Connecticut man who escaped house of horrors breaks silence after decades of stepmom’s alleged abuse

The 32-year-old antheral who accused his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, of holding him captive for 20 years successful their Waterbury, Connecticut, home, spoke for the archetypal clip since fleeing the home.

The man, who wished to beryllium identified lone arsenic "S," released a connection Tuesday done David Guarino of Survivors Say, who is representing him arsenic a spokesman. 

"I americium overmuch amended and stronger than I was the time the archetypal responders carried maine retired of my home. I americium beyond grateful for the attraction I person received since then," "S" said successful the statement. "To each the wellness attraction professionals who person helped and nurtured me, convey you. In summation to each of your care, I appreciated the accidental to person my archetypal ever day enactment to observe turning 32."

Kimberly Sullivan was arrested aft allegedly abusing her stepson successful their Waterbury, Connecticut, home. (Jim Shannon/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

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"I besides privation to convey the archetypal responders, the instrumentality enforcement investigators and everyone who is moving to clasp those liable for my maltreatment accountable. 

"Thank you to everyone astatine Safe Haven Waterbury and everyone who has fixed to the GoFundMe leafage that volition assistance screen immoderate of the overwhelming expenses I volition look successful the weeks, months and years to come.

"I americium grateful to the conservator and my attorney, who volition assistance usher maine done the ineligible process ahead. They person been invaluable to me, and I americium grateful for their tireless support."

This representation provided by the Waterbury Police Department shows the location wherever a Connecticut antheral told authorities his stepmother had held him captive for 2 decades. (Waterbury Police Department via AP)

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"Much has already been said that tells portion of the communicative of the maltreatment I endured. Someday, possibly my full communicative volition beryllium told.

"I inquire everyone progressive successful my communicative to afloat cooperate with the authorities who are helping maine question justness for these crimes. I besides inquire the nationalist and the media to respect those investigations and my privateness arsenic this process plays out. This isn’t conscionable a story. It’s my life.

"Thank you each for your thoughts and messages, your enactment and your continued prayers arsenic I recover. Please guardant immoderate inquiries astir my recovery, requests for accusation oregon interviews, oregon the process up to David Guarino astatine Survivors Say, who has volunteered to service arsenic my spokesman. Thank you."

Kimberly Sullivan's stepson said helium was held captive successful their Waterbury, Connecticut, home. (Waterbury Police Department via AP)

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Guarino declined to remark further. 

"S" allegedly acceptable occurrence to the location helium shared with his stepmom connected Feb. 27, telling archetypal responders that helium wanted his freedom. 

After an investigation, Sullivan was arrested connected March 12 and charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons and first-degree reckless endangerment.

Kimberly Sullivan was taken into custody by the Waterbury Police Department connected March 12. (Waterbury Police Department)

According to an apprehension warrant for Sullivan, "S" said helium was held successful a windowless 8-foot by 9-foot retention closet with nary aerial conditioning oregon vigor and without entree to a bath for 20 years. He was allegedly kept wrong the closet 22–24 hours per day.

"S" told constabulary helium was allowed 2 sandwiches and 2 tiny h2o bottles each day, 1 of which helium would usage for bathing. He said helium disposed of his discarded utilizing h2o bottles and newspaper. The antheral weighed little than 70 pounds erstwhile archetypal responders recovered him aft the fire.

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In an interrogation with Fox News Digital, Sullivan's attorney, Ioannis Kaloidis, denied that Sullivan knew thing astir the alleged abuse. 

Ioannis Kaloidas, lawyer for Kimberly Sullivan, denied the maltreatment allegations. (Fox News)

"I tin archer you that the allegations were that this idiosyncratic claims to person been imprisoned successful that location up until the time of the fire," Kaloidis said. "And my lawsuit adamantly denies that determination was immoderate imprisonment. As for the full history, there's a batch that I expect volition travel retired implicit the people of the trial, hopefully, due to the fact that I deliberation that's the due spot for the merchandise of immoderate further information."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Sullivan's ineligible team.