Posted on 10/17/2017 9:42:41 AM PDT by doug from upland
Actress Reese Witherspoon has revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a director when she was 16 years old, the latest in a series of claims about abuse in the film industry.
“This has been a really hard week for women in Hollywood, for women all over the world, and a lot of situations and a lot of industries are forced to remember and relive a lot of ugly truths,” Witherspoon said at an event in Beverley Hills this week.
“I have my own experiences that have come back to me very vividly and I find it really hard to sleep, hard to think, hard to communicate a lot of the feelings that I’ve been having about anxiety, honestly, the guilt for not speaking up earlier.”
She divulged, “I have my own experiences that have come back to me very vividly and I find it really hard to sleep, hard to think, hard to communicate a lot of the feelings that I’ve been having about anxiety, honestly, the guilt for not speaking up earlier.” Witherspoon, who debuted on the silver screen at 15, continued, “[I feel] true disgust at the director who assaulted me when I was 16 years old and anger at the agents and the producers who made me feel that silence was a condition of my employment.”
The Academy Award-winning actress went on to claim that the incident was just one of a number of times she had been sexually abused throughout her career. “I wish that I could tell you that was an isolated incident in my career, but sadly it wasn’t,” she said. “I’ve had multiple experiences of harassment and sexual assault and I don’t speak about them very often.
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She was 16 in 1992.
"Democrats are clearly pro-misogyny. Silence equals consent. They said nothing while one of their fundraisers roamed as a sexual predator in Hollywood.
"It is sad that the loudest Democrat since this story broke has been Hillary Clinton, as she acknowledged that the Oval Office has seen a sexual predator - her husband.
"The Republican leadership asks the Democrats to reject their harboring of anti-woman fundraisers, and join us as we announce the start of hearings on this poisonous atmosphere in Hollywood, with an eye toward regulating studios and actors and actresses under the Commerce Clause as so many Democrats have with other parts of the economy."
“This has been a really hard week for women in Hollywood, for women all over the world”
I’d say more the former.
I’ll probably get flamed but she’s done well.
Another un-named director
If only...because that is sure what the liberals would do.
Of course she may be LYING. Although, of course, women NEVER lie. Right?
I'm sorry.
I'll never do it again.
Until next time.
There is a “Desperate Choices: To Save My Child” (1992 TV Movie.) Directed by Andy Tennant.
Spot on. She chose to keep her mouth shut, keep getting parts, keep cashing checks, and let the next unfortunate 16-year old discover this on her own.
Ooooooh, she’s so brave. /s
It’s almost getting to the point that if you weren’t assaulted / raped, you aren’t a “real” actress.
Name names, Reese.
If she was in her twenties, maybe..but she was 16.
And the director was likely more than a few years older.
Name Names, Reese.
The time for BS has passed.
Name names, or it didn’t happen.
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