Boy in a Box Trial | Former Teacher Says Victim Humiliated Sister

[@CourtTV]

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[@MissPreciousLove]

At least CourtTV was more diligent with the muting of minors names, in this video; you can only hear part of the sister’s name. Not like the videos previously posted... where both sisters names can be heard, and the younger brother’s name is heard several times. Hopefully, it was CourtTV’s decision to mute the names, out of respect for privacy, and was not actually ordered by the courts, to not publicly identify them...🤔

[@Gina19876]

It would be much easier if the Court asked witnesses to refer to the boy by a pseudonym or X or John Doe rather than have us mute whole paraphrases. Makes for difficult listening.

[@georgewashington3555]

Article: “Boy in a Box,” Trial: Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)

[@LeAnneM85]

I dont give a rat @$$ what he did in a class room or at home. There was 0 reason to lock him up like a caged animal.

[@marmun6435]

Thank you!

[@shanikavinson4959]

Periodtttttttttttttttt

[@violagentsch]

She looks dead eyed and sickly just like the parents

[@rhondennis979]

Hope your kids never meet him in the future. He's a time bomb. Everyone thought Aiden Fucci was a nice kid. Google it.

[@trailrunner925]

Also, maybe he was just "living what he learned"... ie, he was subjected to ridicule, humiliation in his own home... maybe it seemed to him a "normalized" way of behaving because that is also what was modeled to him.... when you are upset with someone, for any reason, you ridicule, mock, humiliate them.

[@TheSingingGardener]

The boy needed counseling not solitary confinement. All these people blaming the victim should be ashamed of themselves.

[@bernice4599]

Exactly

[@janellesandquist258]

There are evil people they look evil they are evil and they need to be in Jail

[@kellybrown357]

Not to mention, as RF testified that prior to moving back to Florida he was being physically abused as the initial try as the punishment

[@annettewieselquist8186]

Agree

[@sucedeu]

Agree 💯

[@Cochita322]

This boy has been abused his whole life, it didn't just happen overnight 😒 this two are sick

[@amandakay789]

I love how they all talk about the boy acting up but not the fact that he’s been abused almost his entire LIFE not just the last 3 years. He was locked in a room at their old house before they moved to FL & the things he done wasn’t really all that bad considering what he’s endured. Imagine watching your sisters live a normal life where they have friends & sports & electronics all the while you’re in a cell & no matter what you do, you can’t do anything right (the sister testified to that) Ppl go mad in solitary confinement & when you think of the psychological warfare you’d think he would’ve done a lot worse.

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Totally agree..

[@consciousmachine413]

Im a Kay, too.😊

[@kimusher8772]

The Boy, RF, said in his testimony he learned about the box being built in FL when he over heard it from inside a closet he was being kept in.The box was there waiting for him. The box in Tuscon was being built before his eyes. Just horrifying for the kid to experience, because it would be like watching your gallows built. If this hadn't been stopped he would be like that at least depending how well they broke him another 2 years.

[@trace_you6337]

Well said! 👍

[@JWildberry]

I agree, but I think it's because it's easier to convict the parents if they narrow it to a small window where they have so much direct evidence. The videos can't be argued with. We can clearly see signs of abuse long before that, but it would be his word against theirs. That wouldn't fly, especially since he is so damaged by the abuse that he doesn't blame them, and he doesn't want them to get punished.

[@rebeccav7555]

I don’t care what your kid does, YOU CAN’T LOCK HIM IN A BOX, FORCE HIM TO DO WORK AND MAKE HIM CRAP IN A BUCKET!!! I can’t believe people have to be told this but apparently it’s not common knowledge! 🤦‍♀️

[@paulaellis6242]

exactly!

[@lc3853]

I'm stealing this. Welcome to the construction worker site training module.

[@rebeccav7555]

@@lc3853 I’m honored. ❤️👍🏻

[@AllisonMetcalfPalumbo]

@johnnydeppisarapistjohnnyd8962 BE GONE, TROLL.

[@marilynmckinney8069]

I Pray 🙏 He Doesn't repeat this , Later In Life 😢 some say ,That's Rasing Anger,In Life 🙏🙏 not🙏

[@sylvializ]

I don't care how much they want to justify the abuse, the box has -0- excuses. Those parents acted careless, cold in the child interactions, and calculated 😢

[@leopardprints]

This is absolutely disgusting and evil. How dare they try are justify what they did to this boy. His past actions should be completely irrelevant. He was a child, they are adults. This boy has been through enough without having his parents humiliating him even further with stories like this. Shame on the court for allowing this to be 'evidence'. And so what if he did do it? Siblings can be mean to each other. And this boy was being abused by his adoptive parents so his behaviour would be a bit 'off'.

[@leopardprints]

This poor boy will not only have the trauma of the abuse, but will have to deal with the humiliation of having this broadcast online forever. I do think that in cases where the child is a victim that it should be completely private. Because it's giving power to the adoptive parents to further abuse this child. It's sickening.

[@charrielyn1231]

Yes to all!!! This is absolutely ABHORRENT!!! I can’t believe the judge is allowing this!!! Absolutely despicable.

