Woman claims abuse by adoptive brother is part of failed foster system
“A literal nightmare,” Alexis Fridenberg called her childhood foster, and ultimately adoptive, home.
At four years old, Fridenberg said she was placed into a home of “career” foster parents.
“That is what they got out of it, the money,” she said.
Just by looking at her home, she can not understand how Oklahoma Human Services, formerly the Department of Human Services (DHS), considered her living situation a safe environment.
“We were living in a five bedroom trailer with 15 kids in it,” she said.
She said while she was eventually adopted, she could not keep track of the number of kids who went in and out of the house over the years.
But problems went much deeper than that.
Alexis said her adoptive brother, the parents’ biological son, Sammy Fridenberg, sexually assaulted her daily from age 7 to 18.
He now faces multiple charges. Court documents show other relatives have come forward alleging abuse as well.