Two days later, Russell returned home on foot, telling investigators she was captured by a woman and a man with orange hair but was able to escape. At the time, police also said she had looked up terms about Amber Alerts and the movie Taken online before her disappearance.
Despite this, Simmons defended her three days later, asking social media users to stop “bullying” Carlee.
In his new YouTube video, Simmons revealed that he only learned of hoax from a later police press conference.
“If you really wanted to tell me the truth, you could have told me. You could have told me,” he said, “before the police conference came out. You had time to tell me.”
Thomar went on to talk about the rumors about his relationship, including specific allegations that the reason she disappeared was because of his alleged involvement with a stripper, which he denies.
“There was no stripper,” he insisted. “I was involved in no relations with no stripper.”
He went on to say that the “cheater” and “player” accusations really “pissed me off.”
You can see everything Thomar has to say about Carlee’s kidnapping hoax for yourself down below:
