Kerry Washington (The School for Good and Evil) will exec produce and star in Six Triple Eight — the WWII drama that Tyler Perry is writing, directing and producing for Netflix, which has now entered production.
23.12.2022 - 18:47 / perezhilton.com
An American couple could face the death penalty in Uganda after being accused of abusing a child.
Nicholas and Mackenzie Spencer made a big change in their lives a few years ago. They moved out of South Carolina to go live in the East African country for the purpose of humanitarian work — but according to their charges it would seem what they did was far less than humane…
A 2019 GoFundMe for Mackenzie’s “joint and spinal issues” stated she and her husband had “moved to East Africa” three years prior in 2017:
It was that last line where the problems got started. In 2018 they took in three foster children from a Christian ministry nearby where they lived. But according to a December 13 police statement, for the past four years they’ve been “torturing” their 10-year-old foster son!
The Spencers are accused of making the child stay “barefoot and naked throughout the day” and would sometimes force him to “squat in an awkward position”. His bed was also allegedly just a bare piece of wooden platform — no mattress, blankets, or pillows for him to be comfortable with. Just awful…
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A caregiver who sometimes worked with the family detailed more horror to a local newspaper, The Daily Monitor. They allege the parents kept the 10-year-old confined to a small, tiled room, kept him home from school, and had a camera watching him at all times. The police report also stated things could possibly be much worse even than what the camera saw:
Just sickening, that poor child…
The caregiver told the outlet they wanted to quit, but felt like they couldn’t:
Finally, after neighbors grew increasingly concerned about the condition of the little boy, police stepped in.
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