Miranda Pacchiana Wiki, Age (Adam Savage’s Sister) Biography & More

Miranda Pacchiana (born in 1969) is an American Social Worker and Published Writer from New York. She is a survivor of child abuse and popularly known as a younger sibling of Adam Savage (famous TV star).

She came in limelight after she filed a lawsuit under the New York Child Victims Act, against her brother for raping her in childhood. Adam Savage’s full name is Adam Whitney Savage (age 52).

Furthermore, he is an American television personality and producer, and best known as the former co-host of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters and Unchained Reaction. Also, he is a special effects designer and fabricator, actor, and educator.

In the lawsuit filed in the Westchester Supreme court, Miranda claims that the abuse happened during the 1970s when they used to live in Sleepy Hollow, New York, and were children.

Sexual Abuse Controversy

She was between 7 and 10 years old and her brother was between 9 and 12 years. According to a lawsuit, Adam calls himself raping bolb and repeatedly raped her, forced oral sex, and even penetrated her anally.

As per the reports, Miranda was horrified and traumatized by sexual abuse. On her website “The second wound”, she revealed her story she said that they believed her but her family members still seemed determined to brush my trauma under the rug.

Also, Adam Savage sister added when she first disclosed to her parents about the abuse, she thought her family would support her and share her desire to examine what is wrong in the house and pursue a path towards healing together but instead, they left her alone as though the abuse didn’t really matter.

Pacchiana also mentioned that eventually, she ended up losing her mom and dad. As sad and painful as this has been, she is proud to say that she has survived. She last contacted her brother, Adam Savage, over two decades ago when she called him out for his heartless attitude about the abuse and his plain disregard for the damage he had caused, but he chooses not to confess or show any feelings for her pain.

According to New York Post, MythBusters star Adam has denied sexually abusing his sister, following a lawsuit filed against him through his lawyer Andrew Brettler.

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Early Life, Parents & Siblings

Miranda Pacchiana took birth in the lap of English parents Karen Savage (mother) and Whitney Lee Savage (father) in 1969 in New York, USA. Her age is 51 as of 2020. She was raised by a well-respected family along with her 5 siblings; Adam Whitney Savage is one of her elder brothers.

Adam Savage’s sibling is graduated from New York University and later pursued her masters from Fordham School of social work. After completing her studies she worked as a Play therapist, home school teacher, geriatric care manager, documentary outreach Coordinator, Hospice volunteer, and freelance writer.

Photo: Miranda Pacchiana’s mother Karen Savage

In 1998 her father passed away, he was a Filmmaker, painter, and Animator, well known for his work on Sesame Street and directing the underground short film Mickey Mouse in Vietnam in 1968. Miranda’s mother Karen is a Psychotherapist.

During the 1970s, when she was just 7 years old, she faced a child abuse by her 9-year-old brother Adam, he repeatedly rapes Miranda Pacchiana and force oral sex upon her, and forced her to perform oral sex on him, along with other forms of sexual abuse. As a child, this experience shook her sense of safety and crushed her self-confidence.

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Career

Miranda is a social worker and Published writer currently living in Connecticut, she wrote for various publications on of them is The Huffington Post.

In 2014, she wrote an article for the publication about listening to survivors of sexual abuse. The post was a reaction to Dylan Farrow’s allegations that her adoptive father Woody Allen sexually abused her as a child–something the famed director has long denied.

She is the creator of the blog “The Second Wound” where the writer wrote about the claimed abused and described how she lost her family after making the accusations.

Some Lesser Known Facts about Miranda Pacchiana

Miranda Pacchiana’s brother, Adam Savage with his wife

• Adam Savage’s sister, Miranda Pacchiana is a great Social worker and helps people through Coaching to fight and survive against Family abuse.
• Miranda is married to Adam Pacchiana and has 3 kids.
• She stands a decent height of 5 feet 4 inches tall (1.63 meters) and her estimated body weight is around 56 kg.
• The social worker is not talking to her brother for the past 20 years.
• Miranda’s parents didn’t support and helped instead of being on her side they supported Adam Savage and said my daughter is suffering from severe mental health challenges, and it’s devastating.
• Ms. Pacchiana has filed her lawsuit under the New York Child Victims Act, the original deadline of this case was set for August, but in May, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was extended for five months.
• On June 30, 2020, she wrote a blog on her website named “The Second Wound- coping with family while healing from sexual abuse”.
• After the 2012 Shooting Massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school, she began drafting personal essays on parenting, Grief, and gun violence.
• Like her brother, Savage did not issue a statement about the allegations on social media Platforms. He had nearly 1 million followers on Instagram and has more than 1.4 million followers on Twitter.
• She was in depression for many years after this incident took place.