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Seattle Anchor Shares Personal Story About Sexual Abuse


Topic: Local News | VIDEO
Posted on 10/16/2017

Tenga’s NBC affiliate KING-TV Seattle aired a seven-minute segment on October 16, prompted by the #MeToo movement, in which anchor Amity Addrisi shared her story of sexual abuse. Addrisi told a narrative about a little girl who was sexually abused by older cousins in a basement in exchange for candy. She later revealed that girl was her and that she hid her story for decades.

Watch the entire segment here.



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