Interview with Amy Bradley's Best Friend who Saw Her the Night Before. She Speaks After Reading the Book. | MMA Special
In this special edition of “Witness Wednesday,” Kevin Hall interviews Stacie, Amy’s best friend at the time of her disappearance. Stacie was even at Amy’s apartment the night before she left for the cruise.
After reading the book, Stacie felt the need to clear up the disinformation that has been disseminated regarding Amy and the Bradley family. She felt that the narrative presented in the book, along with the rampant speculation on social media regarding unfounded allegations of homophobia and the psychologizing of Amy’s mental state, is diametrically at odds with the friend she knew so well and the Bradley family, whom she considers a second family.
Stacie is similar to Amy in many ways. She also grew up in Chesterfield County, Virginia and first met Amy in 1996. At the time, Stacie was engaged to a man. A few years later, she began dating a woman, whom she married in 2014 after they had been together for 14 years. Not once did this change her close relationship with Iva, Ron, or Brad.
Stacie and Amy would regularly go to a gay bar in Richmond called “Babes of Carytown” The first time they went, Stacie, who was not out at the time, was nervous about being seen going into a “gay bar”. Not Amy. She did not give a rat’s ass what anyone thought about her. Stacie states: ''I have always envied this about her—her “I don’t give a f&@k” attitude.''
Brad even came along to ''Babes'' once. Flattered by the attention he received, he would play along and then politely turn the guys down. Just like his big sister, he didn’t care what people thought of him either.
Other key facts Stacie revealed about Amy:
- Stacie was at Amy’s apartment the night before she left for the cruise. She said that Amy was nervous about flying but was overall excited about the trip. They made plans for when she returned.
- Stacie said Amy did not like labels. She liked who she liked and did not care what other people thought of her.
- Amy never communicated to Stacie that her family was unaccepting of her sexuality, ever.
- Stacie is very skeptical of Kat’s recollection of events. She described the bungee-jumping story as “bullshit” as she knows that Amy was afraid of heights.
- Although Amy was a swim-team coach, Stacie said she did not like swimming in water where she could not see the bottom.