25-year-old nursing student Carlee Russell, who faked her own kidnapping earlier this month before returning a few days later, is finally admitting the whole ordeal was a hoax.
Russell’s story claimed she followed a toddler she saw on the side of the freeway —then she was kidnapped.
On Monday, Russell’s attorney Emory Anthony said in a statement read by Hoover Police Chief Nicholas Derzis: “There was no kidnapping … my client did not see a baby.”
“My client did not leave the Hoover area. My client apologizes for her actions to this community … Carlee asks for your forgiveness and prayers,” Anthony wrote.
Carlee’s boyfriend Thomar Latrell Simmons shared his thoughts on Instagram.
“Carlee’s actions created hurt, confusion, and dishonesty,” Thomar Latrell Simmons wrote on Instagram on Monday night. “I was made aware of the false narrative after coming to the defense of my ex Carlee Russell.”
He said he and his “family’s nature was to react in love, and genuine concern,” adding that they are “disgusted from the outcome of this entire situation” and that he was “blindsided with Carlee’s actions.”
“Thank you to all my family, friends, and the nation for support through this,” he wrote. “The severity in this matter has not been overlooked, and I deeply respect the genuine support shared during this situation.”
More over at The New York Post:
Right.
No apology for his behavior either.Carlee Russell’s ex-boyfriend 'blindsided,' 'disgusted' by her hoax abduction https://t.co/ivCcLrS7Dv via @nypost
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