Vanessa: I was molested at 10

17 July 2014 - 02:00 By Staff reporter
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Actress Vanessa Williams has told how she was molested as a 10-year-old by a woman.

According to the Huffington Post, the former Miss America told Oprah's Master Class that the incident took place during a holiday with her friend's family.

"We ended up staying with a family friend of theirs," she said.

One night, an 18-year-old girl entered the room where she and her friend were sleeping.

"She told me to lie down on the floor. She took my bottoms off and she said: 'Be quiet.' She went down on me." Williams said she wanted to tell her parents but decided not to because her father's brother had just died.

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