[@marmun6435]

​@leopardprints the father is being charged with acts that happened in Florida not Arizona so I don't know why the Arizona teacher is even relevant.

[@halfirish8056]

It’s. Not. A. Box.

[@redds7777]

Ugh. I can’t watch the defense try and minimize what the parents did to this poor kid.

[@stoutie18]

Same !!!!

[@vikkilooper4075]

It's absolutely disgusting the way they're trying to justify abuse and torturous isolation of a child from 8 years old to 14 years old! Then this has been fuk'n teacher trying to speak about justification because, let's be honest, if you're a witness for the defense that's exactly what you're doing!! I'm so angry over what these sociopaths with their pastor beside them did to a child!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@cats.addict6457]

SAME

[@NuraCaicedo-xh2ok]

Right

[@laatl67]

My much older brother was made to take me to school one day ..he was angry & had me in tears on the way. He pushed me out of the car & threw my books out on the pavement. I was humiliated. Do I believe that he should have been locked in a dark box with no water, food ,toilet or social interaction ? No!! But it would have been a plus if my parents would have gotten help for themselves...all was a reaction from our home life. Disgusting that the defense is trying to justify the abuse to that young child.

[@babybeasimplekindofvan7035]

Not a reason to lock a child in a windowless hot room with no access to water or a toilet for hours upon hours. My son was mean to my daughter when they were young and I never locked him in a cage. This type of thing is commonplace among siblings.

[@barbpelletier7342]

I agree with you. He embarrassed his sister in front of her class and made her cry...can't imagine locking him in a box for stuff like that.

[@JEDI6060]

You don't have to be Albert Einstein to know that this was is child abuse. I have kids and yes they work all the heck out of my nerves with their behavior at times. But under no circumstance would I EVER put them in a box with a bucket etc. What these people did is beyond criminal it's sick. And they should be held accountable.

[@janebrown3587]

Prison inmates get treated more humanely than what they did to that child.

[@ta6531]

I know a jail officer and that is NOT always true...@@janebrown3587

[@theoryofpersonality1420]

The difference is they didn't do this to their kids. They did this to someone else's kid. He was adopted.

[@triamaria]

​@@janebrown3587Great point, sad but true!!

[@Somebody33390]

@@janebrown3587how? 😅

[@artists_lodge]

I would not want this educator anywhere near my kids. Imagine justifying years of abuse and cruelty towards a vulnerable child. Of course he will act up, what we are hearing is just the surface of what went on. Despicable 🤢 🤮

[@oo1straub665]

He probably learned how to humiliate from his parents and siblings. It was natural to him that this is a normal thing to do because daddy and mommy do the same to him. How old was he at the time of the incident?

[@kelinperez8150]

She is not justifying , she is testifying under oath since she was under a subpoena. I have witness a subpoena and there is no choice. She never says he deserves a box . She felt the parents should know which it is 100% correct. The boy needed to get away from this family. Don’t blame this educator. The parents and nobody else abused this child and were cruel

[@KittyKeypurr]

Agrees something is wonky with teacher. 4 or 5 years of teaching and moved classes three times..now no longer a teacher?

[@marthawoodworth]

The defense is trying to defame the boy. Sick. Making it seem he "deserved" his punishments..

[@jatteam8615]

What would you like them to do, if not DEFEND? I mean, that’s their JOB.

[@catherinethemba]

He did deserve it!

[@somethinginthenothing]

That is their job. The fault lies on the parents who would not take a plea deal and would rather let their son continue to be abused and embarrassed to a national audience.

[@LSarah36]

@@catherinethemba What about you deserve it. I just hope you don’t have or ever have children psycho.

[@oliviaflores8354]

This teacher is cold. She must agree with this disgusting abusive parent.

[@dianahosu5244]

she is probably abusive too...just wondering who would stand on the side of these bastards , both parents are sick

[@S_8-]

She didn't seems comfortable to testify. Imo, she trusted the parents and didn't understand that boy was asking for help. She couldn't imagine what he was going through at home. Who could?? She now know how it makes her look bad to blame that kid! It looked like her testimony wasn't exactly what defense was waiting for.

[@Catchmyvib2]

Right and her first teaching job out of college so probably pretty young and inexperienced with children . He was probably tring to be a comedian with the microphone . Brothers do stuff like that. That’s normal behavior.. I had a similar situation with one of mine that happened to grab the microphone that was near our register while we were checking out and he basically started blaring out goofy stuff. Nothing bad, but it was the point that he took the opportunity to just do something crazy and everybody was laughing in the situation because it’s probably a Catholic school. Everything is probably so apathy and sinful.

[@denben8530]

@@S_8- plus I blame the teacher here a little but why let a child cume into your classroom to make an announcement without first asking him away from.ths group what he wanted to announce before giving him the go ahead to say God knows what. And fur the teacher that let him go to another classroom in the first place if they know this was a "problem child" where were the ADULTS that should have found out what he was going to do or say. You just don't let kids say something without first inquiring about what they wanted to say. They need to take some responsibility In my personal opinion.

[@jaynecallahanhenson3622]

If this story is true, the child was just mimicking the same behavior that the father had displayed towards the child.

