Reese Witherspoon Recalls Being “Assaulted, Harassed” as a Child Actor
Reese Witherspoon is speaking up on her own terms.
Today, the 43-year-old actress and producer is a household name with an Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globes on the list of accolades in her long esteemed Hollywood career.
Nearly three decades earlier, Witherspoon was a 15-year-old breakout star, having earned initial fame in A Man on the Moon. Despite her success, her early career as a child actor spurs darker memories. When asked "is it dangerous to be a child working in an adult world" in an interview with Vanity Fair, Witherspoon agreed and said, "Bad things happened to me.
I was assaulted, harassed.
It wasn't isolated." Discussing her experiences has also...