ABC/Rick RowellAngela Bassett is opening up about her “devastating” sexual abuse experience.
In a new interview, Bassett revealed that as a pre-teen, she was taken advantage of by her mother’s boyfriend, who came into her room at night and fondled her breasts.
“Fortunately, it wasn’t a complete assault, it was fondling, but it was devastating enough for a child who’s 12 or 13,” Bassett told The Hollywood Reporter.
Fortunately, when Bassett told her mother, she didn’t hesitate to take swift action.
”Thankfully, to have a mother who could tell as soon as light broke that this happened and for her to expel him [meant a