[@jc2385]

Zoom is awful for court. Teacher was distracted and was clearly watching her child while providing testimony. Not a good defense witness at all.

[@mothermcready4417]

Plus, it seemed as if there was a delay, like she had to wait a few seconds to hear the questions. In the meantime, Prosecution objects....witness doesn't hear it, nor the Judge's ruling; and she answers in the interim! Plus, yeah...witness is distracted, getting on people's nerves!

[@brittneyp282]

​@mothermcready4417 yeah it really sucked. I mean yeah she's going to answer when the guy asking questions was paused for so long. He really was struggling to get any other info towards the end. Lol

[@jc2385]

@@mothermcready4417 agree. There’s a time and place for zoom but court isn’t it. Especially with a trial involving abuse or neglect.

[@ddt67]

She is awful as a witness

[@janellesandquist258]

And she worked at a private school be careful who teachers your children people because she thinks what these people did is okay that's crazy these evil people need to be in jail

[@valeyard6650]

THIS. private school teachers and charter school teachers DO NOT have to answer to a board of educators, it’s a board of directors. their main interest is money so of course they defend a person who pays their salary

[@VioletJoy]

I'm sorry to say, but this teacher comes across as not only distracted but also rather unprofessional and unintelligent. It's like she's chatting with friends or something. I'm not suggesting that she was being dishonest, but she did not appear to be taking this as seriously as court should be taken.

[@fulanichild3138]

Yes. She was a horrible witness.

[@bernice4599]

I agree

[@consciousmachine413]

She's at her home with her kids......what do you expect, moron?

[@Homepaddocksfarm]

It was quite clear she was looking after children alone whilst still having to testify!

[@VioletJoy]

@@Homepaddocksfarm Yeah, that was ridiculous. Clearly, she could have easily gotten child care.

[@dOlli3cOutur3]

He’s been through so much just being up for adoption at his age. No stable life. Of COURSE he’s going to have issues. It’s expected. Which is why kindness is so necessary to be a foster parent

[@trailrunner925]

Is he up for adoption? Or just in foster care at this point? I haven't seen much about his current living circumstances.

[@denben8530]

@@trailrunner925 he was adopted not fostered. If you adopt you don't receive any money. Your taking that child in as your own. I worry about their youngest bio son what if he has issues when he's older will they do the same to him if this monster get off these charges they will get their younger kids back..that's a scary thought. If this child had a disease like cancer or any other would they have gone to great lengths to get the child cured. With mentally issues if he had any they didn't seem to care enough about him to go to great lengths to get him counseling and not just a few sessions like they supposedly did. We know defense is going to choose parts if the camera video that show the child acting out to humiliate himebrn further. I am not looking forward to what the defense is going to put up. I know it's their job but we don't have to like it lol. This is such a sad case. If he gets off this he will get his younger kids back and that's a scary thought. Hope the other boy doesn't become a "problems" child and they may di the same to him. Or perhaps they will actually get him proper care because he's not adopted but biological child I don't want them to get their other 2 kids back can't remember how old but I would constantly worry about their well being.

[@xerxezrax]

that woman is so irritating and unprofessional, who the hell can't get someone to watch their baby for 20 minutes while they testify at such an important trial? zoom meetings need to stop.

[@MonaLisa-lu8zi]

Yes, these superficial people are shocking. She had no problem remembering the embarrassing event from 2019. Yet, she has shown no concern into why a boy would behave like this toward his sister, publicly. She did show great guts taking in the parents, individually, while the children languished on the corridor. Great act, letting us all know she was the teacher. A gutless one. Consequently, she armed his torturers. I cannot imagine what "The little box boy" had to absorb that evening. Then again, all his days were dog days.

[@bethneel6749]

Very unprofessional! The defense attorneys should have prepared her better and made sure she knew she needed to FOCUS

[@peggybromberg250]

Thank you! Exactly!

[@barryspurr9577]

Yes. She’s a disgrace.

[@rochellebellbell1656]

Came here to look for this comment, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing 🙈

[@redds7777]

Build that box in the courtroom have each juror sit in for an hour.

[@Xiporah]

That witness irritated me so much. How hard is it to get a babysitter to watch your kids for 20 minutes so you're not constantly looking off the screen and paying attention to something that isn't the trial? Even the judge had to stop and ask her to pay more attention.

[@SayHelloToOblivion]

Same. As something as important as being a witness in a major trial... get a babysitter to sit with the kids for 20 min. Insane.

[@James_Doyle83]

Or get the father get to sit wirh the kids for 20 minutes

[@marsy1480]

Yep, only been watching for a minute and I feel like she needs a time-out for lack of attention! Lol

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

Shes talking about this lad when he was 11yrs old fgs maybe he did resent his sister cause she had a normal life unlike him been locked in a box poor lad...

[@violagentsch]

Just like the case of Johnny Depp. You're forbidden to look at your script

[@mirandaajames]

The way the defense kept bringing up this incident between him and his sister I expected it to be a lot worse. Basically he called her out in public, she got embarrassed, and cried. (This was brought out during cross...not sure why it wasn't included in this video). Something tells me the reason his parents were so harsh on him was also because they were embarrassed and it reflected badly on them as parents. No reason to confine him to a box for hours and hours though. A verbal reprimand would have been enough.

