Kimberly Sullivan, the Waterbury, Connecticut, woman accused of holding her stepson captive in their home for 20 years, appeared in court, where two plea offers were put on the record, according to News 12.
Sullivan will formally accept or reject the offers at her next court date, but she made it very clear after the hearing that she has no intention of taking any offer that has prison attached to it. Her attorney called those types of deals non-starters.
The state gave an offer of 30 years suspended after Sullivan serves 20 years, followed by five years of probation.
The judge then extended her own offer of 30 years in prison, suspended after 10 years, followed by five years of probation.
Sullivan is charged with two counts of first-degree kidnapping, as well as first-degree assault, first-degree unlawful restraint and intentional cruelty to persons.
She is accused of locking her stepson in an eight-foot by nine-foot room for two decades, with barely any food or water and no toilet.
Sullivan was arrested last winter after police said her stepson set fire to their home on Blake Street in a desperate bid to escape. The man was 31 years old at the time, and police said he weighed just 68 pounds when firefighters rescued him.
Sullivan's attorney said his client is innocent, that she has been wrongly accused and should not spend any time in jail, and that he does not see the case resolving without a trial. According to News 12, reporting from Waterbury Superior Court, Sullivan has been free on $300,000 bond since the day after her arrest, and her next court date is September 4th, when a tentative trial date could also be set.