Cleveland kidnap survivor: I was tied, strung like fish

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

One of three women held in a Cleveland man’s home for about a decade says an orange extension cord was used to tie her neck, hands and feet and hang her “like a fish,” according to pre-released clips from a taped interview that will air today and Wednesday on the “Dr. Phil” show.

“I was tied up like a fish, an ornament on the wall,” Michelle Knight told the TV host in a clip released to media. “That’s the only way I can describe it.”

“I was hanging like this,” she said, using her finger to draw a swooping U-shape curve in the air.

In another interview clip posted on the show’s YouTube channel, Knight said she was told she’d be punished after she tried to pick a lock and escape.

She also said her mouth was taped at one point so she wouldn’t yell.