The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art.

I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.

I think life is a learning lesson within itself. I think you should take the best out of everything that you see and that you encounter and make the best of it.

I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future.

When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.

I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise.

Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.