was just the child who was blowing the whistle and was taken away. Olivia But Ya continued to stay with the Atkoketis couple. Even though the couple admitted to imprisoning Olivia, the authorities still did not provide protection.
In addition, Olivia sued the orphanage “Wide Horizons for Children” for giving her to the Atkoketis couple. The hospital knew that the couple would whip their adopted children with belts, but they have not followed up the investigation , and when handing over Olivia, also declared that the defendants were “a loving Christian family where each child thrives.”
The lawsuit questioned that the above-mentioned agencies ignored Olivia’s situation and prevented her from getting out of the harsh environment. The reason behind it may be related to her minority status. It is reported that Olivia tried to escape many times but failed, but was chased by the local police, and the authorities even used police dogs.

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