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And then, I was contacted
by Amanda Nguyen and she asked me if
I would testify for the Sexual Assault
Survivors' Bill of Rights in front of Congress. My experience with
domestic violence was this: A toxic mental, physical,
and sexual abuse, which started slow, but
escalated over time, including threats
against my life, severe gaslighting
and brainwashing, waking up to the man
that claimed to love me raping what he believed
to be my unconscious body. After I testified, I started
hearing from numerous women that had been
abused by my abuser because they heard my story and
they knew exactly who it was because it... the same
thing had happened to them
by Amanda Nguyen and she asked me if
I would testify for the Sexual Assault
Survivors' Bill of Rights in front of Congress. My experience with
domestic violence was this: A toxic mental, physical,
and sexual abuse, which started slow, but
escalated over time, including threats
against my life, severe gaslighting
and brainwashing, waking up to the man
that claimed to love me raping what he believed
to be my unconscious body. After I testified, I started
hearing from numerous women that had been
abused by my abuser because they heard my story and
they knew exactly who it was because it... the same
thing had happened to them
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And then, I was contacted
by Amanda Nguyen
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and she asked me if
I would testify for
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the Sexual Assault
Survivors' Bill of Rights
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in front of Congress.
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My experience with
domestic violence was this:
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A toxic mental, physical,
and sexual abuse,
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which started slow, but
escalated over time,
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including threats
against my life,
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severe gaslighting
and brainwashing,
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waking up to the man
that claimed to love me
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raping what he believed
to be my unconscious body.
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After I testified, I started
hearing from numerous women
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that had been
abused by my abuser
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because they heard my story and
they knew exactly who it was
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because it... the same
thing had happened to them.
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Movie Summary
Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood's experience as a survivor of domestic abuse and her pursuit of justice