EXCLUSIVE: "I WAS TRAINED TO BE HER" — THE AMERICAN GIRL WHO THOUGHT SHE WAS MADDIE MCCANN EXPOSES HER PARENTS' SICKENING HOAX.
A 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN FLORIDA CLAIMS HER PARENTS DIDN'T JUST LIE TO HER. THEY DYED HER HAIR, FORCED HER TO STUDY POLICE TAPES, AND "GROOMED" HER FOR 15 YEARS TO BECOME THE MOST FAMOUS MISSING CHILD IN HISTORY.
BY CRIME DESK INVESTIGATORS
FLORIDA — It was a claim that briefly stopped the world. A young woman, "Chloe R.", emerged from a small town in America last week claiming to have "awakened memories" of being Madeleine McCann. She had the blonde hair. She had the mannerisms. She even had a similar mark on her leg.
But the DNA test came back yesterday. It was negative.
However, the story did not end there. Instead, it spiraled into a tale of psychological abuse so twisted it has stunned the FBI.
"PROJECT M"
Chloe has now turned on the couple she called Mom and Dad, accusing them of orchestrating a lifelong "Truman Show" style nightmare designed to cash in on the global tragedy.
"I wasn't Madeleine," Chloe sobbed in an exclusive interview. "But they made me become her. Since I was six years old, they have been preparing me for the day we would 'come forward'."
FORCED TO WATCH THE TAPES
Chloe revealed that her childhood did not involve cartoons or playgrounds. Instead, she was locked in a room and forced to watch hours of news footage about the McCann case.
"They made me memorize the layout of the apartment in Praia da Luz," she said. "They made me practice my British accent. If I got a detail wrong—like the name of the toy cat, Cuddle Cat—they would starve me for dinner."
SURGICAL ALTERATIONS?
The most horrific allegation involves the physical changes. Chloe claims her natural hair color is brown, but her mother bleached it every two weeks for a decade.
Even worse, investigators are looking into claims that her parents sought illegal medical procedures to replicate Madeleine’s distinct eye defect, the Coloboma.
"They bought me custom contact lenses when I was ten," Chloe admitted. "I had to wear them every day. They said, 'This is your face. This is who you really are. You are the girl the world is looking for.'"
THE MOTIVE: A NETFLIX PAYDAY
Why would parents do this? Police seized journals from the Florida home detailing a plan to sell the "reunion rights" to a streaming giant for millions of dollars. They treated their own daughter not as a child, but as an investment—a fake lottery ticket they spent 15 years forging.
Chloe is now in protective custody, trying to figure out who she actually is. The McCanns are still searching for their daughter. But for one girl in America, the search became a prison.