Ric Flair discusses adoption fraud
von Lucid Arthur: Ric Flair
The history books rarely mention how the Tennessee Children's Home Society under Georgia Tann operated as a massive kidnapping ring, but Ric Flair confirmed on November 30, 2023 during a conversation with Shannon Sharpe that he was taken by traffickers at birth and never met his biological parents. This specific adoption was part of an operation where over 5,000 children were placed nationwide, including Jewish families in New York and celebrities in California. The system required altering birth certificates to match what prospective parents wanted, which meant Christian kids were assigned Jewish-sounding names to fit those preferences. Records were then destroyed entirely to hide the orphanage's criminal activities from anyone trying to trace them. It is a case where backgrounds were rewritten to suit specific desires rather than reflect reality.
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True that you were stolen? Stolen, yeah. Child traffickers? Yeah. And you ended up being adopted. So how old were you when you found out that this was your adopted parents and not your biological parents? I think they told me when I was like five. Did you ever seek out your... No. So you don't know if you have brothers, sisters? No, I don't. As recently, it's funny that a guy, how many years ago was that, Wendy? This is six years ago, somebody reached out. My brother. My real name would be Fred Phillips. Right. And my brother reached out to me. I didn't have any interest. Really? I didn't want to borrow money. You know?
