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New Developments For 500-pound Woman
A Chattanooga woman's dramatic saga continues. Fifty-two year old Peggie Johnson is morbidly obese, weighing more than 500 pounds. Her husband and daughter faced a Hamilton county judge for the first time Wednesday on charges of neglect and incest.
The more Channel Three talks to Peggie, the more she warms up. Now, she reveals how she got so big and what really went on behind the scenes in her Rossville Boulevard home.
"I still care in ways, but I'm tired of the way I'm being treated by him, him being with my daughter, them throwing it up in my face and they don't care," Peggie said.
Peggie Johnson is fed up with the actions of her thirty-four year old husband, Charles, and twenty-three year old daughter, Mary. "Charles and Mary would never hardly do what they were supposed to do or anything for me," she said.
The two are charged with having sex and neglecting to care for Peggie, who's too heavy to care for herself. "It's hard because you depend on someone for fourteen years, to just drop it all at one time," Peggie said.
A Hamilton County judge ordered Charles and Mary to stay away from Peggie until the case comes to a close. "I bring her meals over here, fried potatoes, she love fried potatoes, but I've been here several times, they throw food at her, they'll eat right in front of her and not ask if she wants any," said neighbor Sandra Everett. Everett has stepped in to help care for Peggie while Charles and Mary are gone. "I think she needs people that'll bring her spirit up and not bring her down no more," she said.
Just a year ago, Peggie weighed 350-pounds, it wasn't until a broken leg confined her to her bed, resulting in various diseases, that Peggie put on the extra weight. "Different things was going down and I just sort of gave up a little bit and one thing led to another and then when I broke my leg, I've been in this bed," she said. Peggie has a disease called Lymphoedema, which is a swelling of the leg where fluid collects and sores break out. Doctors also believe she may have an under-active thyroid which has contributed to her weight gain. As far as the future of the case against Charles and Mary, the two are free on bond, but are not allowed anywhere near Peggie. The step-dad and daughter will face a grand jury sometime within the next three to six months or even longer.
This story is gaining national attention from so many people reading about it on this site. WRCBTV.COM got more than 40,000 hits Wednesday through links from other websites.
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