Elizabeth Smart , Lifetime Announce ‘The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story’
Elizabeth Smart is once again working with Lifetime as the executive producer for another movie. This time it is the kidnapping story called The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story. This is based on a true story.
This true crime movie stars Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia, Pretty Hard Cases), Cara Buono (Mad Men, Stranger Things), and Kristian Bruun (Orphan Black, Crashing Through The Snow).
Haley Harris (Sweet Tooth, Briarpatch) wrote the script, with Simone Stock (Stolen By Their Father, Fear Thy Neighbor) directing.
What Is Lifetime’s The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story About?
According to Deadline, Kara (Douglas) is like any 15-year-old teen. However, the South Carolinian’s life changed when she was watering the garden at her best friend’s house. Out of the blue, a man came up to her, put a gun on her neck, and took her away. Moreover, he stuck her into a plastic storage bin where she could not see what was around her. After they arrived at his apartment, he sexually assaulted her for 18 hours.
“With her survival instincts kicking in, Kara memorized as many details as possible throughout her ordeal and when her captor finally fell asleep, she escaped the restraints and fled his apartment. She was able to lead the police back to the apartment’s exact location and identify her captor as Richard Evonitz (Bruun), a serial killer who was also responsible for the unsolved murders of at least three other young girls.”
When Can You Watch The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story?
The premiere of The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story is on Saturday, February 11, at 8 p.m., Eastern, on Lifetime.
EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime is partnering again with kidnapping survivor and advocate Elizabeth Smart on ‘The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story’ https://t.co/8ZYL5COpWx
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Don’t Miss Lifetime’s Two-Hour Special Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story
Immediately after Lifetime’s The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story is the two-hour special, Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story. In this special program, Kara Robinson Chamberlain talks about her ordeal. She “recounts in detail the story of her abduction, restraint, and subsequent escape.”
In addition, this special includes interviews with her parents, as well as her high school boyfriend. He was there for her after her horrific ordeal. These provide insights into her horrific kidnapping.
Elizabeth Smart Working With Lifetime Again
Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart is working with Lifetime once again. Now a kidnapping advocate, the 35-year-old Smart has been an executive producer on many Lifetime projects including Stolen By Their Father, and producer on I Am Elizabeth Smart, and Elizabeth Smart: Questions Answered.
In addition, she hosted two Lifetime documentaries. They include Elizabeth Smart: Finding Justice, and Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case. The latter special includes a round table discussion of kidnapping survivors. Moreover, Kara Robinson is one of those on the special panel.
