Kidnap victim shares home videos

NEW YORK (AP) - Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, is seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos set to air on ABC Friday.

The appearance by Dugard, 29, represents the first time she will be seen and heard on video since she resurfaced six months ago after being kidnapped outside her South Lake Tahoe, Calif. home in 1991.

Photographs of Dugard, her mother, Terry Probyn, and her half-sister, Shayna, were published in People magazine in October, along with a statement from Dugard saying that she was happy to be back with her family.

ABC plans to play excerpts from their home videos on Friday during "Good Morning America," "20/20" and "Nightline."

Dugard "introduces herself to the world" in the footage, while her mother "breaks her silence to plead for privacy and time to heal," according to the network.

In a 30-second spot ABC aired Thursday to tease the upcoming segments, the family is seen riding horses and cooking. The network said there also is video of Dugard and her family for their first Christmas together after Dugard resurfaced in August.

Convicted sex offender, Phillip Garrido, and his wife, Nancy, are awaiting trial on charges that they kidnapped Dugard when she was 11 years old and sexually assaulted her for several years. Prosecutors say she was kept in a tent-compound in a secret backyard at the couple's Antioch, Calif. home. The Garridos have pleaded not guilty.

Dugard had two daughters, now 12 and 15, by Phillip Garrido. The girls were not pictured in the People magazine spread to protect their privacy, and ABC did not say they would appear in the home videos.

Since being reunited with her family, Dugard has avoided the spotlight while living in an undisclosed location in Northern California. Court documents suggest she is cooperating with El Dorado County authorities who are prosecuting the Garridos. Through a spokesman, she has said she is willing to testify, should there be a trial.

Over the past six months, Dugard also has taken steps to reintegrate into society. She got a driver's license last month and obtained birth certificates for her daughters.

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