![]() ![]() ![]() I was very proud of her, the way she was able to be so forthright and basically paint the picture of Brian Mitchell, of what he is.īERKES: Elizabeth Smart portrayed Mitchell as a master manipulator who acts as he needs to act to get what he wants. SMART: You know, there were certainly a lot of things that I have never heard before and I had - I had no idea what she had gone through - so much out there. He told her she had to experience the lowest form of humanity in order to experience the highest.Įd Smart struggled to stay composed after the hearing. ![]() When she showed resistance or hesitation, Smart testified, Mitchell told her the Lord wants her to experience this. But he also was a hypocrite, using drugs, alcohol and pornography, and raping the 14-year-old daily and repeatedly for nine months. He used religion to get what he wanted, Smart said. I indicated to her, to her relief, that he was there in a room with the audio and video, and had nothing else to do but to listen to that.īERKES: Mitchell heard Smart testify, confident and composed, for an hour and 40 minutes. Attorney, District of Utah): And she did ask me whether or not he got to see that testimony and hear that testimony. ED SMART: She actually wanted to face him and, in fact, I think she asked Brett if he could be muzzled and have to sit there and watch it. That prompted Judge Dale Kimball to send Mitchell to a holding cell. Mitchell is the self-proclaimed prophet accused of forcing Smart from her bedroom in 2002, and then forcing her to act as his polygamist wife.īut Mitchell entered the courtroom before Smart was in it, shackled at the wrist and ankles and singing hymns incessantly. HOWARD BERKES: Elizabeth Smart had not told this story in public or in court before, and she wanted Brian David Mitchell to hear it. And we should warn listeners that this report lasts about three minutes, and you may find some details disturbing. Now, federal prosecutors are trying to put him on trial.įrom Salt Lake City, NPR's Howard Berkes is reporting today. The man she identified as her abductor is considered mentally incompetent by state courts. Smart testified in a federal competency hearing in Utah yesterday. Six years after her rescue, Elizabeth Smart has finally revealed details of the kidnapping and captivity she endured when she was 14 years old. ![]()
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