Elizabeth Smart testified Thursday she was raped repeatedly each day after she was abducted from her bedroom seven years ago and told she would be killed if she yelled or tried to escape.

She described Brian David Mitchell,  her alleged kidnapper, as “evil, wicked, manipulative, stinky, slimy, selfish, not spiritual, not religious, not close to God.”

Smart testified in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City as part of a competency proceeding for the man charged in her 2002 kidnapping.

Mitchell has twice been found incompetent for trial in state court.

Mitchell and his estranged wife were found with Smart nine months after she disappeared from her Salt Lake City home.  Read full story here

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Elizabeth Smart ‘unscarred’ by abduction

Elizabeth Smart says she’s moved on from her abduction six years ago.

Six years ago, Elizabeth Smart captured national attention after she was allegedly abducted and held captive for nine months.

In a rare interview, with People magazine, she showed a remarkable attitude toward her ordeal. Smart told the publication, “I’m not sorry this happend to me anymore, because it made me grow up.”

Now a 20-year-old junior at Brigham Young University majoring in music performance, Smart speaks of her good fortune and luck to be where she is today.

“I feel so fortunate that I was able to come through this unscarred. I want to tell other people, ‘Don’t give up. Miracles do happen,’ ” she said.

Elizabeth Smart Interview on Oprah

Smart was allegedly kidnapped by drifter Brian David Mitchell from her bedroom in Salt Lake City. The accused abducters, who reportedly chained her to a tree, repeatedly threatened her life, and assaulted her, are currently undergoing evaluations to determine if they are fit to stand trial. Read more here

Read full story here: www.nydailynews.com/news

Elizabeth Smart Has Advice For Kidnap Victim Jaycee Dugard

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Elizabeth Smart is one of the few people who can relate to Jaycee Dugard, who has been rescued after 18 years living in a secret backyard.  read more

Elizabeth was abducted from her Salt Lake City, Utah, bedroom on June 5, 2002, at the age of 14. She was found alive nine months later on March 12, 2003, in Sandy, Utah, about 18 miles from her home, in the company of Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee, who were indicted for her kidnapping but ruled unfit to stand trial. Her abduction and recovery were widely reported and were the subject of a made-for-TV movie and a published book.  Read more here

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