Jaycee Dugard found ALIVE/Phillip Garrido Sentenced To Life In Prison

Dugard, family file claims against Calif.
Cite 'lapses' by state officials in handling of her alleged kidnapper

updated 5:59 p.m. ET, Fri., Feb. 26, 2010

ANTIOCH, Calif. - Jaycee Dugard and her family have taken the first step to sue the state of California for lapses officials made while she and her daughters were allegedly held captive by a convicted sex offender.

Dugard, her two daughters and her mother, Terry Probyn, have each filed claim forms against the Department of Corrections, Rachel Wall, a spokeswoman for the state's Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, said Friday.

Dugard's spokeswoman, Nancy Seltzer, said the family members haven't decided whether they'll file a lawsuit.

"We are simply preserving Jaycee Dugard's right to file a lawsuit at a later date, if that is something she decides is in her family's best interest," Seltzer said.

By law, victims have six months from the time of the incident to file a personal injury claim against the state. Dugard was found in August.

The forms do not ask for a specific dollar amount, only saying damages exceed $25,000.

A messages left with the Santa Monica, Calif.-based attorney listed on the claims, Dale Kinsella, was not immediately returned.

Mistakes in monitoring
Prosecutors say Dugard was kidnapped from outside her South Lake Tahoe home in 1991 by Phillip and Nancy Garrido, then taken to Antioch, Calif., where she lived with two daughters fathered by Phillip Garrido in a ramshackle backyard compound.

Phillip Garrido had been under parole supervision because of a 1977 conviction for raping a 25-year-old woman. He was released from prison in 1988 and placed under federal supervision until 1999, when California took over.

According to an investigation by the Office of Inspector General, mistakes in how California monitored Garrido began right away. Among them, he was wrongly classified as a low-risk offender, which meant looser controls on him, and one agent did not try to confirm the identity of a young girl he saw at the house while on a visit, instead trusting Garrido's claim that she was his niece.

The secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Matthew Cate, has acknowledged serious errors in the handling of the case.

The Garridos have been charged with raping and abducting Dugard. They have pleaded not guilty and have an appearance in El Dorado County Superior Court later Friday on defense motions to allow them to visit each other in jail.

Their lawyers also want contact information for Dugard and permission from the court to communicate with her. Prosecutors oppose the motion.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35607056/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

Jaycee Dugard case: ABC to air new home video of kidnap victim and family

Associated Press
Posted: 03/04/2010 08:45:52 AM PST
Updated: 03/04/2010 08:45:53 AM PST

NEW YORK — ABC says it will air recently taped home video Friday of kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, who was rescued last August after 18 years in captivity.

The network says Dugard, her mother, Terry Probyn, and her half-sister Shayna will be seen and heard for the first time on-camera since she was abducted in 1991 near her home in South Lake Tahoe. She was held prisoner in the backyard of her captor.

Dugard now lives with her mother and her two daughters, allegedly fathered by her abductor, in the East Bay.

Excerpts from the video of Dugard, now 29, are scheduled to air on "Good Morning America," ''20/20" and "Nightline."

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_14512175?source=most_viewed&nclick_check=1

I saw this earlier, but was disappointed that they didn't say WHEN they would air video...

I wonder if they are going to air the whole video since the article just says excerpts are scheduled to air on "Good Morning America," ''20/20" and "Nightline." It wouldn't surprise me if "Good Morning America" plays an excerpt, then tells you to tune into "20/20" for more, and then "20/20" plays a different one and tells you to tune into "Nightline" for more.

Since they are stating "excerpts" will be aired - who's going to show the entire video?....And when is right! I hate it when these news releases only throw us half a bone!

Jaycee Dugard Speaks Out in New Video



(March 5) -- Jaycee Dugard is in the spotlight again, but this time it's on her own terms.

Tonight ABC will air home videos that show the 29-year-old kidnapping victim alive, well and at home with her family six months after she emerged from her captivity.

The video is a public plea for privacy. On the tape, Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn, says that while she wants to share her "miracle with the world," she cannot put the pieces of her family back together while they are being hounded by the press. "What my family needs is privacy during our healing process," she says.

The otherwise ordinary scenes of a woman laughing and baking cookies with her half-sisters and hanging stockings by the fireplace are made extraordinary by Dugard's 18-year nightmare.

In 1991, the then 11-year-old Dugard was kidnapped at a bus stop near her home by Phillip and Nancy Garrido. For nearly two decades, she was held against her will and abused in a makeshift camp in the couple's backyard in Antioch, Calif. During her captivity, Dugard gave birth to two daughters, widely thought to be the children of Phillip Garrido, a convicted sex offender. Her daughters do not appear on the video.

The footage is somewhat haunting. "I've never gotten to decorate a cookie before," Dugard says to one of her half-sisters on the tape, according to ABC.

This morning ABC released a teaser of the videos on "Good Morning America," which it called "the confirmation that Jaycee Dugard and her girls will be OK that so many have been waiting for."

ABC reports that Dugard has made some progress: She's earned her GED and now has a driver's license. And she is speaking out in her own words Friday.