[@redcharm6173]

I have done much worse than this child and was never locked in a cage. I believe the parents got off on abusing this little boy. Just sad. Hope justice is swift.

[@redds7777]

I’m pretty sure if I was caged up , I would have acted way worse. Disgusted by the defense witness.

[@starcitizen6651]

yeah he was 11 too. Like a detention at most. I had to laugh, the defense has no case

[@demonsnfan]

IA the completely got off, Abusing this boy bonded the two of them and they fed off that hate and power @@redcharm6173

[@specialkl4792]

Me too!! I was thinking the boy was going to have done something horrific! Like say something private that happened at home, or make fun of the way she looked, acted etc. it was nothing that would cause them to Lock him in a box! I can’t wait until he goes to prison!!

[@jbp784]

No one should be locked in a dark room for hours no matter what. The parents should have got professional help if the boy was so out of control. Not lock him in a room that was clearly built for him without windows a bathroom and a light he couldn’t even control. If this isn’t child abuse, I don’t know what it is.

[@SweetT601]

I would not have this woman teach my child. That she is testifying about something like this is crazy.

[@stumack9755]

How does she not ask the boy what the "annoucement" was before he spoke to the class. She's an idiot.

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

Imagine signing on to justify child abuse in front of a jury. Like no one is forcing you. You just volunteer for it.

[@714christina]

And then having that same person as a teacher for one of your own kids 😢

[@mattd844]

The witness was a rat. The other teachers hopegully shun her for talking

[@janellesandquist258]

The teacher needs to be fired for sticking up for these people what's wrong with her brain and she has children of her own sickening

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

@@janellesandquist258 is scaring to think she's shaping young minds.

[@jeangillespie5386]

What a disgusting woman it’s very scary to think she is a teacher 😮

[@Hope-xl3qm]

So am I to understand that the defense is basically saying as long as the parents felt justified in their punishment, but “didn’t mean the child any harm or have any malicious intent” then their actions are forgiven?!!! If this is a valid excuse for child abuse, then every perpetrator of child abuse wouldn’t be held accountable. I pray the jury isn’t buying into this pathetic and sick defense

[@janebrown3587]

Yeah, I noticed that when the defense lawyer asking Dr. Wade if his opinion would change "if he knew that another child psychiatrist had recommended/prescribed the parents' treatment" of Ronin. It was a lie, but he tried to word it to not get into legal trouble. Of course Dr.Wade said no because no mental health professional would recommended what they did to that child. I LOVE this doctor!!!!

[@somethinginthenothing]

They are the defense lawyers. They are just doing their job to introduce doubt. I'm sure they personally feel it was child abuse.

[@tcurry1531]

Oh no, they defense said that the parents made "A MISTAKE".

[@cynthiawilson5066]

Absolutely 👉

[@ohheylovely]

Disgusting they are concerned the one child was embarrassed by her brother but not how embarrassed he was daily. This behavior is taught. He’s learned shaming is ok from his parents behavior with him.

[@girlfridayfinds9359]

This kid was doing everything he could other than screamin help. The other family members were shown preferential treatment and of course it angered him, thus the reason for acting up. Discipline is one thing, but locked in a cell is abuse. LOCK up the parents and put them in a cell.

[@janebrown3587]

Yes, he was! And we see what ignoring a child's cries for help can produce: Ethan Crumbley. That boy literally begged his parents for counseling and was ignored.

[@Moonglow23]

You got that right 👍

[@j9andphoenix]

They adopted a CHILD from Vietnam and treated him not only differently than the rest of the family but treated him close to an animal. Let us not go down the road of him being made the villian. If they had any behavioural issues with him they should have stepped up and sought help. Help - not a handyman to build a box. This is shameful and repugnant. If the child had behavioural issues since being caged (although cages have bars to see out) it is not hard to see that locking him up in a box was NEVER going to make him better or the family dynamic. It is simply putrid what this 'mother' and 'father' did to a teenage boy. That he made his sister cry? I am sorry for the daughter but he was calling out for help. So the parents have abused their other children who have some distorted comprehension of what was going on.

[@woodslisa4529]

Teacher said father was understanding..basically nice...WELL...I survived an abusive husband and he presented as a great guy and nice...Behind closed doors was a different story

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

Yep. Everyone thought my x was wonderful, too.

[@donnapavina8803]

But hasn’t he literally been TAUGHT the art of harassment? I might feel a way about the person who wasn’t exiled into the garage too. Also, aren’t the siblings corroborating his accounts of everything? The siblings haven’t complained about their older brother, have they? Maybe what he was doing was looking for negative attention as a cry for help?

[@ElizabethGrindon]

One of the sisters said that she wasn't afraid of him. She also said that was worried that Tim would kill him.

