Mindy McCready Claims She Took Son To Save Him From Abusive Guardian

First Published: December 10, 2011 4:01 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Mindy McCready is spotted at the World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on June 8, 2008Following the recent dramatic turn of events for Mindy McCready, the country singer has spoken out about what she claims really happened last week when authorities reported the singer and her 5-year-old son, Zander were missing. Im not a kidnapper, Im not an unfit mother, Im not a drug addict, Im not an alcoholic Im none of these things that have been said about me, McCready told Andrea Canning in an interview on Fridays 20/20. The singer also claimed she and the boy were sitting on a couch when U.S. Marshals entered the Arkansas home of her boyfriend and not in a closet as initially reported by law enforcement. [Zander] was screaming, Please dont touch me, please dont touch me, please dont touch my mommy. Leave me alone. I wanna be with my mommy, she said. McCready claimed officers entered the home in SWAT fashion, wearing riot gear. Were guns drawn? Canning asked. Yes, assault rifles, McCready answered. Zander saw all of it. As for what drove the embattled star currently six months pregnant with twins to take her son from her mother Gayle Inges custody, McCready said she was fed up with the court system and was willing to risk her freedom for the sake of her son. I have tried to comply, I have tried to follow the rules of the court, I have tried to be heard through the system. I did what the system told me to do in overabundance. I did it for four years, she said. And after four years do you know what I got? Nothing. I didnt even get unsupervised visitation. I would risk anything my life, my freedom I would risk for my child, she added. When asked if she knowingly broke the law, McCready replied, No, I do not at this moment and will not ever think that me taking my own child that I carried for nine months, that I gave birth to in the hospital by myself would ever be breaking the law and what I did was to protect my child. And theres not a person in the world thats ever gonna tell me that that is wrong. The singer went on to claim that Zander is miserable in the care of her mother, who has legal custody of the boy. He says that nana thats what he calls my mom is so mean, that her heart is black, McCready said, beginning to cry. And that shes so mean, she doesnt know how to be nice anymore. And shes not alone in her fears. In a signed affidavit obtained by 20/20, Inges mother (McCreadys grandmother) reportedly swore she had witnessed Zander being subjected to harsh discipline at the hand of Inge and that she feared that Zander would be physically harmed permanently. There are scars on Zanders back, McCready alleged. There are scars on his bottom and his legs from [a wooden] spoon. Inge denied the allegations, telling 20/20, I have been Zanders guardian for four-and-a-half years. There has been all kinds of scrutiny. He has never been abused in our care. The singer said that despite the drama of the last few weeks, she recently received good news regarding Zanders future. Oh gosh, I wish I could tell you, but everything is sealed, she told Canning, when asked what went down in a recent hearing before an Arkansas judge. Ill put it this way: Zander is in Arkansas and thats where hes going to stay for the time being. Youve had a rocky road to get to this point where you are right now. How can anyone trust you that you will continue to be a good mother and stay on this path that you are on? Canning asked. I have vigorously gone out and tried to learn from my mistakes and tried to better myself in every way possible, McCready said. Theres nobody that wants to be better at being me than me. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.