THE EXPERIENCE PROJECT: True Stories of Child Abuse Survival

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She is no one’s daughter or granddaughter. Or sister. Or niece or cousin. The woman known as Monique Smith-Person identifies herself as a mother of four children, an entrepreneur, author and now, a wife. That is the only identification she has that she can be sure is her own. The problem is that whether her account is true is something the world will never know for sure.  READ MORE HERE

Even as anti-bullying activists and most of the world mourns the suspected suicidal death of bullied Canadian teen Amanda Todd, cyberbullies are still beating up on the now deceased 15-year old as vengeful and hateful posts to the Facebook memorial pages established to honor her began appearing yesterday. According to The Star, bullies are not only posting hate messages, but inappropriate photos. One image depicted a silhouette of a female body hanging dead with the caption, “Todding.”  READ MORE HERE

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Bullied Teen Amanda Todd Leaves Behind Chilling YouTube Video

A serial pedophile who abused girls as young as two, including two of his own daughters, has walked free from a court because of his bad health. Gerald Longman, who is aged 78, was given an absolute discharge despite being convicted of a string of attacks on girls which date back to the 1960s. He committed four indecent assaults and two rapes, and incited a girl under 14 to carry out an indecent act, but a judge handed him an absolute discharge because he suffers from dementia. READ MORE HERE

“The X Factor” U.K. judge Tulisa Contostavlos, 24, has revealed in her memoir, “Honest: My Story So Far,” that her troubled past includes being date raped and bullied. The Sun is serializing exclusive excerpts from the book, which goes on sale in the U.K. on September 27, 2012. Contostavlos rose to fame in 2008 as a member of the hip-hop trio N-Dubz, which is currently on hiatus as the group’s members pursue solo careers. She became a judge on “The X Factor” U.K. in 2011.  READ MORE HERE

MOLESTED: Sins of Her Parents by ‘Yinka Vidal is the shocking story of Susan Henshawl and other women like her who are sexually abused by their parents. In Susan’s story, both her father and mother are guilty of this unspoken crime against children. Susan leaves home to live with a relative away from her parents. She goes to college and becomes a physician. Although she is very reluctant to visit her parents after graduation, she is persuaded by one of her siblings. On visiting home, the incident repeats itself. This time, Susan determines to get even! What she does to get even shocks the world!  READ MORE HERE

A baby girl who beat the odds of survival after nearly being shaken to death by her father, has been released from the hospital after a month. Baby Cheyenne Rae suffered swelling and bleeding on her brain as well as a fractured skull after her father, James Davis Jr., angrily shook the little girl at the family’s home in Wellford, South Carolina on August 17. The nine-month old child has stunned doctors with her tenacity but still has a long way to go on her road to recovery. READ MORE HERE

‘I was full of shame’: Justin Bieber’s mother reveals how her life spiraled out of control after she endured sexual abuse from the age of four

The mother of teen pop sensation Justin Bieber has opened up about the sexual abuse she endured as a child – and how it caused her life to spiral out of control. Speaking to the Today Show, Pattie Mallette, 36, revealed she carried shame for years after the abuse, which began when she was just four, by a male babysitter and a friend’s grandfather. The horrific attacks later led to drug and alcohol addiction and a suicide attempt, she revealed. ‘I was full of shame,’ she said. ‘I’ve learned it’s normal for anybody who’s been through sexual abuse to carry that shame and blame and feel like there’s something wrong with you. I definitely carried that.’ READ MORE HERE

Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include asking or pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities (regardless of the outcome), indecent exposure (of the genitals, female nipples, etc.) to a child with intent to gratify their own sexual desires or to intimidate or groom the child, physical sexual contact with a child, or using a child to produce child pornography.

The effects of child sexual abuse can include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, propensity to further victimization in adulthood, and physical injury to the child, among other problems. Sexual abuse by a family member is a form of incest, and can result in more serious and long-term psychological trauma, especially in the case of parental incest.

14-YO MILK CARTON GIRL FOUND AFTER A DECADE OF CAPTIVITY

For 10 years, Tanya Kach, of McKeesport, Pa., was held as a sex slave under her abductor’s complete control. Now, she’s come out to tell her amazing survival story. In 1996, Kach was a 14-year-old girl carrying around grown-up problems. Her parents were splitting up. And, like most girls that age, adjusting to the teenage years was tough. A woman recalls her experiences of being abducted and held hostage for ten years. And you won’t believe who her captor was!

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Captive sex slave for 10 years tells her story

‘My 10 years as a sex slave’

TANYA KACH: At age 25

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THOMAS HOSE: Security guard at her school

I never imagined I would pressure a grieving family member into giving me an interview.  But I was desperate. My deadline was looming and there was still an important piece missing from my story: An interview with the aunt of a young boy who was beaten to death. His aunt’s name is Katrina and she had agreed to meet me at the cemetery where little Christopher was buried. Then she  stood me up. I really needed this interview. Finally a few days later, I gathered the strength to pick up the phone one last time. She didn’t answer, so I left a message telling her that I would be writing about Christopher’s death with or without her. I wanted to do the story justice, but for that, I needed her. A few minutes later, she sent me a text…  READ MORE HERE

May 20, 2011– A sleepy Indiana town awoke one chilly morning in the winter of 1992 to discover the lifeless body of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer in an open field. She had been stabbed, strangled, beaten and burned alive. Authorities quickly narrowed in on the killers ” four teenage girls, three of whom had never met the victim until the night they kidnapped, tortured and lit her on fire. The story has captivated news headlines for 20 years, but for the first time on national television, Shanda’s grief-stricken mother, Jacque, and sister, Paije, share their pain. Plus, don’t miss the heart-wrenching confrontation Monday, when Jacque and Paije sit down with one of the four murderers since released from prison.

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Horrible Things, Unspeakable Things

Jacque knows the worst kind of pain a parent could endure ” having to bury your own child. And even though two decades have passed since the day she received the news that her 12-year-old had been violently murdered, the pain is still tender and raw. Hear the heartbreaking details of that horrifying night as only a mother could tell.

“I always prayed that God took over, and kept her safe and didn’t let her feel the pain.”

“Just Melvin, Just Evil” is a very hard to find documentary about the tormented family of Melvin Just, a man almost too evil to be believed. In it, they detail their experiences of abuse over decades, at his hands, even admitting to knowing of a murder he committed to keep his crimes quiet.

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Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Rebecca’s  obstetrician was off duty on the day she went into labor in 2010. That was a problem, because Rebecca was taking methadone on doctor’s orders. She had been prescribed it eight months earlier, in an effort to help break her addiction to Vicodin. Doctors told her it was the best thing she could do for the fetus growing inside her. But that did not matter to the hospital staff, who seemed sure that Rebecca was abusing methadone. Between contractions, Rebecca tried frantically to convince the staff that she was only doing what her doctor had ordered. Her son, Sam, was delivered via Caesarean section in good health: 8 pounds, 1 ounce. But instead of waking up to Sam’s face, the first she saw was the surgeon’s.  READ MORE HERE