Ohio kidnap survivor to sit down with Dr. Phil for TV interview

CLEVELAND – One of three women who escaped from a ramshackle Cleveland home after more than a decade in captivity is about to share her story.

Michelle Knight will appear on the “Dr. Phil” show Tuesday and Wednesday in a taped interview. She was kidnapped in 2002.

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The show says Knight “describes the horrible conditions in the house” and reveals her physical, mental and sexual abuse.

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The show says Knight talks about being “tied up like a fish” and spending weeks chained and tortured in the basement.

Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus escaped May 6 when Berry pushed out a door and yelled for help.

Their kidnapper, Ariel Castro, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. He hanged himself Sept. 3, just weeks into his sentence.