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The third adoptive dad and mom of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian-born girl with dwarfism who some individuals consider had been an grownup masquerading as a baby, have fallen out together with her.

Cynthia and Antwon Mans introduced Grace, 22, into their house in 2012 after they found she had been dwelling alone in Lafayette, Indiana.

But the couple is talking out in a brand new Investigation Discovery documentary known as The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter.

A teaser for the documentary reveals Antwon Mans telling the producers “Something ain’t right with Natalia.” He and his spouse had beforehand described her as a “genuine and loving young lady,” in keeping with the Daily Mail.

Grace first got here to the US in 2008 and was positioned with a pair who turned her away for undisclosed causes, the outlet reported. In 2010, she was adopted by Michael and Kristine Barnett, her second adoptive dad and mom who the newspaper says deserted her.

The couple had been later charged with abandoning and endangering a dependent. At the time, Kristine advised the Daily Mail: “Natalia was a woman. She had periods. She had adult teeth. She never grew a single inch, which would happen even with a child with dwarfism. The doctors all confirmed she was suffering a severe psychological illness only diagnosed in adults.”

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In October 2022, Michael Barnett was acquitted of the costs and Kristine Barnett had her fees dropped three weeks earlier than her trial in March 2023.

The lady lived with the Barnetts for 2 years. The couple would later say she was a “sociopath” who had threatened to kill them. At one level, the couple mentioned Grace stood over their beds with a knife and tried to poison Kristine.

Additionally, the couple doubted that Grace was born in 2003 as a result of after she was underneath their care, she began getting public hair and getting her interval, the outlet reported. A court docket later agreed to alter Grace’s delivery certificates to state she was born in 1989. That’s across the time they allegedly dropped her off at an condominium in Lafayette.

A DNA take a look at this 12 months confirmed Grace is round 22 years outdated. That would imply she was 10 years outdated when she started dwelling with the Barnetts. Grace herself has publicly claimed she was a baby when the couple deserted her to dwell on her personal.

Antwon insinuated to the documentary staff that Grace had a romantic curiosity that turned her towards them. “She’s got this dude online,” he mentioned, in keeping with the outlet. “He turned her against us. She’s ready to go to hell with gasoline panties on.”

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In one other documentary that aired in January, he and his spouse advised the staff they had been executed with Grace. Other individuals interviewed for the documentary didn’t seem to color the couple because the victims of the story.

Grace has since moved out of the couple’s house and is attempting to lift cash for a $500,000 spinal surgical procedure that isn’t coated by insurance coverage, in keeping with the outlet.

“I have a type of dwarfism called Diastrophic Dysplasia – a form of dwarfism that has many serious issues which often require surgery,’ she wrote on GoFundMe. “The first treatment I need is to have my spine corrected as if I leave it too long it could lead to paralysis and incontinence.”

The documentary is premiering in January 2025 on Investigation Discovery.