In a statement Carlee Russell admitted she did not see a toddler wandering on the side of the highway and lied about being kidnapped. NBC News’ Blayne Alexander details what Russell’s lawyers said.
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Prison.
She made a mistake?
A mistake is tipping over a glass of water. How is what she did a mistake?
Charge her and the parents cus they knew .
How could she have thought, “This is a great idea! I’ll totally get away with it!” ??
“Captivated the country”
first time I’m hearing of it lol
She’s going to jail.
If she doesn’t get charged then what’s the point of serving and protecting as the just system always claims? Bc they’d be pretty much saying yeah you abused the system and cost thousands in resources pulled to search for you but hey that’s okay!! I hope that lawyer doesn’t even lift a finger to even try and defend her properly just enough where it doesn’t jeopardize his license. Idk who would even take this case you’re not going to win no matter what excuses you make up
And she has a degree in psychology 😑
this is not act of MISTAKE!!!! she needs to be in jail!!
“this stunning story that has captivated the nation.” That bar must be 6 feet deep.
She was probably in mental chaos after cheating on whoever she is/was with, just like that married crazy blond chick a few years back that wanted a break from her own family
CHARGE HER BUTT ASAP!!!!!
lock her up 🫡
A mistake? She made a concious decision to deceive the public that she was KIDNAPPED BY WHITE PEOPLE. Nice try liberal scum
She was having an affair… she cried wolf… never ever do that..
Charge her .. she’s a racist trouble maker and cost the county a lot of money. I question her IQ ..
She needs to go to prison
WOW !!
This is likely going to seriously damage the amount of money regularly donated towards various sources used to help fund rescue and recovery efforts in incidents like this, I should say in real incidents like this. So disgusting. Why would someone fake this? Are they that starved of attention?
Just blame the white man, invisible or not, seems to work for everyone else.
Throw the book at her and charge her mom too
I don’t know about her mom just yet but yes, we can definitely through a few books at her!!📖 📖 📕
0:53 Why watch the news when she’s reminding us we can just use our phones
This was horrible all the way around, I understand the outrage and backlash she’s receiving but, I won’t judge her because mental health is truly real. Yes what she did was horrible, but I only wonder what triggered that.
I felt like this is what happened.
Her friends from high school said she did stuff like this all the time. Her parents sat up
And they had to be Caucasian 😮
I love the fact though that everyone involved in her abduction was white, from the toddler to the abductors. Guarantee you she was thirsty to play out that scenario.
Duh
Did no one else think this? Interesting.
All a distraction from what the government is really doing. There passing laws right now that are bringing this so called corporation of a “country” into the new world order. Just like China the whole point system has begun. World is a stage..
Bet she did find a toddler and was kidnapped, but the suspect was probably someone important or wealthy who they don’t want the PR with this out.
probably went to cheat on her bf and couldn’t come up with a good enough excuse.
Jussie smollett 2.0
I think she didn’t want to go to work
She’s asking for prayers after all she put loved ones through? All just to get an ex boyfriend’s attention. Sure, I pray she gets billed for all the time and effort the authorities wasted money on a complete sociopath!
A distressed young lady suffering a mental health crisis needs help. She felt she just had to disappear. Most who feel that way end their lives or attempt to.
Yes, she created a crisis that upset people and cost a lot of money but clearly, she wasn’t rational enough to consider that, whatever was going on within her overrode logic and clear thinking.
Should she be charged? A better option would be to make sure she gets the help she needs. Our nails are full enough, with very bad people. Is she at that level? I don’t think so.
her insurance should cancel her policy now becuase she abondonded a running vechile on a highway! her drivers license needs to be reovked too for doing that!!!! driving is not a right it is a priviledge with rules regulations and reason for those are too keep us all safe . she has demonstraited she doesnt care about the saftey of others with children driving on those roads where she left her running car.
anyone may hit the car and pass away as a result of it. shes a danger to herself and others for doing that. shes a high risk for insurance coverage at this point that she admitted it so she needs to loose her license as she broke their policies as well. she needs to loose the right to drive and loose her shiny nice car(s). cuz that will make it sting a bit for her. even if it means loosing her license for ever or for some amount of years she needs it to sting or she will do worse than this next time.
shes not mentally ill she has spolied brat syndrome. where she never got old ‘no” in her life about anything. shes a complete narrcissit . she wants all eyes on her, talking to her, about her all the time. she needs attention or shes gonna start doing worse cuz shes learning that the whole as a whole is not like her parents who give her so much entitlement. on this outside world carlee is not the boss and having temper tantrums to get her way.
if she doesnt feel some uncomofortableness from this she will do worse for attention . cuz now that shes a grown adult spoiled brat , thats a different beast then. it turns from a really highly dangerous pracitcal joke that she played out for over 48 hours to many authorities that tells me shes not afrid to get autorities involved in her attention getting cravings. her parents have created a monster that will not change unless she feels it. take her insuarnce take her license take her car(s)
Well Duh!!!
So she was doing a prang? And it got out of hand?
Believe women!!!
Sometimes
Criminal charge for her
She said she is sorry you guys… nothing to see
Unexcepab
What the….?! What is wrong with people?!?
Must be related to juicy
Girl going to prison
“stunning” lol as soon as she showed up at her own house it was obvious
Duh
Who. Am. I to. Judge. Hang. In. Their. Carles. Am. Praying. For. You. And. I. Hope. You. Will. Get. Back. On. Track. Go. To. God. In. Prayer. God has the. Last. Say
GEE….wonder why no one cares if black girls go missing?
