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Famous actress confesses to being sexually abused as a child

British actress discloses sexual abuse at an extremely young age

Newsroom September 15 09:17

Awarded with Golden Globe and twice Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Morton had spent several years of her childhood in foster homes and boarding school in Nottingham. Today in her revealing interview with Guardian, she discloses sexual abuse at an extremely young age. “Did i give permission to someone to touch me? Did i give permission to someone to do so? No! I was just a kid! I was not able to understand what was happening to me! “Says Samantha Morton.

As revealed by the British actress, she was raped by two men who were working in a boarding school where she was staying at the age of 13. The anthropomorphic monsters who raped her were never punished, despite the fact that the young back then Morton reported the incident to the social workers and the authorities. They kept their jobs and simply transferred to another boarding school.
After reading a survey conducted about 1,400 children being sexually abused in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013, the British actress decided to talk publicly about the sexual abuse she received as a child.
On Thursday, another study came to “light”, revealing that the incidences of child sexual abuse have increased in the boarding schools of Rotherham. A total of 95 defenseless children reported that they had received sexual abuse in 13 different boarding schools. Morton is sure that “I’m sure that those incidents are not taking place only in Rotherham »”Why there are no investigations in other areas as well”?
The 37-year old actress was in and out of boarding schools, since she was just a baby. As she disclosed she was sexually abuses from an extremely young age, but there was no action to protect and punish the guilty.
After she was raped at age 13, she spoke to social workers, who did absolutely nothing. Then she spoke to her mother, which urged her to speak to the authorities. The police had said that their hands were “tied” since the rapes were happening at public boarding schools. The police answer disappointed the well known actress which said today: “If this is not a criminal offense, then what is? There was no support, they did not want to investigate the case “.
Finally the 37 year old estimates that 90% of the children who were with her in boarding schools, had lived the same nightmare of sexual abuse as well .

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