--- description: Michelle Knight has a message for for doubters of another recent abduction case: stop judging what you don’t know. title: Michelle Knight: Don't Doubt Abduction Victim image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc99bfadb45e1d402/698690c9cd684818db094ce6/ap13080115679.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michelle Knight: Don't Doubt Abduction Victim by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2014 2:46 PM CUT  Michelle Knight sits in the courtroom during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in a house he turned into a prison and raping them repeatedly for a decade, was sentenced Thursday to life without parole plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) Michelle Knight sits in the courtroom during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in a house he turned into a prison and raping them repeatedly for a decade, was sentenced Thursday to life without parole plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)Tony Dejak—AP by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2014 2:46 PM CUT Michelle Knight, a woman who was freed last year with two others after years in captivity, has a message for doubters of another recent abduction case: stop judging what you don’t know. Knight spoke Friday on [CNN’s New Day](http://newday.blogs.cnn.com/ "undefined") about a recent case of a California woman who escaped captivity after being held for ten years. The California woman says she had been abducted at age 15 by her mother’s boyfriend, who raped and beat her. She later married and had a child with her captor. Some neighbors, however, told CNN they were dubious of her story as she never gave a hint of being in trouble. “She had plenty of time to actually escape so it’s hard to believe this is really going on because she had a lot of free time,” said one neighbor. However, Knight says it’s not the woman’s neighbors’ place to pass judgement. “Unless you were walking in her shoes, you have no reason to talk, none at all,” said Knight. “You’re making people not want to come out, not want to say anything, you are making people want to sit there and keep it to themselves and go through the abuse when you stay stupid crap like that,” Knight added. The woman’s alleged captor, Isidro Garcia, was [arrested](http://time.com/109365/man-charged-kidnapping-rape/ "undefined") Wednesday and charged on counts of rape and kidnapping. \[[_CNN_](http://newday.blogs.cnn.com/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/110384/michelle-knight-abuduction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/110384/michelle-knight-abuduction/"},"headline":"Michelle Knight: Don't Doubt Abduction Victim","datePublished":"2014-05-23T14:46:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:54:09.145Z","description":"Michelle Knight has a message for for doubters of another recent abduction case: stop judging what you don’t know.","url":"https://time.com/110384/michelle-knight-abuduction/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc99bfadb45e1d402/698690c9cd684818db094ce6/ap13080115679.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc99bfadb45e1d402/698690c9cd684818db094ce6/ap13080115679.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michelle Knight","caption":"Michelle Knight","creditText":"Tony Dejak—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/110384/michelle-knight-abuduction/","name":"Michelle Knight: Don't Doubt Abduction Victim"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Attorney Calls Alleged 10-Year Captive’s Story “Unbelievable”","description":"The lawyer of the man who is charged with multiple counts of kidnapping and abuse says the victim’s story is false. 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