[@polkadotsuzanne9306]

I agree

[@donnapavina8803]

@@ElizabethGrindon shame on that teacher for testifying against him…she should have been able to see the forest through the trees… Maybe the sister cried because it was literally traumatizing to watch her brother lash out, while KNOWING why. And I’d bet everything I have that they wouldn’t have used those ‘techniques’ if he was their biological son. Inappropriate doesn’t begin to cover it. 😠

[@auntkaren3803]

When you have to rely on your parents for food, clothing, shelter, emotional support and they fall short, anger is often misdirected. It’s not safe to be angry with the abuser.

[@theoryofpersonality1420]

So what. They treated him worse than a dog and he had to watch his not a sister be treated great. If he had ripped her hair out I'd still say so what. That's not an excuse to do what they did to him. Jail is not going to be friendly to them.

[@SleezyMoves]

I can not believe they are trying to blame this child.

[@beckhan2144]

They are sick!

[@sissyroxx]

Having a priest in the courtroom supporting the parents would automatically cause me to view the parents as guilty.

[@trishwedin4664]

I agree. Plus, it feels like it's to intimidate this broken child. I find it disgusting.

[@redcharm6173]

The scary part with the defense witnesses is they were blaming the little boy. The defense witnesses are just as sick as the parents. Shame on them. One was a school teacher and had children. Let that sink in .

[@FCUK-]

Once they get summoned they have to testify. They're just explaining any incident that occured. It doesn't mean they wanna defend the defendant.

[@marmun6435]

I'm definitely worried about her.children

[@matttilley8620]

Also, notice the pastor sitting behind the defense table during the proceedings. It's as if to say he is in support of the corporal punishment that was inflicted on the child. That's how the Christian folk roll.

[@matttilley8620]

@@marmun6435 Me too. She seems to be treating all this court stuff as a distraction. Ain't no judge gonna tell me how to raise my kids.

[@michah321]

​@@matttilley8620not all Christians

[@louisehicks3285]

This teacher does not pass the vibe check at all.

[@NatashaFitnessYogaPilates]

This is absurd. What he did absolutely does not warrant being locked in a room. Every brother makes their sister cry. And vice versa 🙄

[@jory6795]

No, not every bother. I have two brothers, and they didn’t treat me badly growing up. It’s not normal for a young boy to be sadistically cruel and publicly humiliate his sister. If that’s how your grew up then you had bad parents. But of course, he shouldn’t have been locked in a room with a bucket in the dark.

[@rubyrae7455]

It is absurd one instance of humiliating his sister or using electronics for games instead of homework , or the one time he kept a chemistry book is any way to suggest this boy was unsafe to allow in the home ,plus all these so called problems he has is happening while he is locked in a cell like room. Not before .What is worse these parents are using these things in a public court to make themselves out to be the good parents .it’s embarrassing .

[@Lyddiebits]

​@@jory6795I've missed that, is this in the video we are watching?

[@RowanBlake]

tis child did way worse things than making his sister cry. This is a very violent "child"

[@NatashaFitnessYogaPilates]

@@RowanBlake then they shouldn't be wasting our time with this ridiculous situation in the classroom and the other witness who had nothing substantial to say either. I see lots of kids roughhousing in a pool. While I don't think it's safe, it still doesn't warrant being locked up with no access to a bathroom, lights, food when hungry, and water when thirsty.

[@kaylariggs5188]

Just curious, is that allowed- I've never seen someone testify, which is obviously a very serious thing considering one must be sworn under oath... while having children running around the room, and frequently looking off to the side and below.

[@JaneDoe-rj4jn]

Nothing like a bad video connection and a witness distracted by a child!? Does the court not give parameters and overall rules to these witnesses being examined via video? I get not all people have access to sitters but this is a serious court trial not a casual interview for a job. Get a neighbour to watch your child for 20 minutes. Its why they don’t allow people to show up with their kids on the stand!

[@debbielemons1576]

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THIS BOY DID THE TREATMENT WILL NEVER BE JUSTIFIED AND THIS TEACHER SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HERSELF TO EXPLOIT THIS CHILD THIS WAY. SIBLINGS DO THINGS TO EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY EMBARRASSMENT AT THIS AGE. HE WAS A SMALL CHILD. I HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE DAUGHTER TOLD HER TEACHER WHEN SHE WAS IN THE 3RD GRADE HER BROTHER DIED...JUST SO SHE COULD GET OUT OF CLASS. WHAT THEY'VE DONE THEY DID AS ADULTS, PARENTS. I CANNOT BELIEVE ANYONE WOULD TRY TO EXCUSE OR REASON WHAT THESE EVIL PEOPLE DID TO THIS CHILD AND I HOPE THEY GET MANY,MANY YEARS LOCKED AWAY TO FEEL EVEN CLOSE TO HOW HE DID.

[@WindsofChange]

So because he humiliated his sister THIS box thing is ok? I humiliated my sister and she humiliated me....siblings do that. Neither of us ended up in boxes in the garage.

[@Nurturing2]

Yeah, he demonstrated what he learned at home!!! Parents are going to JAIL!!!

[@DJ-gc6fj]

First of all the kid is a kid. And usually people who are bullied tend to become bullies. However, trying to discredit the victim because he was abused by his father is not ok. Regardless of the kid embarrassed his sister, the kid did not deserve to be locked up in a 6 x 6 room for more than 18 hours a day with a bucket to urinate in and no AC. The teacher should be ashamed of herself. Clearly she has an objective.

