Tonya Craft on Larry King Live (Full Interview)

On Monday night, June 14 2010, Tonya Craft sat down on CNN's "Larry King Live" television program alongside her husband David, and her lead attorney Demosthenes Lorandos.

The interview with King helped shine the national spotlight even brighter on a case that began in a small north Georgia community more than two years ago.

Craft, a former Chickamauga kindergarten teacher, faced 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated sexual bat-tery, and aggravated child molestation. On May 11 she was acquitted on all counts in Catoosa County Superior Court.

In the 34 days since she was found not guilty, Craft has made many appearances on talk shows across the country such as "Good Morning America" and "The Today Show," all in an attempt to better-educated people and enlighten them to the reality they could be falsely accused.

When her doorbell rang in May 2008 with detectives waiting to present her with accusations of alleged child abuse, it is impossible for Craft to have imagined what would take place over the course of the next two years. The once-beloved kindergarten teacher would then embark on a journey that would see her lose friendships, her job, her home, her financial stability, and most importantly her relationship with her two young children.

Craft did not see her daughter, who was one of the alleged victims, for a span of more than 700 days, except for when the child appeared to testify during the trial on behalf of the prosecution and claimed that her mother had sexually abused her.

The emotion that filled the room during that portion of testimony was difficult to watch for almost everyone. Craft, who was seeing her daughter for the first time in nearly two years, had to be consoled by members of her defense team as the little girl testified.

Before Craft spoke about her story with Larry King at 9 p.m. on Monday, she was before Judge Marie Williams that morning in Hamilton County Circuit Court in Chattanooga, Tenn, as she continued her quest to regain custody of her children.

Shortly after the hearing began, it was revealed that Craft's attorneys and her ex-husband Joal Henke's attorney had reached a mutual agreement on a temporary visitation schedule that will be sufficient until July 22, at which time Craft's attorneys can begin attempting to execute their plan in an attempt to help Craft regain the full custody that she lost when the allegations surfaced and the children were given to their father.

Although the hearing outcome wasn't exactly what Craft may have wanted, it was still progress according to her attorneys. "We want to do what's in the best interest of the children," said attorney Clancy Covert of Chattanooga. "We want to respect the wishes of judge Williams, and that's what we're going to do right now as progress continues to be made on the situation."

As Monday came to a close with Craft telling King and the rest of the country about her ordeal, she claimed to have done so in an attempt to not only get her story out there, but to also bring awareness to the issue of child abuse all over the world.

According to Craft, the children in this case were lead to believe something happened to them that didn't and are just as much victims of the situation as she is.

For the time being, Craft will continue to fight to clear her name, raise awareness for child abuse, and also try to re-establish her relationship with daughter.

Craft has also filed a $25 million dollar lawsuit against those whose accused her and prosecuted the case.

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