Amy Bradley's Brother Slams 'Toxic' Critics After Netflix Doc Release
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?'
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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.'
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