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The Independent
a day ago
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- The Independent
Amy Bradley's brother calls the internet ‘toxic' amidst criticism from Netflix documentary
Brad Bradley, whose sister Amy Bradley went missing from a cruise in 1998, has defended his family against allegations of homophobia following a new Netflix documentary. The three-part docuseries, Amy Bradley is Missing, details her unsolved disappearance and explores her bisexuality, along with her parents' initial struggles with acceptance. Brad refuted online claims portraying his family as 'Trump-supporting, racist homophobes', describing the internet as a 'toxic place'. He clarified that Amy was bisexual and dating a man when she disappeared, a detail he believes was omitted from the Netflix series. Brad emphasized that his parents had overcome their initial difficulties with Amy's sexuality before she went missing, with her girlfriend even spending time with the family.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Amy Bradley's Brother Slams 'Toxic' Critics After Netflix Doc Release
Originally appeared on E! Online Amy Bradley's brother is not here for conspiracy theories. After Amy Bradley Is Missing hit Netflix July 16, the subject's brother, Brad Bradley, slammed the public's response to the series, which he says includes 'toxic' accusations thrown at his family after a friend featured in the documentary claimed they did not accept Amy's sexuality. 'Me and my family are getting killed,' Brad told People in a statement July 30. 'Over the years, we've grown some pretty thick skin, because there's always that side, you have the side of prayers, and support, and love, and caring, and all that good stuff. And then you have people just trying to chew us up and spit us out.' Indeed, Brad—who, along with parents Iva Bradley and Ron Bradley, participated in the Netflix miniseries—expressed disappointment that some people online have run with the theory that the now 51-year-old died by suicide. 'The picture that's being painted online is that I'm this [Donald] Trump-supporting, racist homophobe, and of course she killed herself,' he continued. 'Why would, you know, how could she live with a family like that?' More from E! Online Olympian Laura Dahlmeier Dead at 31 After Climbing Accident Left Rescuers Unable to Reach Her Jinger Duggar's Husband Jeremy Vuolo Details 'Deep Betrayal" During Marriage Sharon Osbourne Breaks Down in Tears at Ozzy Osbourne's Funeral Procession Brad, now 47, also shut down those examining Amy's feelings around her sexuality when she isn't around to speak for herself, noting that while the documentary portrayed her as gay, he says she identified as bisexual. 'Again, that's not me trying to argue she didn't like women,' he added. 'My point was she wasn't just gay. She was bisexual, had plenty of guys she dated over the years, and girls too." In fact, Brad claimed that Amy, who was 23 when she went missing, had a boyfriend at the time she vanished in 1998, despite the detail she had written a letter to her ex girlfriend Mollie McClure about a month before the cruise. 'He was an awesome dude, very successful guy, loved our family, spent a lot of time with us,' Brad, who declined to reveal the man's identity to protect his privacy, said. 'I do believe she had some intention of rekindling things with Mollie when she had returned, hence the message in the bottle, a month prior to the cruise.' As for whether Amy's family accepted her sexual identity, Brad noted that his sister had come out to them three years before she vanished, and emphasized that the dust had settled on the subject. As he put it, 'That was well gotten over.' For more on Amy's disappearance, keep reading… When did Amy Bradley's family last see her before she disappeared?What happened after Amy Bradley was reported missing?What happened during the initial search for Amy Bradley?What evidence is there in the Amy Bradley case?What was Amy Bradley doing before she went missing?Were there any suspects in the disappearance of Amy Bradley?What has Alister Douglas said about Amy Bradley?Why does Amy Bradley's family hold out hope she's still alive?Where is Amy Bradley's family now? For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App Solve the daily Crossword
Daily Mail
a day ago
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- Daily Mail
Missing woman Amy Bradley's brother breaks silence after family is 'killed' by cruel trolls
