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Sorano, accompanied by the attorney for the family and her husband on behalf of the family of amanda berry. >> good morning, your honor. >> welcome. what would you like to say? >> hi. my name is beth sorano. i am amanda berry's sister. the impact of these crimes on our family is something that we do not want to discuss with people we don't know. even if i wanted to talk about it, it is impossible to put in to words. for me i lost my sister for all of those years and i thought it was forever. and we lost our mother forever. she died not knowing, my mother and sister, the two most loving people ...

Testimony, a lot of disturbing details about how they were held in captivity. photos in the last couple of hours, we saw photos of the house where they were held. now we have just seen in the courtroom michele knight, one of the victims. we're told she will speak for herself. in addition, there will be a cousin representing gina dejesus and the sister of amanda berry, beth sorano, expected to speak. >> we'll go back to the courtroom for the sentencing hearing of ariel castro. >> one victim, michele knight, is present here in the courtroom. we'll begin this afternoon, judge, with sylvia cologne...

Put our energy. she lives not as a victim but as a survivor. her insurmountable will to prevail is the only story worth discussing. we continue -- we ask that you continue to give her and our family privacy as we continue this journey back into society. to ariel castro -- [ speaking spanish ] gracias and thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. zblu >> your honor, next is beth

>> what about amanda? >> not today. >> okay. well, very different from what the commander has explained from the fbi vicki anderson telling us that it will be beth sorano, amanda's sister who has talked to us many times, no stranger unfortunately for her -- very hard to hear her from across the street, but what she said is beth sorano, amanda's sister, will make the statement. and we will not see amanda berry. we will not see amanda berry's daughter. we're going to hear from beth. they're not going to take questions. here she comes. let's hear her.

Of amanda berry. >> sor ri, i don't know if you can hear me. this is such a confused scene. obviously they had not planned for the number of media outlets that needed to try to at least get the audio to be able to hear what beth serrano was just saying. it's a confusing situation. i know you're somewhere nearby, can you tell us a little about beth, appearance and what's going on in between sort of this whole crush of neighbors and the press? >> ashleigh, we were told amanda was going to speak. we were kind of surprised, to be honest with you after what she went through that she would be ready ...