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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Rudy Farias breaks silence days after sham disappearance exposed: ‘I was brainwashed’

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Rudy Farias has broken his silence for the first time since his shocking reappearance to claim that he was “brainwashed and manipulated” by his mother during the eight years she claimed he was missing – but has insisted that he was not a victim of sexual abuse.

In his first interview, the now-25-year-old he told local outlet Fox26 that he felt like he was “living in a prison” as his mother Janie Santana kept him hidden away while telling the world he had been missing since 2015.

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