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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mike Bedigan

Teen at centre of ‘Take Care of Maya’ documentary shares heartfelt letter at trial against ‘abusive’ hospital

Netflix

A teenager whose account of how her mother took her own life after she was accused of Munchausen-by-proxy, which was at the centre of a recent Netflix documentary, shared a heartbreaking letter to her family as the trial continued.

Maya Kowalski took to the stand before the jury entered the courtroom on Tuesday, as her lawyer argued why the letter should be admitted into evidence in the $200m Florida lawsuit.

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