"Hi, I'm Jaycee. I want to thank you for your support, and I'm doing well," Dugard says on the tape. The words are straightforward and yet remarkable. Though the incredible story has been obsessively followed by the media, her family has been intensely private since she came home.

"When we have more to share, we will," Probyn says to the camera."As a mother, I am pleading for our privacy."

http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/jaycee-dugard-speaks-out-in-haunting-new-video/19384806?icid=main

well, while we all want to see her and hear from her - i think i speak for us all when I say that I personally will respect her privacy and won't be buying into the media's money-making schemes to exploit Jaycee and her family... i wouldn't buy a magazine or anything w/ her on the cover if she wasn't doing an interview... that's just supporting the media to continue to hound her - if they don't have a market for it - no customers, maybe they'll leave her alone...

I hope the media respects their privacy and leaves the family alone except for scheduled interviews that they agree to. The last thing they need is to be hounded by paparazzi.

Exclusive: Jaycee Dugard's Home Video



http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/exclusive-jaycee-dugards-home-video-10026135

Jaycee Dugard Update: Phillip and Nancy Garrido Denied In-Jail Visits for Second Time

April 19, 2010 12:41 PM
Posted by Edecio Martinez

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (CBS/AP) Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the California couple accused of kidnapping and imprisoning Jaycee Dugard for nearly two decades, won't be seeing each other any time soon.

Photos: Inside Jaycee's Terror Tent
Photos: Inside Phillip Garrido's House

El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister has, for the second time, denied the couple's request to visit each other in jail.

They were granted two more monthly five-minute phone calls, according to officials.

Prosecutors say they have amassed an enormous amount of evidence against Phillip Garrido, charged with kidnapping, raping and holding Jaycee Dugard captive for nearly two decades.

Photos: The Search For Jaycee
Photos: Jaycee Lee Dugard Found Alive

"We have an overwhelming volume of evidence to prove each and every charge" against Phillip Garrido, the prosecutor said.

In addition, information has been uncovered that could mitigate the guilt of his wife and co-defendant Nancy Dugard, El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson said during a court hearing.

Stephen Tapson, the court-appointed lawyer who represents Nancy Garrido, has said he plans to argue that his client was under her husband's control when Dugard was abducted from her South Lake Tahoe street in 1991, then raped and held captive for 18 years.

Phillip Garrido allegedly fathered two children with Dugard, the first when she was only 14.

The couple has pleaded not guilty to rape and kidnapping. Dugard is currently living with her mother in a secret location.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20002803-504083.html

Jaycee Dugard case back in court

By the CNN Wire Staff
May 20, 2010 8:26 a.m. EDT



(CNN) -- A court hearing is scheduled Thursday in the case of a northern California couple accused of abducting Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for more than 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound.

Phillip Garrido, 58, and his wife, Nancy, 54, are charged with 29 felony counts in the kidnapping of Dugard, who was 11 when she was snatched in 1991 from the street in front of her house in South Lake Tahoe, California.

The couple has pleaded not guilty.

The hearing, scheduled for 1 p.m. (4 p.m. ET) at the El Dorado County Superior Court, is a procedural matter about witnesses in the case.

Authorities say the Garridos held Dugard in a hidden compound behind their home for 18 years.

She was 29 when she was found in August at the Garridos' home in Antioch about 120 miles from her house.

Garrido, a registered sex offender on parole at the time of his arrest, is accused of fathering two daughters with Dugard during her captivity.

Dugard now lives in seclusion with her mother, Terry Probyn, and Dugard's two daughters.

Earlier this month, Judge Douglas Phimister denied a request by the Garridos to be able to see each other while they remain jailed.

Instead, the judge ruled, the couple can have one five-minute phone conversation this month and in June. He also said that officials can monitor the calls.

The judge did not offer a reason for denying the request. The prosecution had opposed the motion on security grounds.

Authorities maintain Dugard does not want to speak to Garrido or his attorneys and have tried to keep her location a secret.

In March, Dugard made her first public statement since the arrests of her alleged captors.

"Hi, I'm Jaycee. I want to thank you for your support, and I'm doing well," Dugard said in a home video released exclusively to ABC News.

"It's been a long haul," said Dugard, "but I'm getting there."

The video showed Dugard baking cookies with her mother and playing with her dogs.

"We released this video so that you can see that we are happy and well -- when we have more to share, we will," Probyn said in the home video.

"As a mother I am pleading for our privacy in this very public story."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/20/california.dugard.hearing/?hpt=Sbin

Thank you for the updates on Jaycee Dugard. And FeistyAngel thanks for the pictures of her. She looks about 17 and still has that aura of innocence about her. I hope her daughters are coping well also.

You are welcome Gracie. I agree that she looks very young. Hopefully the Garridos get sentenced to life in prison while Jaycee and her daughters recover from their ordeal and move on with the rest of their lives.

