Girl in the Closet (2023)

Directed by

Jaira Thomas

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A girl is locked in a basement for years by her aunt and the aunt's boyfriend. She suffers physical and sexual abuse while her captors steal her disability checks. The film is based on a real case from Philadelphia.

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What happens

Girl in the Closet is a 2023 American true crime drama television film directed by Jaira Thomas and written by Sa'Rah Jones and Courtney Miller. The film based on the true story of Beatrice Weston who was locked in a basement for ten years after her mother suffered a brain aneurysm in 2001 and endured physical and sexual abuse by her aunt Linda Weston and her aunts boyfriend. Although the story is wrongly portrayed as that of Lauren Kavanaugh; the real story is based out of Philadelphia, most famously known as “The Tacony Dungeon" case or “Philadelphia basement kidnapping” case. Victims such as Tamara Breeden were beaten with various objects, including bats and pistol butts. They were starved, drugged, and forced into prostitution and to live in dark, isolated, and filthy conditions. Weston also targeted mentally disabled and vulnerable people, luring them with promises of a new home. Weston stole their disability checks, and moved them to different locations across several states to evade authorities. Some victims were held for years. In 2015, Linda Weston was sentenced to life in prison plus 80 years. Her accomplices were also convicted and sentenced. It stars Tami Roman, Remy Ma, Daijah Peters, Danielle LaRoach, Stevie Baggs, Willie Raysor,and Teisha Speight. The film premiered on Lifetime on March 11, 2023. Girl in the Closet is the part of Girl In film series, following Girl in Room 13, Girl in the Basement, Girl in the Bunker, Girl in the Box and Girl in the Shed: The Kidnapping of Abby Hernandez. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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