Two of the three women abducted and held by Ariel Castro for almost 10 years in a Cleveland house are writing a book.
Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus are are collaborating with two Pulitzer Prize-winning writers for the Washington Post, Mary Jordan and her husband Kevin Sullivan, the Associated Press reports. The team has not met with publishers yet. Robert Barnett, a high-powered Washington lawyer who has negotiated book deals for President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, among others, is handling negotiations for Berry and DeJesus.
Castro was sentenced in August to life in prison plus 1,000 years after he pleaded guilty to 937 counts, including abduction and rape. His three victims — Berry, DeJesus and Michelle Knight — were all 20 or younger when Castro abducted them and then held them for years. Castro died in his prison cell last month, and investigators believe the cause was auto-erotic asphyxiation, which can occur when a person deliberately deprives themselves of oxygen while masturbating.
[AP]