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That suffered at the hands of others. writing this statement gave me the strength to be a stronger woman. after 11 years, i am finally being heard, and its libber rating. >> remarkable sentiment for someone whose been through so much herself. ed smart whose daughter elizabeth was abducted spending nine months in captivity and rebecca bailee and co-author of "safe kid, smart parents, what parents need to know to keep their children safe." how do they move on? how do you begin this process? >> wel...

They will be able to examine this case, and rape her repeatedly, and then bring two more women in. so the tip of the pathology, it is just shocking to hear him claim these things and claim it to the world. >> this is the way he gets to go to sleep at night. as he says, hey, i see the girls out there, they seem to be perfectly okay after their captivity, so how bad could it have been? >> yes, and so this is the thing that is interesting, lawrence, youre so right. there is a fascination to the del...

Control their partners day in, day out, what they wear, who they talk to, what they do. hi targeted women. it doesnt matter how vulnerable you are. ive seen women who have ph.d.s and medical degrees and you name it. its because the partner believes its their right to control them all the time. and this is such a bizarre case. i mean, his point about consensual sex, there is no way to mix 90 pounds of chains and captivity for 11 years and consensual sex. those are completely preposterous. >> i wa...

Recently in which amanda attends a hip hop concert by nelly, and that is proof, he says, that she did not suffer during her decade in captivity. >> see a youtube video of amanda this weekend. that right there self-proves that that girl did not go through no torture. did not go through no torture. because if that was true, do you think she would be out having fun? i dont think so. >> the twisted psychology that produces that sort of thinking, that a persons continued existence proves anything one...

Truth. and believes he himself is the victim. so he doesnt feel any compunction about speaking this way. because there is no conscience as we perceive it. he has no understanding. >> marcia clark, linda fairstein, thank you for joining me on this very troubling coverage of this case. thank you for your guidance. coming up, the woman who survived being in captivity gives a statement. it is extraordinary. next. [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we dont just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we in...

No, you cant shut the guy up. and okay, so just to be clear, the attorneys for the victims, they are civil attorneys that were doing just kind of damage control, okay? but the prosecution represents the state who represents the victim in that will proceeding that we saw yesterday in sentencing. >> i see. >> now, you absolutely cannot cut him off, because, again, going back, under the constitution, this is a critical stage of the process. but chris, its very important that most people did not pic...

Psychologically abused three women he held captive in his cleveland home, spoke at length about his personal demons, saying that he was just a sick man with a sex addiction, similar to an alcoholic. experts said his allocution showed signs of a criminal sociopath whose narcissism doesnt allow him to express remorse. one of his victims, michele knight, who spent 11 years in captivity, described her ordeal and said that castros hell was just beginning. of course, as a psychologist reminded the cou...

Survival and drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in captivity. >> gina was my teammate, my friendship with her is the only thing that was good out of this situation. we said we will some day make it out alive and we did. >> pamela brown joins us from cleveland. what struck you the most in the courtroom today. watching this, i dont think i ever seen anything like this, hearing this man who well hear more from experts ahead but i mean, his -- i mean, he seems to be ...

Ties are put on her wrist and a motorcycle helmet is placed on her head. it is at this time shes sexually assaulted. >> reporter: and on the day she was rescued. >> she launched herself in the officers arms. legs, arms, just choking him, just repeating, you saved us, you saved us. >> reporter: family members spoke for the other two women. >> shes doing better every day. to ariel castro -- [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: in the end, the women relied on each other for survival and are drawing on...

It. and even if they were confronted with evidence to the contrary, they would say that youre wrong, that you misperceive, that you dont understand these girls, these victims. they tell themselves these stories and truly believe it. which is why he was so open with his feelings about the case at the sentencing. you wouldnt expect anybody at the sentencing to be so open and he truly believes it is the truth. and believes he himself is the victim. so he doesnt feel any compunction about speaking t...