CT - 32-year-old man held captive by stepmother Kimberly Sullivan since age 11, weighs 68 lbs, sets fire to home to escape, 17 Feb 2025

[MrsWatson]

It's very hot where that woman is going.

 

[tlcya]

I blame the person who brought this horrific woman into the child's life to begin with. How does someone let another person run roughshod over a child?

the father, the half sisters (I assume they were the father and Kimberly's daughters), the grandmother referred to in the PCA. That is at least two other adults and two half siblings that knew and just allowed it.

 

[MrsWatson]

the father, the half sisters (I assume they were the father and Kimberly's daughters), the grandmother referred to in the PCA. That is at least two other adults and two half siblings that knew and just allowed it.

Could they also be charged, since they also knew and ignored it? Don't they have some sort of duty of care, legally, to report a crime?

Guessing the grandmother may have passed away at this point, and the sisters being half-sisters, perhaps they were estranged from the family? I'm grasping, because why on earth wouldn't you report that?

I hope the community rallies around him and showers him with love and care.

 

[sds71]

Kimberly Sullivan, 56, posted the $300,000 bail set by a judge during an appearance at Waterbury Superior Court on Thursday morning, according to Connecticut court records and her lawyer Ioannis Kaloidis.


Prosecutors argued that Sullivan should be placed on house arrest or be made to wear an electronic monitoring device should she post bail, but the judge declined to make either of those conditions part of her release.


Sullivan will have regular check-ins while out on bail as is standard and is due back in court of March 26, Kaloidis tells PEOPLE.

Woman Accused of Holding Stepson Captive for 20 Years in House of Horrors Released From Custody After Posting $300,000 Bail

Kimberly Sullivan will not be made to wear an electronic monitoring device or be placed under house arrest.

people.com

 

[Izzylizzy]

IMO:
I'm starting to think that defense lawyers for evil, abusive parents have a handbook they quote from when addressing the media.

I'm surprised he didn't say that the step-son (victim) suffered from anorexia.
My favorite line is “We look forward to being able to vindicate her and show that she’s done nothing wrong.”

Kaloidis has best take a peak and see how prior juries felt about evil women like KS who tortured children/adult then tried to blame the dead father.

snip:
“She completely maintains her innocence, from our perspective. These allegations are not true. They are outlandish. She was blown away when she heard these allegations,” Kaloidis said. “We look forward to being able to vindicate her and show that she’s done nothing wrong.”

Kaloidis said his client never locked her stepson in a room.

“That is absolutely not true," Kaloidis said. "He was not locked in a room. She did not restrain him in any way. She provided food, she provided shelter. She is blown away by these allegations. It is shocking and what's more shocking to me? It's how somebody can (be) falsely accused of such a thing."

He said Sullivan’s husband dictated how his son would be raised. Kaloidis said the husband has since passed away."

 

[doublestop]

Could they also be charged, since they also knew and ignored it? Don't they have some sort of duty of care, legally, to report a crime?

Guessing the grandmother may have passed away at this point, and the sisters being half-sisters, perhaps they were estranged from the family? I'm grasping, because why on earth wouldn't you report that?

I hope the community rallies around him and showers him with love and care.

I wonder if the half-sisters are still minors?

 

[Izzylizzy]

Kimberly Sullivan, 56, posted the $300,000 bail set by a judge during an appearance at Waterbury Superior Court on Thursday morning, according to Connecticut court records and her lawyer Ioannis Kaloidis.


Prosecutors argued that Sullivan should be placed on house arrest or be made to wear an electronic monitoring device should she post bail, but the judge declined to make either of those conditions part of her release.


Sullivan will have regular check-ins while out on bail as is standard and is due back in court of March 26, Kaloidis tells PEOPLE.

Woman Accused of Holding Stepson Captive for 20 Years in House of Horrors Released From Custody After Posting $300,000 Bail

Kimberly Sullivan will not be made to wear an electronic monitoring device or be placed under house arrest.

people.com

I've noticed that it's quite common for reporters to not name the judges who let people who are accused of horrific crimes out on a low bond and/or hardly any restrictions.

"Kimberly Sullivan, 56, posted the $300,000 bail set by a judge"

 

[Izzylizzy]

The victim said the abuse started at age 3 but he was being held captive since he was 11 yrs old.
Looks like the captivity could have begun when KS pulled him out of school?
imo:

 

[MrsWatson]

I wonder if the half-sisters are still minors?

I didn't even think of that.

 

[MrsWatson]

He said Sullivan’s husband dictated how his son would be raised. Kaloidis said the husband has since passed away."

So, why was he still locked up after the husband died?

 

[Izzylizzy]

So, why was he still locked up after the husband died?

Fulfilling a dead man's wishes. (scream)

 

[DS2021]

<modsnip - quoted post was not an approved source>

WARRANT AFFIDAVIT KIMBERLY SULLIVAN Redacted

www.documentcloud.org

She's likely reading the warrant.

 

[DS2021]

So, why was he still locked up after the husband died?

Perhaps to prevent him from going to LE and telling them about the abuse

 

[tlcya]

I wonder if the half-sisters are still minors?

doubtful. They weren't in the home during the fire and I suspect that sometime during the 20 years of this young man's captivity they grew up and moved out of the household. JMO I would like to know whether they were okay with how their half brother was treated? Were they themselves mistreated? Why did they not report what was happening in that house?

 

[Izzylizzy]

WARRANT AFFIDAVIT KIMBERLY SULLIVAN Redacted

www.documentcloud.org

She's likely reading the warrant.

Yes, thanks.
There's a lot of horrific info in it from the victim and on LE's investigation.

 

[Izzylizzy]

doubtful. They weren't in the home during the fire and I suspect that sometime during the 20 years of this young man's captivity they grew up and moved out of the household. JMO I would like to know whether they were okay with how their half brother was treated? Were they themselves mistreated? Why did they not report what was happening in that house?

From the arrest warrant.
When KS's daughter and boyfriend arrived at the house fire KS yelled to her to get a screwdriver and take off the locks.
<modsnip - not an approved source>

 

[Izzylizzy]

According to the AW the victim had been consistent with everything he's told them.

Why a judge let KS out on bond w/o house arrest/monitor I find mindboggeling and so offensive to the victim.

 

[Vaderman]

I wonder if the stepmother will have similar cult like beliefs along the lines of the Turpin family.

 

[DS2021]

According to the AW the victim had been consistent with everything he's told them.

Why a judge let KS out on bond w/o house arrest/monitor I find mindboggeling and so offensive to the victim.

If all the allegations are true, what she did was worse than murder. This was extensive torture for decades, nothing outside of LWOP is appropriate

 

[Izzylizzy]

If all the allegations are true, what she did was worse than murder. This was extensive torture for decades, nothing outside of LWOP is appropriate

Right there with you.