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“I Was Raped At The Age Of 8 By A Relative”-Veteran actress, Stella Damasus discloses
Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus has voiced out about how she was raped when she was very much younger.
The mother of one revealed this in an Instagram Live session she had.
According to the 43year old mother, she was sexually molested at the age of 8 and it was by someone who was meant to be a relative.
Stella Damasus stated that she couldn’t reveal this due to the trauma she had to go through and the names she was being called. She added that it was at the age of 30plus she finally got over it.
“I was sexually molested at the age of 8 by someone who was supposed to be related to me. I could not tell anyone because it traumatized me.”, she said.
Stella also added that young girls go through a lot. In her words,
“I knew what happened to those who spoke on my behalf, some people called me names like prostitutes. “It’s painful it took me till when I was 30 plus before I could deal with the trauma from it . “Imagine what young girls are going through but we as a society don’t do enough to protect our children and we should do better.”
