Vanessa Williams goes into detail about the time she was sexually molested by an older woman at the tender age of 10, which led her to rebel, struggle with drugs, and have an abortion...
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When Vanessa Williams was just 10-years old an 18-year-old woman abused her and she says what happened to her didn't resonate with her until much later.
She explained, "Family friends who had a daughter invited me to visit their friends in California with them. The family we stayed in had two kids."
Describing her attacker she said:
"Susan, who was 18, smoked, drove a car and was the epitome of cool. [My friend] Nancy and I slept in the den. One night Susan crept in."
The time she was raped:
"She told me to lie down on the rug. I was confused. Are we going to play a game? As I tried to make sense of it, Susan pulled down the bloomers of my cotton baby-doll pajamas. “What are you doing?” I asked. “Don’t worry – it’ll feel good”’
She continued: "I lay there paralyzed. What was going on? I didn’t speak. She kept at [the molestation] for I don’t know how long. She slid my bloomers back up and whispered: “Don’t tell anyone.”’
It wasn’t until years later that Vanessa began to comprehend what had happened to her that night.
She said: "For years I kept Susan’s visit to myself. I didn’t really understand until college. I was with my boyfriend and it hit me and I blurted out: “Oh my god - I was molested.”’
The effects of her abuse:
While what had happened to her didn’t resonate at the time – she began to change her behaviour, she started to rebel.
Vanessa began to smoke marijuana, she didn’t comply with her curfew and at High School she had an abortion.
When Vanessa Williams was just 10-years old an 18-year-old woman abused her and she says what happened to her didn't resonate with her until much later.
She explained, "Family friends who had a daughter invited me to visit their friends in California with them. The family we stayed in had two kids."
Describing her attacker she said:
"Susan, who was 18, smoked, drove a car and was the epitome of cool. [My friend] Nancy and I slept in the den. One night Susan crept in."
The time she was raped:
"She told me to lie down on the rug. I was confused. Are we going to play a game? As I tried to make sense of it, Susan pulled down the bloomers of my cotton baby-doll pajamas. “What are you doing?” I asked. “Don’t worry – it’ll feel good”’
She continued: "I lay there paralyzed. What was going on? I didn’t speak. She kept at [the molestation] for I don’t know how long. She slid my bloomers back up and whispered: “Don’t tell anyone.”’
It wasn’t until years later that Vanessa began to comprehend what had happened to her that night.
She said: "For years I kept Susan’s visit to myself. I didn’t really understand until college. I was with my boyfriend and it hit me and I blurted out: “Oh my god - I was molested.”’
The effects of her abuse:
While what had happened to her didn’t resonate at the time – she began to change her behaviour, she started to rebel.
Vanessa began to smoke marijuana, she didn’t comply with her curfew and at High School she had an abortion.
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