Adoptive father of Natalia Grace, Michael Barnet, lost control after reuniting with the orphan accused of pretending to be a child.
Michael Barnet, the adoptive father of Natalia Grace, had an angry outburst upon reuniting with his adopted daughter in an episode of the documentary series “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks.”
In 2010, Michael and his wife, Kristine Barnet, adopted Natalia, but months later, they accused her of being a 22-year-old adult woman. The Barnets also alleged that Natalia tried to poison them.
However, as shown in the 2023 documentary, Natalia has a rare form of dwarfism. A health test conducted by TruDiagnostic indicated that at the time of her adoption, she was between six and nine years old.
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The reunion between Natalia Grace and Michael Barnet was shared by Investigation Discovery.
“I want to know why you adopted me in the first place,” Natalia asked. “Many of these questions won’t have just one answer,” Michael replied, claiming that he had been manipulated and mistreated by Kristine, his ex-wife.
Natalia also accused Kristine of abuse, stating that she hit her with a belt and used pepper spray on her.
“I was extremely controlled, belittled, threatened. Everything I was got taken from me. I was guided and instructed to be exactly what she wanted me to be,” Michael confessed before furiously leaving the set and removing his microphone.
“I tried, I tried,” he repeated.
Currently, Natalia lives with Nicole DePaul, 49, and her husband Vince, 51, in upstate New York. The couple had attempted to adopt her in 2009, but their request was denied.
+Watch the clip where Natalia Grace argues with her adoptive father
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