[@VioletJoy]

They're two totally different situations. One does not have anything to do with the other.

[@DJ-gc6fj]

@@VioletJoy why? It’s the same trial, but now the defense is trying to paint the victim as a bully to show that the parents had a right to lock the kid in a cell as punishment.

[@triciaburbank2195]

Check on her kids ..

[@VioletJoy]

@@DJ-gc6fj Exactly my point. Whatever he may have done at school does not negate the fact that he was locked in a small room. No matter what he may or may not have done does not justify abuse.

[@DJ-gc6fj]

@@VioletJoy gotcha sorry I was thinking that you were defending the teacher and implying that it didn’t matter. Sorry about the misunderstanding.

[@janebrown3587]

Prison inmates get treated more humanely than what they did to that child.

[@janellesandquist258]

Yes even inmates get a tablet it can order sometimes some snacks if they have money once a week

[@SleezyMoves]

For real! At least inmates get a toilet.

[@NoFear69262]

You’re right- There are laws the limit the use of solitary confinement for inmates due to the impact on mental health!

[@madisonbaxter9906]

That’s true…didn’t even think of it that way!

[@janellesandquist258]

@@NoFear69262 they still get more in jail than what this poor boy got

[@ameliadiangelo2268]

I’m finding it extremely rude that for the duration of this witness testimony she couldn’t have found a babysitter.. understandably Children need your full attention but something as serious as this it would have been nice to have her full attention.. this testimony did not have her full attention, her attention was on her children. She couldn’t keep eye contact longer then 20seconds.. quite a disappointing witness statement that was provided on something like this..

[@amiek9269]

There’s NO EXCUSE for the treatment (mistreatment) of this child. Give the MAX allowed.

[@ralphmajor1947]

It's not legal to do what should happen 😂😅😊just sayin 😂 🤣 😉 🤷‍♂️!

[@amiek9269]

@@ralphmajor1947 instead of getting him help, they could have given him to foster parents. No excuse from these awful Parents.

[@whathappenedtomyYThandle]

Victim blaming disgusting. Probably more likely acting out out of frustration from being locked in a box for 18 hrs, emptying a bucket everyday, and having no control over anything.

[@khalida02]

What does this have to do with anything???!!! It’s not relevant to the abuse by the parents. Bad defense strategy, blaming the victim.

[@sallyannchappell5671]

This teacher testifying for the father is appalling. The boy humiliated his sister for that one incident doesn’t come close to the daily humiliation the boy received at the hands of those who were supposed to love him including his sister who could have said something. Those teachers weren’t private school quality.

[@annikestrydom]

Absolutely agree with you this is EVIL, GOOD GOLLY 💯❗

[@dawnellafreeman4860]

He's giving evidence...

[@xxdeviousv2]

​@@dawnellafreeman4860Evidence of cries for help.

[@somethinginthenothing]

You have no idea how court works do you? She is subpoenaed and forced to testify. She cannot insert her personal opinion. She is there to answer questions NOT state how she feels. I doubt she wants to be there. I'm sure she finds it as appalling as we all do. So stop being a bully yourself and understand how things work.

[@annikestrydom]

@@somethinginthenothing 😈🆘️

[@bobbyallan9100]

Putting this teacher on the stand does nothing for the defense. Could it be this child had animosity toward his sister becuse of his abuse and isolation from the rest of his family. I would too. The jury will see through this dispicable strategy of blaming the child.

[@sucedeu]

Or he was bullied and hated the school's controlling regiment. I think it's understandable.

[@woodslisa4529]

Hey Teacher! did you know this boy was forced to live in a box with no control of lights, only can eat if given food or drink, no running water, no toilet, no windows, can't leave locked inside..etc etc etc!

[@chrissysolorio3565]

The negligence, reckless conduct, and gross endangerment, to lock someone inside, unable to get out. A reckless disregard for their safety, 🔥 is not only cruel but dangerous.

[@Kickhouse777]

Children live what they learn.

[@YIKESMF]

The saying is actually 'Children learn what they live'.

[@Kickhouse777]

@@YIKESMF -Dorothy Law Nolte If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy. If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.

[@autism_momma_LosAngeles]

This kid would have been like 11 or 12 during the time he embarrassed his sister

[@keris81]

Why can't she arrange child care? While being a witness in a court case. Genuine question as someone who doesn't live in the US.

[@KohalaLover]

The former teacher wasn’t prepared; the defense did not have a smooth Zoom call. The teacher should have been provided child care before her testimony began. She came across poorly; she was not a treasured, devoted teacher; just my opinion.

[@Ms.BeaHavenOXO]

Keeping the boy in a box was a "secret" and because it was a secret there are no witnesses. Furthermore, if the parents felt justified in what they were doing, why did they lie about the reason for the box - not only to the contractor but to the officers as well.

[@ritaventer1249]

Exactly my thoughts. If they were doing nothing wrong, why lie? That Australian witness? Shocking. Did you pick up how he testified that the Ronin slept in the parents’ bedroom when the Aussie friend was visiting? So yeah, nothing to see where according to the defence! Sickening.

