Amanda Berry

  Three women held captive for a decade by a Cleveland man are declining to comment on his reported suicide at a central Ohio prison. The Jones Day law firm said in a statement Wednesday that neither the women nor their attorneys would be granting interviews. Kathryn Joseph, an attorney representing victim Michelle Knight, confirms […]

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland native who kidnapped and sexually assaulted 3 now-women, was found hanging in his Orient, OH jail cell.

  Seymour survivor Michelle Knight gave a highly emotional, tearful victim impact statement during Ariel Castro’s sentencing Thursday. The woman, held captive the longest in Castro’s Seymour Avenue home, directed some of her statements at her former captor. “You took 11 years of my life away, and now I have it back,” she told the […]

  Late Wednesday, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty filed what he intends to use regarding Ariel Castro sentencing on Thursday. The document details how each one of the victims — Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus — was lured to Castro’s house, either with a promise of a ride, a visit with Castro’s daughter […]

  photo courtesy of  Brian Harrell: One of three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade made her first public appearance at a concert featuring the rapper Nelly a day after her abductor pleaded guilty to kidnap and rape charges. Amanda Berry showed up at the daylong RoverFest concert in Cleveland on Saturday […]

  The three women who survived a decade of captivity and torture at the hands of Ariel Castro released a statement Friday. It comes after the 53-year-old entered guilty pleas to hundreds of charges including rape, kidnapping and aggravated murder. Jones Day issued the following statement on behalf of survivors Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and […]

  Within hours of a YouTube video of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight being released, donations to the Cleveland Courage Fund increased substantially. In the video, the women expressed their gratitude to the community. Co-advisor for the Cleveland Courage Fund Chris Kelly said roughly $30,000 was donated in the hours after the video […]

  Below is the transcript. Amanda Berry: “First and foremost, I want everyone to know how happy I am to be home with my family and my friends. It’s been unbelievable. I want to thank everyone who has helped me and my family through this entire ordeal. Everyone who has been here to support us […]

Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus have released a statement on YouTube, thanking everyone for their support and generosity. The statement, released at 12:00 a.m. EDT on the newly-created Hennes Paynter Communications YouTube channel, featured all three women, as well as Gina’s mother and father. In a statement released on behalf of the families […]

    Ariel Castro, the man accused of kidnapping three Cleveland women and keeping them locked up for ten years, returns to court Wednesday morning. Castro will be in court for a pre-trial hearing at 9:00 a.m. Ariel Castro was in court last week. That’s when he pleaded not guilty to hundreds of charges of […]

Attorneys for Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for nearly decade, entered a not guilty plea for their client Wednesday morning. Castro held his head down in the brief appearance before Judge Deena Calabrese in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. A pre-trial is scheduled for June […]

  The man accused of kidnapping three Cleveland women and holding them captive in his Seymour Avenue house for a decade was indicted on 329 counts on Friday. Ariel Castro also faces two counts of aggravated murder for purposely causing the termination of a pregnancy, the prosecutor’s office said. The 52-year-old’s other counts include 139 […]