Houston activist Quanell X has claimed to have had a conversation with Rudolph "Rudy" Farias IV, the 25-year-old believed to have been missing for several years, and that the conversation took a surprising turn. Quanell X says that Rudy was not missing — he was being kept captive by his own mother.
Quanell X decided to hold a surprise press conference to share his side of things with the world.
Quanell said of Rudy's mother, "She would ask him to play daddy, she told him that he had to be the husband."
He also says that Rudy's mom, Janie Santana, kept him hidden away for 10 years.
Quanell shared, "I heard horrific things from that young man. And I did not want him to see me start shedding tears, but I couldn’t hold back the tears because of the things he was saying to us — the detective and myself. No child, no child should ever be treated like that by your own mother."
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Rudy's mother had previously stated that her son was kidnapped and taken to Mexico before he managed to come back home. Quanell claims that Rudy said his mother forced him to sleep naked in her bed and to take hallucinogenic drugs.
He added, "What troubled him the most was her crossing his personal space, boundaries. He said that she would make him sleep in the bed with her and he said that she made him play daddy. He said that he didn’t like him getting into bed, that he would try to sneak out of the bed and sometimes hide under the bed but she told him he had to be her husband."
If you or someone you know has been a victim of domestic abuse, you can find help and support at DVIS.org, the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or by contacting your local domestic violence shelter (domesticshelters.org).
