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Fritzl Family Will Get New Identities

Hounding reporters 'make them feel imprisoned again,' says attorney

By Laurel Jorgensen,  Newser Staff

Posted May 30, 2008 5:32 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Austrian authorities are preparing new identities for dungeon dad Josef Fritzl’s entire family, including the daughter he imprisoned in a celler, the six children Fritzl fathered with her, her six adult siblings and her mother. The family members have been hounded by lucrative offers for media interviews, the Times reports.

Family members feel like they’ve been “locked up for the second time” at the clinic where they’re being treated because flocks of paparazzi prevent them from stepping foot outside, said their attorney. Protecting the family’s privacy is “a prerequisite for their successful recovery," he added. "Being exposed in the public is the last thing they need at this stage.”

Josef Fritzl allegedly held his daughter captive in the basement of this Austria home for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.
Josef Fritzl allegedly held his daughter captive in the basement of this Austria home for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.   (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
A poster painted by victims of the Fritzl incest crime hangs in a window at the main square in Amstetten, Austria, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
A poster painted by victims of the Fritzl incest crime hangs in a window at the main square in Amstetten, Austria, Wednesday, May 14, 2008.   (AP Photo)
An outside view of the prison in St. Poelten, Austria, where Josef Fritzl is being held, on Friday, May 9, 2008.
An outside view of the prison in St. Poelten, Austria, where Josef Fritzl is being held, on Friday, May 9, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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