# Elizabeth Smart on Life After Abduction

> Elizabeth Smart shares her life after 25-year abduction ordeal.
- Title: Elizabeth Smart on Life After Abduction · Valleynewslive
- Summary: Elizabeth Smart shares her life after 25-year abduction ordeal. Elizabeth Smart discusses surviving 9 months of captivity, dealing with anger, finding…
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- Source: Valleynewslive — https://valleynewslive.com/2026/09/23/life-after-abduction-one-on-one-with-elizabeth-smart
- Published: 2026-09-23T01:43:22.532+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
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## Abduction memory
Elizabeth Smart shares what she remembers from the moment she was abducted from her utah bedroom nearly 25 years ago.
## Captive experience
For 9 months the 14-year-old was captive chained and raped multiple times a day.
## Current status of perpetrators
Street preacher brian david mitchell is serving a life sentence his accomplice wanda barzee was released.
## Recent legal actions
She was arrested again in 2025 for visiting multiple parks as a registered sex offender but again released.
## Current discussions
Smart sat down one-on-one with vnl to dig deeper on how she stayed alive how she deals with anger how she found intimacy and messages for her three children.
## Key takeaway

Elizabeth Smart discusses surviving 9 months of captivity, dealing with anger, finding intimacy, and messages for her three children after being abducted at age 14.