Teri Hatcher Tells Donald Trump About Her Sexual Assault
by EG
Given Donald Trump's famous dislike for reading, using an open letter to teach him about a subject is perhaps not the best approach. But Teri Hatcher decided to give it a try anyway, as she gave details of her own sexual assault story on Instagram. Read on for details.
Teri Hatcher took to Instagram on Thursday to write an open letter to Donald Trump, in which she detailed the sexual assault she endured as a five-year-old. The actress shared the post as a response to the president mocking Christine Blasey Ford's Senate testimony against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, whom Ford has accused of sexual assault.
"Mr. President @realDonaldTrump, I’d like to take this opportunity to weigh in on the process of recalling a sexual assault. #metoo #believe #survivor," Hatcher wrote.
Though he previously labeled Ford a "credible witness," Trump made fun of her emotional account during a Mississippi campaign rally on Tuesday night. "What neighborhood was it in. 'I don’t know.' Where’s the house? 'I don’t know,'" he told the crowd. "Upstairs, downstairs? 'I don’t know.' 'But I had one beer, that’s the only thing I remember.'"
Hatcher, who first revealed in 2006 that she was sexually abused by an uncle at age five, went on to explain what she does and doesn't remember from the horrifying experience.
"Here’s what I remember: His erect penis, that he was stroking as he sat behind the wheel of the car," she wrote. "'Do you want to touch it?' he asked. I said, 'No.' He took my hand to touch it anyway. It was pink. There were tissues. I didn’t know what they were for, but then I did."
The former Desperate Housewives star added: "I was face down on the seat looking at the floor as he violated me. He said, 'Do you like how this feels?' I said, 'No.' He said, 'Someday you will.'"
Hatcher also said that, like Ford, she doesn't remember some details from the incident — where it happened, how she got there, how she got home, what day or month it occurred or if anyone was drinking beer.
"Sadly, myself and then decades later, teenager Sarah Van Cleemput, were abused by the same man," she continued. "She committed suicide. I battled demons."
Get the rest of the story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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