For 12 years, Genie Wiley was imprisoned in the second bedroom of her California home by her dad Clark because he suspected she was mentally disabled ...

Genie spent the first 13 years of her life strapped to a potty or a chair in a homemade straightjacket. She was never spoken to but turned out to be highly intelligent.

Hopping like a rabbit, unable to talk and struggling with an extra set of teeth, Genie Wiley left social services workers stunned when she stumbled into an office in 1970 ...

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Genie spent the first 13 years of her life strapped to a potty or a chair in a homemade straightjacket. She was never spoken to but turned out to be highly intelligent.