The brother of missing woman Amy Bradley has spoken out after being 'chewed up' by 'toxic' social media users following the release of Netflix documentary, Amy Bradley Is Missing. Amy disappeared during a cruise with her family in March 1998. Today, after decades of desperate searches and calls for information, they still don't have any answers. The three-part series, which re-investigates the disappearance, arrived on the streaming platform on July 16 and has since opened the floodgates for new theories and speculation over what happened. And, according to Amy's brother Brad Bradley, some of the response has been particularly hateful. Speaking out about the backlash, Brad said that there has been lots of negative comments aimed at himself and his family. 'Me and my family are getting killed,' he said. 'The internet is a toxic place.' In a new interview with People, he continued: 'Over the years, we've grown some pretty thick skin, because, you know, there's always that side, you have the side of prayers, and support, and love, and caring, and all that good stuff. 'And then you have people just trying to chew us up and spit us out.' One aspect of the documentary that has garnered a lot of chatter online is Amy's sexuality. While the series reveals that Amy did have a girlfriend in Mollie McClure months before going on the cruise, Brad stressed that at the time of her disappearance she had a boyfriend. He also added that Amy was bisexual and that she had come out in 1995. 'That was one thing that was excluded,' he told the publication. 'I mean, she did write her boyfriend a letter shortly before the cruise, saying that she kinda needed, wanted to take it slow, and kinda step back a little bit. 'And I do believe, you know, she had some intention of rekindling things with Mollie when she had returned, hence the message in the bottle, a month prior to the cruise.' The Bradleys are adamant that Amy neither fell nor jumped from their balcony, because she was scared of how high it was. 'We don't think she got anywhere near the rail,' Brad previously told Daily Mail. 'When we first got on the cruise, we're up on the eighth story and I'm looking over the rail, kind of looking straight down, like "Man, check this out." 'She said, "Nope,"' he remembers. 'And she wouldn't even get close to it.' Before the release of Amy Bradley Is Missing, the family hoped the program would spark more tips, jog some memories and lead to real answers. 'Back then, there was no cell phones, there was not a whole lot of internet going on, there was no social media,' Brad told Daily Mail. 'There was none of that.' 'The upcoming series has been really tough on Mom, mostly, emotionally,' he added. 'And Dad obviously doesn't like that part of it for all of us.' But the docuseries, he said, was still 'kind of a no-brainer.' 'Anytime anything happens - and this is, I mean, 24/7 for 27 years - we do it.'
Time of India
3 days ago
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- Time of India
Kim Kardashian shocked by missing cruise girl doc, joins public plea for Amy Bradley
Kim Kardashian has once again stepped into the true crime spotlight, this time after being deeply shaken by Netflix's new documentary Amy Bradley Is Missing. The three-part series unravels the eerie disappearance of Amy Bradley, who vanished without a trace from a Royal Caribbean cruise in 1998. Kim, who is known for her legal reform efforts and passion for justice, took to Instagram with an emotional post, urging her followers to tune in and help bring attention to the decades old mystery. Kim Kardashian reacts to haunting Netflix case Kim called the documentary 'mind blowing' and said it left her shaken. According to her post, she found the whole thing terrifying and insisted that more people need to watch and talk about it. She declared it is time to 'find Amy' – a call to action that quickly caught the attention of her massive fanbase. Who was Amy Bradley and what happened? At just 23, Amy had recently graduated from university and set sail with her family, her parents Ron and Iva, and her younger brother Brad, on what was supposed to be a relaxing Caribbean holiday. But on the early morning of March 23rd, 1998, Amy vanished. She had returned to her cabin around 3:35am after partying at a nightclub onboard. By 6:15am, she was gone. No note. No trace. Just silence. Despite an intense search involving helicopters and coast guards, not a single piece of evidence was recovered. Coast Guard official Henry Vrutaal stated in the doc that it was 'the biggest search' they had ever conducted, yet they found nothing. The island of Curaçao, where the ship had docked, offered no answers. Kim is hooked on true crime, and wants answers This is not the first time Kim has spoken out about a haunting true crime case. She recently shared her reaction to Amazon Prime's One Night In Idaho, which follows the 2022 university murders that shocked the nation. She admitted she was overwhelmed by the pain of the victims' families and was left emotionally drained after watching it. In March 1998, Amy Lynn Bradley vanished from a cruise ship during a family vacation in the Caribbean. #FBIWFO continues to investigate her disappearance. If you have information that could lead to her recovery, call your local #FBI office or the nearest U.S. Embassy.… Whether she is studying law or watching Netflix crime docs, Kim is clearly not one to scroll past injustice. With her massive platform behind it, the Amy Bradley case might just get the renewed attention it desperately deserves.
