Four decades after the horrific rape and abuse he suffered at the hands of his karate teacher before his father killed the man on live TV, Jody Plauché is doing well — in fact, he's celebrating his life

Four decades after he escaped heinous abuse, a kidnapping and saw his father murder his rapist karate instructor on live TV, Jody Plauché isn't the moping, damaged, shell of a man some might expect him to be after all he endured.