[@vincecallagher7636]

Why would you expect an abused child to not to act out?

[@kimberlycornelius7911]

So this teacher has no problem with testifying against a kid after knowing about his abuse horrible

[@JWildberry]

It's very telling that the boy's behavior imitates what his father regularly does to him.

[@katheryn8272]

I would consider a priest as “show” if I were in the jury.

[@charliefarlie2884]

So basically a teacher didn't consider why a child would be doing such a thing in the first place and immediately called in the abusive parents. Unbelievable.

[@flamingpitchfork9168]

My sibling said something the other day that made me cry, so Imma gonna lock his arse up in a box, solitary confinement. Jeez, defense is this the best you can come up with, the brother made his sister cry? I see millions of boxes being built around the country right now, if that's justification.

[@brittneyp282]

Right!?! And they didn't even say what was being said anyway! He could be literally telling her anything. Good or bad! This was a waste of time and feels so irrelevant. Especially because this feels like what happens in school and such? I mean... look what's going on in schools... really. I hope you forgive your sibling and unlock the box to let them out! Lol

[@chitownracing]

How was this even allowed in evidence? It seems completely irrelevant.

[@starcitizen6651]

So I geusse this small incident which was nothing warranted solitary confinement with a piss bucket? That's the deffence? LOL

[@nikkimclay5474]

This just proves the effect their abuse had on the victim, of course he would lash out in anger especially as his siblings were treated farr better than him

[@Pippie807]

I hope after the trials of Tim and Tracy the states of Arizona and Florida go after the parents and all the defense witnesses for this child.

[@toniamccausland4715]

This dad is on a sinking ship he should have taken the plea deal that was his life boat him and his wife are foolish to think they can get away with child abuse these parents have a I’m better then you demeanor

[@annikestrydom]

I'm watching this case and as far as I know there's no LOVE FOR THIS BOY from the so called Parents, SAD SAD AND HEARTBREAKING 🆘️

[@lj7019]

This teacher seems very enthusiastic to narrate the incidence- her 15mins of fame.

[@wishingyoupeace]

She finally she’d a tear but it was for herself and Tim heading to prison after the video. Then you see her stop as she’s watching herself thinking she’s a great mom. Sorry but you let your husband torture this boy. For both of them to continue that long shows it wasn’t a weak moment of stress or parents off track in response to stress. A sustained maltreatment, humiliation, and torture.

[@Blaise716]

I’m worried about what kind of parents their children will be.

[@Sunshine-fx9op]

Same.

[@dorothyabdul9657]

Monsters!

[@stoutie18]

This teacher couldn’t get a babysitter for the 10 minutes that she was testifying?

[@marsy1480]

Why didn't the teacher check with the other teacher? Boy! Talk about no sense

[@R4CHEL__]

Tim is clearly a master manipulator. He’s one person to everyone outside of the home but on those recordings inside the home, he wasn’t supportive or understanding at all.

[@marmun6435]

Which is how it always is with abusers. They are 1 way with the world but at home a completely different person.😢

[@SweetSourMiss]

Agree about Tim. He seems very narcissistic the way he belittled his son and cursed at him. Very sad.

[@starcitizen6651]

He looks insane

[@janebrown3587]

@@starcitizen6651 He does have the crazy eyes...

[@starcitizen6651]

@@janebrown3587 Hope he takes the stand lol

[@bangbangscrewtube4715]

He didn’t try to humiliate the other teacher, he went to her for help and she ignored him therefore they’re claiming it as humiliation the witness and the school should be held responsible as well

[@johannahunderwood4596]

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Ferriter, you have a kid that acts out. Many people all over the planet have kids like that and yet they don't lock them up in solitary confinement, and most of those kids grow up and turn out OK. How much of this kids behaviour was a reaction to the way he was treated by them? What they did was wrong, egregious, and abusive. That child is going to need therapy for a very long time, and I hope he gets it. Stop victim blaming, the parents had all of the power in this relationship, and this child was systematically dehumanized by them.

[@sylviagonzalez3811]

The teacher should have been concerned about the boy. The teacher should ask Why is he acting in this way. Unfortunately, the poor boy took out his anger on someone that he could. Should have told parents the boy needs therapy and parents need it also. Red flags not caught.

[@vincecallagher7636]

So, this is a trial of the child, not the father!? Bizarre and cruel.

[@HilariahLight]

Are they really blaming the victim as a defense?!

[@Pamslife]

I couldn’t watch this so called teacher , she should be trained in signs of abuse and for her victim shaming this poor child who needed her help instead she does this . Of course this child acted out his home life was horrible instead she does nothing but testify against him … I hope he will finally get the help he needs and the love he deserves and the 2 so called parents are put in jail ..

[@bettybg1051]

It was excruciating today. Listening to how that child was talked to is very upsetting. I'm glad the father didn't take the plea deal I hope he spends the rest of his life in a cell!

[@AFAskygoddess]

I'd like to think that the prison inmates will have their own special sentence for the father. It'll make the sentence the judge hands down a walk through the park. Lots of incarcerated people were badly abused as children. They're going to want a piece of this dad.

