Imagine being sexually assaulted only to be told by the perpetrator that it never happened and that it was all in your imagination. Such an experience will be too much for anyone to handle and that was exactly what happened to “Scandal” actress Kerry Washington.
Already, the star of “Unprisoned” wrote in her memoir “Thicker Than Water” published in September 2023 that she experienced sexual abuse growing up.
On Saturday, April 20, the actress attended the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Event at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where she was asked by Erica D. Smith to share how such experience helped shape her life.
According to Kerry, that experience was one out of many instances where the truth was withheld from her. Her statement was a reference to a part of her book where she shared that she only found out that her father Earl Washington wasn...
Already, the star of “Unprisoned” wrote in her memoir “Thicker Than Water” published in September 2023 that she experienced sexual abuse growing up.
On Saturday, April 20, the actress attended the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Event at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where she was asked by Erica D. Smith to share how such experience helped shape her life.
According to Kerry, that experience was one out of many instances where the truth was withheld from her. Her statement was a reference to a part of her book where she shared that she only found out that her father Earl Washington wasn...
- 4/25/2024
- by Chijioke Chukwuemeka
- Celebrating The Soaps
Hollywood actress Kerry Washington, renowned for her portrayal of Broomhilda in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’, has opened up about the impact of sexual assault on her life.
The 47-year-old ‘Scandal’ star talked about the assault while addressing her September 2023 memoir, ‘Thicker Than Water’, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held at the University of Southern California, reports ‘People’ magazine.
In response to a question about how the abuse has influenced her, Washington told Erika D. Smith that it was one of the earliest instances in her life when someone denied the truth to her, causing her to doubt her intuition.
According to ‘People’, ‘Thicker Than Water’ chronicles Washington’s journey of self-discovery, particularly focusing on the revelation that her father, Earl Washington, was not her biological father, which she learned in the spring of 2018 at the age of 41.
During the event, she explained that she included her...
The 47-year-old ‘Scandal’ star talked about the assault while addressing her September 2023 memoir, ‘Thicker Than Water’, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held at the University of Southern California, reports ‘People’ magazine.
In response to a question about how the abuse has influenced her, Washington told Erika D. Smith that it was one of the earliest instances in her life when someone denied the truth to her, causing her to doubt her intuition.
According to ‘People’, ‘Thicker Than Water’ chronicles Washington’s journey of self-discovery, particularly focusing on the revelation that her father, Earl Washington, was not her biological father, which she learned in the spring of 2018 at the age of 41.
During the event, she explained that she included her...
- 4/22/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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