Castro Victim: I Was The Most Hated One

One of the three women held captive in an Ohio home for a decade has said she was forced to help captor Ariel Castro prepare a chamber for a fellow victim.

In a long interview with TV host Dr Phil McGraw, Michelle Knight has given the most detailed account so far on the ordeal the women  endured.

The 32-year-old spoke of her relationship with the other captives, Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry, and of her feelings the moment police rescued them in May last year.

Knight, who was Castro's first victim, said she had seen TV reports about the disappearance of Ms DeJesus, then 14, when Castro forced her to help prepare the room.

She said she had heard screams coming from the house.

"All I hear is fighting in the basement. I could hear things crash and I could hear somebody screaming, 'Get off me. Get off me,'" Ms Knight said.

"All I could hear was a girl screaming for help and nobody comes, nobody helps her."

Ariel Castro's home has been torn down

Castro told Ms Knight that Ms DeJesus was his daughter and that she was coming to visit – but she knew that was not true.

"He was telling me that I needed to help him prepare another room and I didn't want to prepare that room," Knight said.

"I had to help him drill holes in the wall to put the chains through to hook us together."

Ms Knight said she and Ms DeJesus were chained together often and they became close.

Ms Knight said there were times when she stopped Castro from hitting Ms DeJesus, taking the beating herself and telling him: "I'm the one you hate."

The three women endured beatings, starvation, rape and other abuse during their time in Castro's home in Cleveland.

Ms Knight said she became pregnant at least five times while in Castro's home. Each time, she said, Castro beat her brutally until she miscarried.

Amanda Berry (L) and Gina DeJesus at the time of their abduction

"I was the most hated one," she said.

The woman said Castro liked Ms Berry because of what she called his "obsession with blondes", and said she helped deliver Ms Berry's baby.

Asked how she feels about Ms Berry, Ms Knight said, "We're OK. Not the best of friends, but OK."

Castro, 53, pleaded guilty to kidnapping the three women, imprisoning them and repeatedly raping and beating them. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Ms Knight said she became pregnant at least five times

A month into his sentence, Castro was found dead in his cell. His death was initially ruled a suicide, but a prison report indicated he may have died accidentally as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiation.

Ms Knight recalled being scared when she heard police come in, saying it was a "roller coaster of mixed emotion".

"I wanted to kiss the ground that I was walking on and thank God for letting me get out of that hellhole."

Police came to the house after a dramatic 911 call in which Ms Berry cried for help.

Castro had gone out, Ms Knight said, and they were scared because they thought it might be intruders.

"So we're hiding, because we're scared. We're terrified. We didn't know that the cops were down there," the woman said.

"We thought somebody was breaking in, because it was a bad neighbourhood."

Ms Knight says she heard an officer shout, "Police!" but still did not feel safe - until she saw a badge.

"I just ran," she recalled. "I jumped on her (the officer) and I never let go."

The three women have been trying to readjust to life after their ordeal.

Ms DeJesus and Ms Berry are reportedly planning to collaborate with a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of reporters for a book about their experience.

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