One of the survivors of the Ariel Castro kidnappings has revealed she's now happily married. Michelle Knight, who has since changed her name to Lillian Rose Lee, recently shared on the "Dr. Phil" show that she's been with her husband Miguel since 2015.
The 36-year-old's latest interview with the noted psychologist will air on the daytime talk show on Tuesday, April 24. She will share the full details to what has been happening in her life since escaping the clutches of a wicked man and she will also launch her new book, "Life After Darkness: Finding Healing and Happiness After the Cleveland Kidnappings."
Knight was only 21 years old at the time of her abuction. She was the first of three women that Castro kidnapped, detained, raped and tortured in his house from 2002 to 2013 in Cleveland, along with Amanda Berry, who was 17 at the time, and Gina De Jesus, who was abducted at just 14. Their plight became national news when Berry escaped Castro's house and got in touch with the authorities.
Police arrested Castro and charged him with 937 counts of kidnapping, murder and rape in May 2013. The court sentenced him to 1,000 years in prison with no parole but a month later, Castro took his own life in his prison cell.
In 2015, Knight, who is Christian, revealed in an interview that she had forgiven Castro completely for the abuse. Talking to E!, the survivor said that it felt right to forgive her abuser in "every sense."
"Even though other people may not feel like I should, but I feel like I should," Knight said. "It's like turning dirt into gold."
Knight also published a previous book, "Finding Me," which recounted her experience in Castro's "House of Hell." The survivor said that all the time she was in captivitity, she drew her strength from God and knew that her life still had a purpose.
