It has been almost a week since we learned of the 32-year-old man in Waterbury who was allegedly held captive by his stepmother for more than 20 years.

An online fundraiser organized by a Connecticut nonprofit has drawn donations from around the world to help the 32-year-old victim.

The biological mother of the Connecticut man who was allegedly held captive and starved by his stepmother for more than two decades says she is "proud of him" for escaping — and his captor can "rot in hell.