Ex-Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin's adopted African son is rescued from brutal Jamaican boarding school - as he claims parents abandoned him

The adopted boy of erstwhile Kentucky governor Matt Bevin says he was abandoned successful Jamaica aft being rescued from a schoolhouse accused of abusing its students. 

During his clip successful agency from 2015 to 2019, nan Republican and his woman Glenna often said of their 4 adopted children from Ethiopia and their desire to betterment Kentucky's 'broken' take and foster attraction system. 

But 1 of nan couple's adopted sons, 17, has now claimed he was abandoned by nan Bevins aft being rescued from nan Atlantis Leadership Academy for troubled teens successful Jamaica successful February.

The boy, nicknamed Noah for his privacy, was 1 of 8 American boys aged 14 to 18 who were removed from nan schoolhouse aft a astonishment inspection uncovered horrific abuse, per authorities.

Noah told The Sunday Times last period that while different parents traveled to Jamaica to prime up their children aft nan schoolhouse was raided, nan Bevins did not show up and he was made ward of nan Jamaican state.

When asked why nan Bevins adopted him, Noah replied: 'public image.' 

The Bevins, who besides person 5 biologic children, did not respond to nan allegations erstwhile contacted by nan Kentucky Lantern. 

Noah was reportedly sent to different installation successful Florida aft Bevins mislaid re-election successful 2019.

He was past sent to nan Jamaican boarding schoolhouse past year. His existent whereabouts are chartless but he is nary longer successful Jamaica.

The Bevins are going done a contentious divorcement aft 27 years of marriage.

The schoolhouse describes itself arsenic 'the perfect situation for a young man to detach from a chaotic, accelerated paced, destructive way to a calm, sincere and refreshing caller start.'

But the teens who were rescued from nan boarding schoolhouse person spoken astir being allegedly beaten, put successful accent positions for hours, forced to workout until they vomited and moreover waterboarded.

'There were things that caused changeless symptom aliases suffering,' 1 15-year-old erstwhile student told NBC. 'Like starving; When you're quiet to nan constituent that you're successful pain, aliases truthful thirsty that you're astir to walk out, that's worse than a beating, successful my opinion.'

The school's laminitis Randall Cook has not been charged. He antecedently defended nan institution and denied nan boys' accusations.

But respective students person since described being forced to beryllium connected a stool for hours connected extremity without bath breaks and being deed if he moved.

Staff dumped buckets of h2o connected his face, according to nan 15-year-old. Another kid described having a plot hose sprayed up his nostrils truthful violently he could not breathe.

Boys were besides forced to activity retired for 2 hours each greeting by moving continuous laps aliases performing hundreds of pushups, pinch beatings doled retired if they stopped, according to nan erstwhile students.

'You sewage whipped, you sewage pipes beaten connected you,' said James, 18, 1 of 8 teens removed from nan school. 'But if I told someone, I was acrophobic of getting jumped by nan different staff.'

He added that nutrient portions were routinely trim arsenic a shape of reward and described nan schoolhouse arsenic 'living hellhole connected paradise.'

The teens added that 16-year-old Cody Fleischman, who has Tourette's' Syndrome, ADHD and OCD was routinely singled retired for immoderate of nan worst treatment.

Haunting images show nan teen's melodramatic weight nonaccomplishment during conscionable 7 months astatine nan school.

'There's nary spot to go,' said Michael McFarland, an lawyer representing his family. 'You're successful this distant portion of this state wherever you don't cognize anyone and you're being monitored astatine each times.'

In December 2023, James said immoderate of nan boys attempted an flight to nan US Embassy, but were quickly picked up by unit who they opportunity past hit them.

His mom on pinch Fleischman's said they were notified their children had been removed from nan schoolhouse connected February 11 erstwhile they received a telephone from nan Embassy.

Fleischman past reached retired to Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media Impact which campaigns for greater scrutiny complete nan kinds of institutions that Hilton was herself sent to.

The heiress flew retired to Jamaica to show her solidarity and request nan closure of nan school.

'When I heard astir what 8 American children had endured successful nan hands of a troubled teen installation successful Jamaica, I knew I had to driblet everything to show my support of their testimony,' she said.

She said nan boys had reported being 'violently beaten, whipped, water-boarded, and starved.'

'It outrages maine that it is taking months to bring these children backmost to nan United States and specified moments to nonstop them distant successful nan first place,' she said.