Beaten, tortured and traumatized, 12-year-old Bronx girl makes heroic recovery: Mom

Beaten, tortured and traumatized, 12-year-old Bronx girl makes heroic recovery: Mom

A 12-year-old girl who managed to survive being brutally beaten and tortured by her stepfather inside her Bronx apartment is still wrestling with the horrific fallout. She appears to have regressed in age, needs cosmetic surgery and is facing severe emotional trauma, the girl’s mother told the Daily News in an exclusive interview. But for all the challenges facing her, Divine Nieves has made a remarkable recovery from the nightmarish attack that…