Triggers: broken adoptions, adoption trauma, descriptions of physical abuse and torture
Programs Mentioned: Atlantis Youth Academy
Staff Mentioned: Randall Cook, founder of Atlantis Youth Academy
Update: “Noah” Bevin, adopted son of former KY governor Matt Bevin did not return to KY after being abandoned in Jamaica at Atlantis Youth Academy
He returned to the US in May and was given a new place to live with new guardians and he is reportedly doing better, but we don’t know details
Noah was originally adopted from Ethiopia, along with three of his siblings
One boy from Atlantis Youth Academy is still in Jamaica in state custody
Noah was given assistance from 11:11 Media Impact and an attorney named Dawn J. Post
Chelsea Maldonado, of 11:11 Media Impact, and Dawn J. Post were both interviewed for this article