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Rumspringa From Hell
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You watch reality shows and laugh at the buffoonery, but these are real people and they're often even more screwed-up or sad in real life. Take Esther, the co-star of the reality show "Amish Mafia." On camera, she's manipulative, leading the head of the Amish enforcer/protector gang on to help her brother, another gang member. In real life, she's been living with an aspiring rapper who, she alleges, beat her, raped her, and threatened to chop her into pieces. She went to the police, they had a hearing for a protective order, and it turns out that she's twice tried for protective orders but never showed up at the hearings. And when her brother and boyfriend ended up in a brawl over how she was being treated, she showed up at the hearing... with the boyfriend. Um... no, someone isn't really grasping how this stuff works. Anyway, that's who you watch for your amusement, in case you thought this was all benign fun. (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal-New Era)
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