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Anyone else watched this, it's left me with so many questions.. What do others think?

I wish I'd never watched this tbh. I assumed because Anna featured it was going to transpire that Derrick DID have some capacity, but there can be no doubt whatsoever of just how severely intellectually disabled he is. The knowledge of what she did to him is horrific. Anna is up there with the worst, it's terrifying that she's not locked up. How do we know she hasn't did this to other non verbal men, or wouldn't again???
Her Mother was awful too.

The mother and brother were actually eager for him to communicate that's how they were groomed, wasn't it the brother who first contacted Anna. The mother knew he wasn't able to live independently, so I doubt it was a case of enjoying that he was dependant on her, she was being realistic in his abilities. Even if Derrick felt sexual desire he simply couldn't consent to what happened, she raped him. And the only racist person was Anna with her White savior complex. She wanted to tick the black and the dissability box for her career, the lady is a narcissist who will never admit to doing wrong, she put the blame on him by accusing him of seducing her. If she was a black woman she wouldn't be getting out after 2 years.

I agree.

I just watched this and wow, so many questions!

As PPs mentioned, why didn't nobody think to test the FC by simply asking Derrick to "say" something that he'd been told in Anna's absence? I get that his family wanted to believe in his abilities but they could see that this was beyond the bounds of credibility.

I found it so shocking when Anna was saying how Derrick was "the most important person in her life", lady, you have kids! What about them?!

Can't believe she only served two years for such an appalling abuse of power.

When his brother and mother tried, they got nothing. Anna said they needed to practise more.

It's so clearly a load of rubbish, at least in Derrick's case.

His family did try with him, but assumed they weren't supporting him correctly.

I can't believe she's out! On presumably some weird loophole/plea bargain too.

She absolutely did fetishise disability.

My first thought was that perhaps she didn't get enough attention from her mother, who gave all her attention to disabled people.

He had a mental capacity of a 6-12 month old. Of course he didn't have a crush on her

@DallasCC , I wasn't criticising the family at all, I know they tried and my own DC is disabled (though not to that extent) so I know how you hang on to any hope. I just thought, before it got to college classes, they'd have been so excited to finally hear "his thoughts" that they might have asked him questions and Anna to help him answer.
Eg. John - Derrick, what did you like best about the zoo yesterday?
Derrick Anna - I liked the penguins.
John - Erm, we didn't actually go to the zoo yesterday Anna...

Yeah I agree with you.

I wish the documentary was longer, there's a lot of missing information.

Strange, because documentaries these days are normally too long!

It's absolutely mind boggling that this woman was having a relationship with herself. All that typing back and forth was her talking to herself.

The fact that she took him to a room and was typing things out as if he was asking them "take your clothes off" and "I want to touch your breasts" and all this nonsense. And then she sits on camera seemingly believing this was all from him. She took him through an entire college course with this charade. I couldn't help laughing when they questioned the poor course lecturer. She sounded absolutely baffled. "She said... he said... she... he, I mean she..."

It sealed the deal for me that she didn't get upset at any point like Derrick's mother and brother did. If the love of my life, my one soul mate, was taken from me and locked in a silent world on his own with no way to communicate, I'd be utterly distraught. She didn't even well up or catch her breath.

She's insane.

If the supposed need for the facilitator in FC is just to support the elbow, surely much of the grey area could be cleared up with a moveable elbow support (not a human one)!

This whole case is fucking madness.

I tried to find this on Netflix and it didn't come up. What is it on please?

Sky or Now Tv

Netflix in the US only

Thank you.

Just watched this and I agree her facial expressions by the time of sentencing were interesting. I just googled and the lesser charge she accepted in a plea deal was "third degree aggravated criminal sexual contact" 🤷‍♀️

Sorry for bumping i have just watched this my thoughts as the parent of a severly disabled non verbal 15 year old
I find it hard to beleive that Derrick went from very basic communication ie slapping the fridge when he was hungry to being able ro read and use a key pad in a relativley short period of time unbeleivable
Derrick was still in Diapers/ nappies i get this but we managed to get my severley disabled child out of nappies by 9/10 im not judging im just thinking he was even more impaired than my own child who is very impaired and could no way consent to a sexual relationship