There has been a huge development in the highly publicized #StandWithSophie campaign…
The 9-year-old, from Texas, has been embroiled in a vicious court case after it was alleged that her mother’s fiancé had sexually abused her.
In the footage, Sophie was seen being literally dragged away from her father as she accused her mother’s fiancé of abusing her. She was dragged out of her father’s car by her grandmother during a custody exchange.
On the situation, her father, Michael Long, told the Daily Mail:
“What happened was I unlocked the car, her grandma showed up and it looked like an abduction in the back of my car. Thank God I was filming.”
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“But this is the most helpless feeling I’ve ever felt in my life – my daughter was screaming for her life while I was holding a video camera and that’s all I could do.”
Sophie’s father and his wife, Kourtney Chalmers, grew concerned about the little girl’s welfare at the start of June when she arrived at their place for her summer vacation.
Which would often leave her doubled over in agony.
But prior to the visit, she had told Kourtney she was worried that the doctors might take photos of her.
Eventually, she told her stepmom what had been happening to her at the hands of, who she referred to as Mr. Jake and some of his friends.
With Kourtney explaining that a change in Sophie was noticed back in 2017.
“Sophie has always been full of magic, bubbly, and just really carefree. There is a big difference now. She used to feel good about herself all the time and now she feels not beautiful and that’s really hard to see.”
“In private, she talks so badly about herself now because she’s a beautiful young lady and they’ve made her feel ugly. I don’t know if it’s all the things they say to her or things that have been done to her that have made it hard for her to feel comfortable in her own skin. But a lot of that sparkle, the carefree innocence… You can see it fade from her eyes.”
And people from all over the country came together to campaign for the arrest of Sophie’s mom, Kelly Long, and her fiance and, more importantly, Sophie’s safety.
However, Kelly was awarded full custody of Sophie and her 2 brothers.
This was because she had hired a lawyer while Michael did not, leading to him being granted only intermittent episodes of supervised access to the children.