[@bettybg1051]

@@AFAskygoddess thanks for the reminder! I forgot about prison justice 🌹

[@Asia-Jmnz]

First time in life that I heard about a brother humiliating a sister...

[@Wazupiseeyou]

Ikr! Once I had blue makeup on and my brother told me I looked like a clown. Lmao

[@ddt67]

Exactly!!! Omg!! It’s happening right now somewhere as I type this!!

[@MarthaWoodworth-f9s]

Even if the boy is difficult and hostile, you can’t shut him up in a box with a bucket in the garage. That’s inhumane. It sounds like the defense is literally asking the teacher to “snitch” on the boy. I don’t see it as the father being a good guy. I see it as the defense further damaging the boy by shaming him for an offensive thing the boy did that doesn’t prove that he should be placed in a box with a stinking bucket in the garage. Come on.

[@kathyr.8135]

I think he is the class clown . I would be like that’s my brother

[@lisal2018]

In court on national tv and no one can babysit.

[@Stopthisrightnow560]

Yeah, my brother and sister used to humiliate me also. It was a part of growing up with siblings and taking your frustration out on them.

[@wishingyoupeace]

Mother is proud watching herself offering water and toilet.

[@anayansibogert4217]

She can not remember for sure what grade she was teaching or most of the dates but she can acuse a young boy of humiliating his sister? Any particular real reason why she is no longer teaching? I’m just curious. From who he learned that behavior? Hum! May be at home, could he be emulating his parents behavior? Or perhaps was his kid way of getting even from been so frustrated of been in a boxed room while little sister is out and about? Again why people adopt children’s from other countries if they are not fully aware of the extend of the commitment? Our own kids can test our patient to make us felt terrible but our love and knowledge of commitment will always prevent us from crossing the line. Is that knowledge and love that help parents to learn how to pull throughout difficult teenage years. Unfortunately, there are few people that think a child is jus another toy, pet or mile stone they need to conquer and control. This is the classic example of group of people that neglected a child, blame the child and punished the child for their own mistakes. Or perhaps this is another example of why some people should not be allowed to get children without someone be aware of the existence of the child. So that the child could have some type of help and protection in case those parents can not handle the situation. At the end no one wins… here I see two people that are arrogant and in denail😢 of any wrong doing. This witnesses are been misleading to say what they may or not perceive as good faith. How long this witness had if any, interact with the family? One incident with a child do not define that child. It is sad to know that in many instances teachers with no or little experience will make assumptions against children and ruining that child future. Thank goodness the majority of teachers are a blessing for many families and children all over the world! Be the good one not the mean one! Teaching is not for everyone, caring, understanding a loving a child is not either the cup of tea that can be drink that easy. This two need to get some type of consequences for their actions and all the kids in that household most definitely need urgently to get therapy to prevent them from becoming another statistic. Or worse, to become like their parents! Just saying. May love, peace and Justice persevere here❤

[@Starcrunch913]

This teacher is clearly an advocate for the box treatment.

[@gwenburge5583]

Both parents should be charged.

[@budnicholas]

Ummmm they're on trial so that has already happened

[@chesullivan1519]

Nothing justifies what this horrible couple did to this boy. The young boy will be traumatized for the rest of his life,

[@sunshinewildfire7087]

When one is humiliatiated constantly by their so called parents, it should surprise no one that a child would act out in this way, imitating what was done to them. A good teacher should be able to recognize this and refuse to take part in further humiliation of the child.

[@aidahalluska3432]

I hope this teacher eats her words after seeing what this couple is being accused off. No wonder she was a teacher for only four years.

[@Allergictocatstoo]

Terrible use of testimony via Zoom. She needs a babysitter or two.

[@fl7444]

Shouldn‘t the jury know what exactly he said about his sister?!

[@cherylharewood2549]

So, if a kid misbehaved his or herself is that the right punishment? Any adult who thinks that this kind of punishment is appropriate, would do it to his or her kid/ kids. I do not understand what these two anchor people are saying. The boy needed some counseling.

[@nocount1]

Do intentions of the parents matter in an abuse situation? C'mon, it's their actions that have consequences for the child.

[@christinem7787]

He was a good student and well behaved- the doctor said any trouble he got into was minor and he was never even expelled. If his behavior was violent he would have beeb expelled. Minor incidents like stealing cupcake sprinkles, and he took a calculator! Oh my! The kid was in advanced AP math and AP biology - he was and is a good student!

[@lisak5804]

Exactly! My son has been suspended in elementary school for defending himself and a lot of what this boy did in elementary school was also a reaction to kids being mean to him. Poor guy had school kids and his own family picking on him

[@heymegheyy]

His behavior issues didnt justify entrapment or seclusion. They would have been justified in requiring him to go to therapy, to a behavioralist, something with a professional.

[@Seashellsbytheseashore21]

Agree. They should have relinquished their rights and / or had him 5150’d

[@EM-mw2qr]

He did that because he felt like it was the only way he could fight the hell back.

[@PalmBeachFlorida24]

Remember he was stuffed in the foster parents bedroom closet in Arizona and in Florida -

[@crypton_8l87]

So the "defense" team just rips up the character of an adopted 14 year old child??