Kidnapping Victim Jaycee Dugard Calls Effort By Father to Contact 'Terror'

Kenneth Slayton Has Enlisted the Help of High-Profile Attorney Gloria Allred

By EMILY FRIEDMAN
June 16, 2010

Kidnap survivor Jaycee Dugard is now facing "terror" from another man, her biological father who ignored her for 29 years and is petitioning in court to establish his paternity.

A statement from Dugard's spokeswoman today said Dugard's mother has always admitted that Kenneth Slayton was Jaycee's father, but that he had repeatedly declined to be involved in her life, even after she was kidnapped in 1991 at the age of 11.

Dugard, who was held captive by Philip Garrido for 18 years, wasn't found until last year. She bore two children by Garrido and has lived reclusively with her mother and daughters since then.

According to a statement released today by family spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer, Dugard has expressed her feelings and has "no interest" in Slayton.

"She does not wish to see Mr. Slayton or his family at this time," reads the statement, adding, "DNA does not make a family!"

Dugard said that she reserves her right to change her mind later. Seltzer says that the family would like to "avoid the terror" of Slayton petitioning the court for paternity after years of what they say was his disinterest in Dugard's life.

Dugard and her family said that until now, Slayton has done little to help the family during the kidnapping ordeal, and described his sudden interest in his daughter as out of character.

"At no point did Mr. Slayton offer any assistance beyond what was requested of him while Jaycee was missing," according to the statement.

Click here to read the Dugard's family full statement

Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn, said in the statement there is no reason to establish paternity.

"Terry Probyn has never denied that Kenneth Slayton was the father," the statement reads. "Rather it was Mr. Slayton who showed no interest for the first 29 years of his daughter's life."

Slayton has hired high-profile celebrity attorney Gloria Allred, who is most recently known for representing several of pro-golfer Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses.

Allred told ABC News that she had "no comment" regarding the Dugard's statement. But in a press conference on in September 2009, Allred, said that Slayton wanted to be reunited with his estranged daughter.

"He wants nothing from her," Allred said at the time. "What they really want to do is love her."

Slayton is reportedly married with children and is a retired bus driver in Los Angeles.

Dugard was snatched off the street while waiting for a school bus at the age of 11 and held captive for 18 years, living in squalor in tents and sheds in Garrido's backyard.

Garrido, a known violent sex offender, and his wife Nancy are awaiting trial and have pleaded not guilty to kidnap and rape charges.

In March, the family released home videos showing Dugard, her sister and her mother readjusting to life and decorating Christmas cookies.

At the time, Dugard said in her first statement since her release that she was "doing well" but that it has been a "long haul."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/Broadcast/jaycee-dugard-shuts-biological-father-kenneth-slayton/story?id=10930464

Call me a skeptic, but something tells me Slayton wants to cash in on any money that might come Jaycee's way. I usually like Gloria Allred, but I think she is way off base representing this guy.

Jaycee is certainly old enough to determine if she wants a relationship with her biological father or not.

Oh Lord! I detest Gloria! She can cheapen a blue mink coat and diamond earrings just by wearin em in public! kh

That was good KH!

Lawmakers OK $20 million settlement for kidnapped girl

By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer
Story Published: Jul 1, 2010 at 10:20 AM PDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers approved a $20 million settlement Thursday with the family of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a girl and held captive in a secret backyard for 18 years by a paroled sex offender.

Dugard, 30, resurfaced last August with two daughters she bore with Phillip Garrido, a convicted rapist.

Dugard, her mother and daughters filed claims in February saying state officials with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to do their jobs. Parole agents began supervising Garrido in 1999 but failed to discover Dugard.

The Dugard family members claimed psychological, physical and emotional damages.

"I can't emphasize enough that we've got to be much more prudent in terms of how we provide oversight for released prisoners in the state of California," Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Granite Bay, said.

Attorneys for the Dugards did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment.

Garrido and his wife, Nancy, have pleaded not guilty to charges that they kidnapped and raped the young woman.

Dugard and her children were hidden at the Garrido home in the eastern San Francisco Bay area city of Antioch, authorities said.

"Jaycee and her children, now 13 and 16, are now living in seclusion and will need many years of therapy, education and health care," said Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar.

Lawmakers approved the settlement with a 30-1 vote in the Senate and a 62-0 vote in the Assembly.

The money for the Dugards will come from the state's hard-hit general fund, which pays for most state operations. It comes while the state faces a $19 billion deficit as it enters the new fiscal year without a budget.

The settlement made up the bulk of the money approved in AB1714, which settles three other claims for a combined $1.49 million.

Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Yuba City, said it was wise for the state to pay the claim quickly rather than fight a court battle that he said "exacerbates the grievous loss of the victims and the lifelong condemnation and pain of their families."

He predicted the state alsa will pay claims as well in the case of John Albert Gardner III, who pleaded guilty to killing two San Diego County teenagers. Parole agents were also faulted in that case for failing to send Gardner, a convicted sex offender, back to prison.

http://www.kval.com/news/national/97597249.html

I'm so glad for Jaycee and her daughters. Hopefully this will be a wake up call to follow the rules already set up, that's the first place to start.