Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's attorney released details of his captivity in Afghanistan after the Army charged him Wednesday with desertion.
Video the Taliban distributed of Bergdahl at the time showed him sitting in front of a camera, or outside. But Bergdahl's attorney wrote in a statement that Bergdahl was chained for most of that time.
He was blindfolded and he was kept in one place for days, if not longer, on end. He had sores all over his body. He became very ill. He was beaten. He was told to kill himself or told that he was going to die. And he says that he tried to escape 12 times over the course of his captivity.
Some military experts have said Bergdahl's time held captive could be a mitigating factor in sentencing. A charge Bergdahl faces of endangering fellow soldiers carries a possible life sentence.