Carly Simon Opens Up About Childhood Sexual Abuse
Legendary singer-songwriter Carly Simon has a memoir coming out, Boys in the Trees, and has spoken to People in advance. A sad revelation came up in the process: Simon was sexually abused at the age of 7 by a teenaged male, a family friend.
Simon, now 70, admits she found herself wanting "to keep it quiet because I wanted to keep it going." She explains:
"I was devastated because I thought I was in a romance. Which I think happens to a lot of girls. Your libido overpowers everything! You’re so libidinous even at the age of nine and ten. And sometimes there’s an outlet there. I bet in many more cases than we know about there is."
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