Julia Wandelt: Woman claiming to be Madeleine McCann says her 'goal is to help' abuse victims

'My goal is to help children and teenagers and adult people who experienced trauma,' said Julia Wandelt
UPDATED MAR 30, 2023
Julia Wandelt wants to help others dealing with trauma (Instagram/@iammadeleinemcann and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Julia Wandelt wants to help others dealing with trauma (Instagram/@iammadeleinemcann and Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Julia Wandelt, a 21-year-old woman, rose to fame after she claimed herself to be Madeleine McCann, a 3-year-old child who went missing from a Portugal restaurant on May 3, 2007. Wandelt explained in a recent interview that she wanted to help people who are suffering from abuse. 

Meanwhile, Wandelt is also known as Julia Faustyna and Julia Wendell. She recently moved to California along with her psychic medium, Dr Fia Johansson, amidst death threats and constant cyberbullying. The 21-year-old even had to delete her social media handles due to the same. 

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Dr Fia Johansson with Julia Wandelt ( Radar Online video screenshot)
Dr Fia Johansson with Julia Wandelt ( Radar Online video screenshot)

What did Julia Wandelt explain in the video? 

Wandelt stated in the interview, "Even when I didn't have so much money, I bought food for people who needed food and I found a job for a person who is homeless, so I always try to help people. But now, I think I can really help. My goal is to help children and teenagers and adult people who experienced trauma ... not only sexually abusing, but any type of violence in their childhood [and] in their life," she added. Further, she said, "As I said earlier, you don't have to feel ashamed. It's nothing shameful. You can't be ashamed. Your abuser should be ashamed," as per Radar Online. 

Is Julia Wandelt a victim of abuse? 

Wandelt explained various abuse she has faced in her life. The 21-year-old explains the emotional abuse she has been through while talking about her parents. She said, “I was never angry (at) them; I always loved them because I was always with them,” she said. “I think for the first time I started to ask myself, why (my) family (who) raised me, why they tried to destroy (me)…. I always tried to understand it, OK, it’s your family, ok, they want to help you, they want to do everything to help you, but it’s not the truth. They don’t want to help me," as per Radar Online. Wandelt claims she was called "crazy" and "delusional" by the woman she was raised by. Wandelt had revealed that she suffered sexual abuse in her younger years at the hands of a man her family knew of. She has also experienced cyberbullying in recent times. Wandelt was taken to the US by Johansson after she received death threats online. The California-based private detective said Wandelt felt terrified" and "unsafe" after receiving the messages, which included disturbing sexual comments from haters.

The 21-year-old has reportedly been bombarded by vile messages, with one saying there was a €30,000 ($31600.56) bounty on her head. Johansson said to The Sun, "The haters have been attacking Julia since she came forward. The situation in Poland is she has nobody. Her family won't talk to her." Johnasson also added, "Julia has never said, 'I am Madeleine McCann'. She has lots of questions about her past and she asked for help. We are open to all possibilities," she said. "Having spent time with Julia and investigating this I do not think she is lying or making things up for followers, everything she says appears to be real. "She says she was abused as a child and we have found evidence in court that she was abused between 2011 and 2012." Wandelt is currently awaiting her DNA results to know if she is actually McCann.

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