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It’s a case that has made national headlines and garnered celebrity support: In 1995, then-17-year-old human trafficking victim Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering her alleged pimp. Many who believed the teen was the real victim and deserved a lesser sentence launched the “Free Sara” campaign, pleading for the case to be revisited. With clemency eventually granted, Sara, now 34, will be eligible for parole after she serves 25 years. How did this one-time honor roll student get lured in? Sara’s aunt, Anne, blames her niece’s mom, Nicole. Did Nicole turn a blind eye to her daughter’s troubles, leaving her vulnerable to predators? Anne and Nicole come face to face on Dr. Phil’s stage for the first time in 15 years. Then, Academy Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino, who plays the wife of a human trafficking investigator in her new movie, Trade of Innocents, weighs in on the case. Plus, hear about new legislation that may help teens like Sara receive more compassionate sentences. Then, Kim says her 17-year-old son, Brayton, steals, runs away and has even called in a fake bomb threat at school. Kim blames Brayton’s absentee father, Doug, for their son’s behavior. Doug, who has never met Brayton, has been paying child support for years, but still questions if he’s really the teen’s father. See what happens when he comes face to face with Brayton for the first time on Dr. Phil’s stage. And, don’t miss the results of their paternity test. Is Doug Brayton's father?
Find out what happened on the show.
Find out what happened on the show.
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Replied By: strine on Mar 13, 2013, 10:01PM - In reply to upsydasy
That boy's mother comes across as a b.tch. She had a one night stand and then waied 2yrs to tell him he was a father? On the show it seemed she was just there to humilate the father, because I don't think she really wants their son to have a relationship with his father. I hope Braydon thinks about how he would feel if he slept with a girl one night and then was told 2yrs later that he was a father... I doubt he would believe it either since the girl would only be contacting him for his wallet (like his mother tried to do with his father).
Replied By: strine on Mar 13, 2013, 9:20PM - In reply to minou8797
We only have her word that he was a pedophile and her pimp. She said she thinks she deserves to be punished, so why won't she take her punishment?
Replied By: strine on Mar 13, 2013, 9:18PM
To put "most of the blame" on her mother made that Aunty look like she is giving her brother a free pass. I'm sorry, but your brother wasn't there for his daughter either and if it wasn't for her mother raising her, she would have starved to death years ago. My own father left us too and until he died he acted like everything was everyone else's fault- you should have heard him blaming us for himslf dying of cancer when one of us would not donate a kidney to him. If the Aunty thought she was such a bad mother, why didn't she step in rather than living her own life and excusing her brother and his absence in Sara's life. Maybe Sara should stay in jail since she said she deserves to pay for her crime and that is the time she was given for her crime.
Replied By: montereymedia on Dec 5, 2012, 4:17PM
Dr. Phil's guest star, actress Mira Sorvino, covered this episode about Human Trafficking. Her film Trade of Innocents is set to hit streets on DVD and Digital Release 12/11/12.
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Replied By: bigdaddy19730 on Oct 21, 2012, 5:53AM
i thank it was so rong for the courts to do whut thay did to her and i thankl she did whut she had to do to stop it i all so thank her mom add to it and she dont wont to say she did but i will she did dr phil please give her a voice give her a new life and help her get out she needs a person like you to help her up date us on whut we can allso do to help but please giver her a voice to be herd thank you
Replied By: tbonet on Oct 20, 2012, 12:52PM
Sara Kruzan deserves a second chance. 100 percent yes.!!!!!!! What a tragic childhood. I know we do not chose our parents, but her mother did not protect her at all. I can not even imagine being exposed to such a life. I pray this Senate Bill is passed to release these now adults from prison. And Brayton, your Dad missed out on a lot of life with you. I hope you can forgive him enough to allow yourself the missing piece so that you can find peace in your life. I can only imagine how much pain you must have felt during your life and then on stage with a person whom you may have felt abandoned you. And if he strays again, just wish him well. Your Mom seems awesome. Your deserve happiness. God Bless Sara and Brayton .
Replied By: nmd0720 on Oct 19, 2012, 3:21PM
I wish Dr. Phil would do a show with more children like the young boy on this particular show. I am just like him. My parents had been dating before I was conceived. They were already broken up by the time my mother found out she was pregnant. My mom kept the pregnancy a secret from him because he had moved on with another woman. My father found out about me when I was two years old. He payed child support for my entire life but chose to have another family with this other woman. I feel like I would have reacted the same way the young man on this show did. I would want to know why. His absense still haunts me to this day.
Replied By: billier2 on Oct 18, 2012, 8:43PM
My words cannot begin to express how CRAZY, INSANE I'm feeling at this moment!! This innocent child was welcomed into a lifestyle in which she knew NOTHING about! I feel confident that her mother was aware and it disgusts me......I understand the mother claims "no clue".....REALLY????? I've never posted on this board after MANY years of following "Daddy Phil"......but this story compelled me to share my feelings. Killing is wrong but given the circumstances......a life sentence???? REALLY????? We're talking about a child sold into prostitution.......SHOCKED!! And I'm MOST disgusted that the mother is sitting on stage with Dr. Phil......shame on her!!!
Replied By: flintejae on Oct 18, 2012, 8:26PM - In reply to d_julia
She received the sentence before there were laws or a realization that she was a victim.
Replied By: mstephens01 on Oct 18, 2012, 10:05AM
I hope Dr Phil will have other shows on this topic because I don't believe this is an isolated incident it goes on more than we think and is happening everywhere especially since drugs are at an all time high in this country and drug addicts will do almost anything to get their fix even parents selling their kids for drugs. I personally know a waman that has 2 kids,she is a single mom,the father of these kids is a drug addict.,she works and gets welfare and food stamps and allows the father and both her parents that are long time drug abusers both have been trouble with the law many times for stealing,breaking and entering, prostitution and everything you can imagine both have been in and out of jail many times.She allows the father and both her drug abuser parents to watch her children and even keep them over the week-ends. I can see what the future holds for these kids if this continues,but there is nothing I can do,I have reported this to CPS but they do nothing.Her GreatGrandmother the one that raised her chooses to look the other way and takes up for her daughter,the Grandmother of these kids The Great Grandmother sees nothing wrong with the Grandmother keeping the kids even though she knows the Grandmother and boyfriend are doing drugs in the presence of the kids.The GreatGrandmother had the Grandmother at age 16,the Grandmother had the mother of the kids at age 16,the mother of the kids had her kids at age 17 and the cycle continues with no fathers in the picture of any of these..






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