Ashley Judd Says It’s A Miracle That I Wasn’t Trafficked
Ashley Judd opens up about the sexual exploitation she had faced in her life in the hands of prominent Hollywood executives and bosses.
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oi-Monojit
By Monojit
Renowned
Hollywood
actress
Ashley
Judd
who
has
been
touring
India
for
about
a
week
being
a
part
of
the
'World
Congress
Against
Sexual
Exploitation
of
Women
and
Girls
Initiative',
reveals
a
shocker
about
all
the
exploitation
she
had
to
face
in
her
life
for
being
a
girl.
While
delivering
a
speech
at
New
Delhi
for
the
'World
Congress
Against
Sexual
Exploitation
of
Women
and
Girls
initiative',
Judd
said
she
had
been
harassed
sexually
and
mentally
at
the
age
of
7
and
then
again
at
the
age
of
14
by
many
prominent
personalities,
including
Hollywood
bosses.
Judd
also
pointed
at
the
gender
discrimination
and
issue
of
unequal
pay
existing
in
Hollywood
industry
till
this
day.
"I
was
molested
for
the
first
time
at
the
age
of
seven,
experienced
rapes
at
the
age
of
14
and
in
1998.
It's
a
miracle
that
I
wasn't
trafficked." Ashley
Judd
said.
The
actress
also
delivered
a
powerful
speech
in
Hindi
language
and
said
"Ab
samjhauta
nahi"
meaning,
no
more
compromise.
Judd
had
made
some
shocking
allegations
against
a
top
Hollywood
studio
executive,
she
said,
"I
was
sexually
harassed
by
one
of
our
industry's
most
famous,
admired-slash-reviled
bosses.
He
was
very
stealth
and
expert
about
it.
He
groomed
me,
which
is
a
technical
term
-
'Oh,
come
meet
at
the
hotel
for
something
to
eat'.
It
went
on
in
these
stages.
It
was
so
disgusting."
Judd
also
stated
that
"There's
a
big
pay
gap
in
Hollywood,
because
of
gender
discrimination,
and
my
lifetime
earnings
are
40
percent
less
than
what
I
should
have
earned,
had
there
been
pay
equality
in
the
industry."