according to hearsts later testimony she was in a closet blindfolded with her hands tied for a week during which time defreeze repeatedly threatened her with death she was let out for meals and blindfolded began to join in the political discussions she was given a flashlight and sla political tracts to learn after she had been confined in the closet for weeks "defreeze told me that the war council had decided or was thinking about killing me or me staying with them and that i better start thinking about that as a possibility" hearst said "i accommodated my thoughts to coincide with theirs" asked for her decision hearst said she wanted to stay and fight with the sla and the blindfold was removed allowing her to see her captors for the first time after this she was given lessons on her duties especially weapons drills every day angela atwood told hearst that the others thought she should know what sexual freedom was like in the unit she was then raped by william "willie" wolfe and later by defreeze