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The court hearing in Washington County, Pa., turned into a litany of alleged abuse as an accused woman's adopted, 16-year-old daughter took the stand and chronicled all the ways she had been hurt over the past seven years.
According to WPXI-TV, the girl made a series of devastating claims against the parent, Rana Cooper, including that Cooper made the girl eat cat litter and at one point used needle and thread in an attempt to sew shut the girl's mouth.
Here are highlights of the court proceeding, which saw Rana Cooper receive bail of $100,000 and have charges filed against her husband, as well, for not stepping in and stopping the abuse, as WPXI reported:
Prosecutors said Rana Cooper forced the girl had to earn points to eat, drink and use the bathroom.
Cooper also tried to sew the girl's mouth shut with a needle and thread and made her eat kitty litter, police said.
"She scooped cat litter with a scooper and shoved it in my mouth while holding my throat," the girl said.
"Any time mom was yelling or choking me or punishing me, the dog would bite me and latch ahold of my arm and tear into my skin. I have scars and a big hole in my leg because of it," the girl said.
"My dad said he was going to leave because she wouldn't stop yelling and hurting me. My mom was mad and bit my nose, twisting my neck and dragged me across the room," she added.
But after the hearing when Channel 11's Cara Sapida asked Cooper if she made her adopted daughter eat cat litter, Cooper replied:
"No. I am a good mother, very good mother."