Salt Lake City , Utah ( CNN ) -- Elizabeth Smart has long been silent about the details of an ordeal that began in June 2002 when a stranger crept into her bedroom , held a knife to her throat , marched her up a hillside trail and made her his sex slave . She has spoken to local groups about how to move on after a traumatic experience , celebrated the passage of a national Amber Alert law for missing and abducted children , and offered advice to another alleged kidnapping victim , Jaycee Dugard . In October 2009 , Smart drew a general outline of her experience at a hearing to determine whether her accused captor , Brian David Mitchell , 57 , was mentally competent to stand trial . Much of her testimony focused on Mitchell 's ability to manipulate people and talk his way out of a jam . At that hearing , Smart described being forced to sleep face down in her own vomit after Mitchell gave her too much alcohol , daily rapes and being drugged , shown pornography and threatened with death -- a mere outline of the events that transformed her from a 14-year-old who prayed with her family and read to her little sister into a submissive captive bent on survival . A prosecutor provided a sneak preview of Smart 's story in his opening statement Thursday , saying Smart `` was threatened , sexually abused , degraded and humiliated . '' He acknowledged the story he was telling was `` disturbing . '' It is even more troubling to hear , he said , in Smart 's own words . Smart had been scheduled to appear as the prosecution 's third witness , following her mother , Lois , and sister , Mary Katherine . She had returned to Utah from France where she was on a mission , a rite of passage typically undertaken by young men raised in the Mormon faith , although it is gaining in popularity among young women . Had things gone as planned , she likely would have been on the witness stand Friday . But a defense challenge over the location of the trial won the attention of a federal appeals court , which halted the trial on Thursday . Assistant U.S. Attorney Felice Viti had finished his opening statement Thursday , and defense attorney Parker Douglas was just warming up , when the proceedings were halted -- before Douglas could complete his 11th sentence , according to the official trial transcript . The three-judge panel vacated its temporary stay Friday . The trial is scheduled to resume Monday . But Viti 's preview lent a glimpse of what is to come . Smart was abducted before dawn on June 5 , 2002 , the prosecutor said , and led to a campsite that `` was her prison for the next four months . '' She was stripped , dressed in a robe and brought into a tent for an impromptu `` wedding . '' And then , the prosecutor said , she was raped . Smart was in tears when she fell asleep . A cable was attached to her ankle , and she was kept tethered to another cable strung between two trees . She had a bucket for a toilet , Viti told the jury . The cable was removed after six weeks , but she certainly was not `` free , '' the prosecutor added . Rape was a daily occurrence , and she was forced to walk around the camp naked . It went against everything she¹d been taught by her family , everything she believed , he said . During this time , the prosecutor added , Smart devised her survival strategy . She would not resist Mitchell , and she would not antagonize him . She 'd go along with him , vowing to `` outlive '' him . And she 'd wait for her opportunity to escape . There was a heartbreaking near-miss at the Salt Lake City public library . A homicide detective asked Mitchell to raise the veil Smart wore when they were out in public . Mitchell objected on religious grounds , saying showing her face in public would be inappropriate . The detective did n't challenge him further . Still , Mitchell was rattled enough to suggest a move out of state , Viti said . Along with Mitchell 's wife , Wanda Barzee , they traveled to California , winding up at a homeless encampment near Riverside . There , the abuse continued , Viti said . `` She was sexually abused , degraded , humiliated , forced to view pornography and subjected to daily harangues , never allowed to speak , never left alone , '' Viti said . He added that Mitchell made other attempts to `` strip Elizabeth of her identity , '' to break down her sense of herself . He named her `` Shirdashi , '' then let her choose the name `` Esther '' for herself . As they traveled , her name changed again , to `` Augustine Mitchell . '' Finally , as they headed back to Utah in March 2003 , Smart suggested they hitchhike . She also urged that they leave the robes and veils behind because it would be easier to find a ride in `` regular clothes . '' Shortly after arriving back in Utah , they were spotted walking on the street in Sandy , a suburb of Salt Lake City . Viti appeared to anticipate questions from jurors similar to those that have been raised over the past seven years : Why did n't she fight ? Why did n't she run ? Was she a willing captive ? Or was it a case of Stockholm Syndrome , in which kidnapping victims come to identify with their captors ? `` Nothing she did was voluntary , '' the prosecutor told the jury . `` Everything she did was to survive . ... It worked . She survived . ''
NEW : This means the product will ship as received by the manufacturer, sealed, with all advertised components, and with the manufacturer warranty. It 's unclear when the trial will resume . Smart has not extensively discussed the details of her captivity . The prosecutor says she was raped daily and degraded .