Yahoo
6 days ago
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- Yahoo
What happened to Amy Bradley? Netflix documentary raises questions that internet sleuths are scrambling to answer.
'Amy Bradley is Missing' is one of the most-watched documentaries on Netflix right now. But the case is not new to true crime fans. In the opening scene of the Netflix documentary, Amy Bradley is Missing, several interviewees share their suspicions about what happened to the 23-year-old woman who went missing while traveling with her family on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in 1998. 'Somebody killed her,' one person suggests. Another says, 'I think she jumped or fell off,' while a third posits, 'I think she got taken as a sex slave. But I don't know that.' Bradley's unsolved disappearance has long been the subject of such theories. At around 3:40 a.m. on March 24, 1998, Bradley returned to her family's cruise cabin after dancing in the ship's club space. Her dad, Ron, said he woke up briefly around 5:30 a.m. and saw her out on the deck, but when he woke up again at 6 a.m., she was gone. A four-day search of the ship and the surrounding waters turned up no trace of Bradley. The three-part Netflix series, which came out on July 16, doesn't have concrete answers, but it does explore several theories that police pursued as well as others that true crime fans and internet sleuths have clung to about what happened that morning. Theories presented in the docuseries One of the first theories police investigated was that Bradley had either fallen overboard or taken her own life by jumping off the deck. But Bradley's family has never supported either theory, maintaining instead that they believe she is still alive. But Victor McCollum, an FBI agent who was on the case, says in the documentary that right after Bradley went missing, there was 'no direct evidence she jumped.' Other authorities who were interviewed added that, because of the ship's location and other conditions in the water surrounding it in the early morning hours of March 24, if Bradley had jumped, they would've found something. 'Because of the position of the boat, wind force, sea current, the wave height — the body would have washed up,' Henry Vrutaal, a Curaçao coast guard officer, says in the documentary. 'But she was nowhere to be found. Not even a piece of clothing, nothing.' Another theory emerged when Chris Fenwick, a video editor who was on the ship, found the last known footage of Bradley, which shows her dancing with one of the cruise ship's band members, Alister Douglas, commonly referred to by his nickname 'Yellow.' Another passenger, Lori Thompson, said she and a friend were sitting on the deck 'sometime between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m.' on March 24 when they saw Bradley and Douglas in a glass elevator together. Thompson said that about 15 minutes later, the friends saw Douglas walk across the deck alone. 'I kinda got a bad vibe,' Thompson says in the series. 'Immediately, I thought, 'Where's Amy?'' FBI agents say that Douglas was interviewed, and he had 'vehemently denied' walking around with Bradley in the early morning hours on the ship. He passed a polygraph test, and no charges were ever filed against him. Douglas, who was not interviewed for the Netflix series, spoke about the case in an interview with the 'True Crime This Week' podcast in October 2024. 'About five minutes to 1 a.m., I said [to Bradley], 'Look, I have to go, I've got to get out of [the] passenger area.' And I left,' Douglas said on the podcast. 'That was my last conversation, last time I saw her.' In the aftermath of her disappearance, some people have claimed that they've seen Bradley in Curaçao, a Dutch Caribbean island where the cruise ship was about to dock when she went missing, fueling theories that she was kidnapped or sold into sex trafficking. At the end of the first episode, David Carmichael, a Canadian scuba diver, says that he saw Bradley with two men on Curaçao in August 1998, but he did not know she was a missing person at the time. However, authorities have not confirmed any reported Bradley sightings since her disappearance. The FBI has also stated that there is no evidence that Bradley was kidnapped by someone who was on board the cruise ship, and they have not arrested or detained any of the passengers in relation to her case. Internet sleuths have been trying to solve this case for years The Netflix documentary may be bringing Bradley's case to a new audience, but internet sleuths, who are people who use online resources to investigate mysteries and crimes, have been digging into her disappearance for years. These amateur investigators tend to meet in designated Reddit threads, Facebook groups and other online forums. While internet sleuths have had some success (online sleuths were credited with helping identify people who were involved in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021), there are many cases where they made inaccurate and potentially harmful accusations. The most popular theories within these communities align with what is discussed in the Netflix series: that Bradley either fell overboard or was kidnapped and could still be alive. So far, though, neither internet sleuths nor professional investigators have been able to figure out what happened to Bradley. Solve the daily Crossword
