'If they had stolen a candy bar, sure that's a child. But you tried to kill somebody. That's an adult crime,' Payton Leutner said.
Payton Leutner is taking back the story of her attack in her first interview since the Slenderman stabbing. In 2014, America was shocked to hear two teenage girls had stabbed their friend and claimed it was at the guidance of a fictional, online character. Now, Leutner said the terrifying event has defined her life moving forward but it's lost any power over her.with David Muir. The interview will air ABC Friday at 9 p.m. ETD.
The survivor wasn't surprised by the eerie motive."After I heard why [Geyser] did it, I was like, 'Well, this doesn't surprise me at all because she believed so hard in this thing that she would do anything for it," she said. As for what she'd say to them now, Leutner has a note of thanks."I would probably, initially thank her," Leutner said of Geyser."I would say, 'Just because of what she did, I have the life I have now. I really, really like it and I have a plan. I didn't have a plan when I was 12, and now I do because of everything that I went through. I wouldn't think that someone who went through what I did would ever say that but that's truly how I feel.
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