An Ohio man who held three women captive for a decade while repeatedly raping them has been officially sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Ariel Castro pleaded guilty last week to hundreds of kidnapping and rape charges in the forced imprisonment of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who all escaped in May. On Thursday, Castro delivered a rambling statement before his sentencing, apologizing to his victims but also claiming they consented to sex with him. Survivor Michelle Knight confronted him in court.
Michelle Knight: “Ariel Castro, I remember all the times that you came home talking about what everybody else did wrong, and acted like you wasn’t doing the same thing. You said, 'At least I didn't kill you.’ You took 11 years of my life away, and I have got it back. I spent 11 years in hell. Now your hell is just beginning. I will overcome all this that happened, but you will face hell for eternity.”