Talk about some privilege and a self appointed sense of entitlement. Refuse to meet and speak to the police, just hired an attorney to send a statement instead. Hope that reality check she has coming gets cashed real soon.
Sooo what was she doing the whole time she was “kidnapped”?
Since they used resources to ‘find’ this ridiculous woman, she should be jailed for false kidnapping claims and bill for all resources used during her little viral adventure
a little jail time will give her her time to sort all that out.
She scammed America. No one is above the law. ACCOUNTABILITY JUSTICE AND JUDGEMENT!!!!!!!!!
She needs to be charged.
WHY SHOULD SHE CATCH A CASE COZ SHES HAVING MENTAL ILLNESS ISSUES? Smfh BACKWARDZZZZZZZ
Mental illness awareness yo duhhhhhhh
Looks like a crazy situation.
Some nurses are sometimes lying against others.
Why do people do these CRAZY THINGS. I JUST DON’T GET IT. SOOOOOOO WRONG IN SO MANY WAYS. SHE IS A LOOSER
Did she not learn from the papini case? Smdh
Man lock her up
All this to get attention from a cheating boyfriend. Lied to her own parents. You can tell the father didn’t believe her once she got back, but the mother did. A parent knows when their child is lying.
If the gender roles were reversed the man would be in the top security prison and on 24/7 watch and treated like scum
JUICEY SMOLLET ATTEMTED TO START A RACE WAR, GOT A FAKE CHARGE FROM THE LEFT, NEVER SERVED A DAY IN PRISON, THIS EGGPLANT WASTED MY TAX DOLLARS AND POLICE TIME AND SHE WILL NEVER SEE A DAY IN JAIL, ANY ONE ELSE SICK OF ALL THIS ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ BULL S**T!!?
They knew she was lying from the start which is why they allowed the story to go nationwide. Mental health is a serious issue. Just glad she’s alive.
Lol women and their attention needs learn how to not spoil your kids bc they will never grow from that age mentally
SAY WHAT! IT WAS A SCAM? WHAT A BUNCH OF B.S.
BRING THE CHARGES!
This is not mental illness. This is a selfish, narcissistic, depraved need for attention. Pathetic. Lock her up.
Believe all women. Women never lie, steal make mistakes, gaslight or abuse men or do anything wrong at all…apparently
At least she confessed about her lie. Jussie Smollet had the brothers point him out as the culprit.
She definitely needs to be charged.. With everything going on in the world today, why would she choose this to do??? Now if someone is kidnapped fr next time this Story with cross peoples minds Wondering if it’s really a kidnapping!! She also needs to be charged to slow you can’t play like this and get away with it!!!
😂today is too much first aliens and now this
What was the reason !?
They always say news only covers blonde hair white girl kidnappings . They finally air a black woman’s and she faked it lol .
Charge it smh 🤦🏿♀️🙄
I don’t understand why she would do this. There are real kidnappings going on. This is just so weird ,now they want people to pray for her. I will be praying for the real kidnappings going on. I’m sorry this kinda stuff makes me so angry. Yeah…she had her 5 minutes of fame. I feel she owes America an apology and to real woman who have really been kidnapped and made it home where the will be in therapy for the rest of their lives… 2:38 pm
Yes I totally agree with you ,she does need to be charged big time 2:38 pm
Why did she do it?
Something is off about this. Why would she make this up ? Was she having a mental health episode or was there something bigger going on?
Even with this admission I believe she is still not telling everything.
This Crazy Crazy Mind. STOP following all the insane things your Mind tells you. I am NOt this Body. I Am Not This Mind. “WHO AM I? Mind Be Still and know that I am in Command.
Where is the Space that promotes a healthy Mind?
Way to break out the cell phone….this just in, you have no tact.
“Captivated this country?” First I’ve heard of it. 😅🤣
She didn’t report anything but a child on the road. Her ppl and cops said abducted and when off crusading for her. Her only legal charges are lying to cop after, false statement about child can’t be proven. She didn’t report an abduction 🧐 cops and family over reacted. Can’t have her pay for their over reaction.
Wonder if all this is a psyop to discount and discredit kidnapping/trafficking..
ANOTHER ATTENTION SEEKER WHO DEMEANS REAL LIFE AND DEATH CRISIS SITUATIONS! LOOK HOW FAST SHE GOT A LAWYER! SEND HER TO JAIL!!
Compassion is something we lack in humanity. When people do things we don’t even have enough humanity in us to pause. She was wrong. What drove this action, why? You don’t know. And you won’t. I don’t know a single person that hasn’t wished to disappear. Let the police do there job. Be more curious about why even good people are doing the things they do. Even if you don’t have any compassion ask yourself what drives your hate? And what are you going to do about it besides talk?
She needs to be charged ASAP. We need to set a standard for any other selfish, entitled brats that want to do this for attention. I feel so very sorry for the mother that lead the search and for the families of other people that are truly missing and need help.
People are getting desperate when their social media isn’t working for them.😂
This is very absurd and illogical
I knew she was lying about being kidnapped and seeing a baby
She needs to really be held accountable for all this stuff
I hope she faces charges for filing a fake police report
Well, thanks to this pos for reminding about this kind of modus operandi.
My wife would be prone to this “trick” while I would be more prone to erasing the fkrs (ambush the ambusher). We have talked about this scenarios from way back.
Thank you, pos carlee (wathever the name is) for your big contribution and devaluating real victims while at the same time give ideas to the filth of society and heeey welcome to their club.
charge her for the haox
Whats up?? ..strange story.
Carlee is probably thrilled that her photos are being plastered all over the place. Make her pay for the cost of looking for her.
She should be jailed, you rr too bomboclatt lied, wickedness.