child there knowing what happened. what was it like in there? it was hell. i was sexually abused. there? yes, sir. i felt like i was nothing. there were numerous concerns about abuse going on at this facility. my dad would pick a girl up by her neck, throw her to the ground. he would trip you and shove you. knock her out. yes, sir. i mean it. posted it to tiktok. knock her out. it just blew up. these allegations need to be looked into. how could i do this to my child. your parents deny everything. they say none of that stuff is true. what was going on was wrong. something needed to be done. hello and welcome to dateline. on the surface the circle of hope school appeared to be a refuge where so-called troubled girls could receive a christian education. but some students say behind closed doors they suffered abuse. their secret remained hidden in the shadows until an unlikely ally launched a courageous quest to bring it to light. here s keith m
just once, when she tried not to press too hard on the girl she was helping restrain. he dropped his knee on top of my elbow, and once he did that, and pushes way on top of me, the girl then started screaming and he looked at me and told me, if she wasn t screaming like that, once he let go of me holding her, but i was going to be laying next to her until i peed myself, and said i need to make decisions of who sought i was on. the household or they did restrain students when they were violent but never deliberately inflicting pain. and amanda? well, these girls were her age. some of them could ve been her friends. except, amanda wasn t a student. and sometimes she was the one handing out discipline. i know i had power trips.