“Imagine what young girls are going through but we as a society don’t do enough to protect our children and we should do better.”
Veteran Nollywood star actress, Stella Damasus has revealed she was sexually assaulted when she was eight years old.
Damasus who disclosed this during an Instagram live session added that the molestation left her traumatized for a long period of time albeit she was healed afterwards.
She disclosed further that she could not talk about it for years because society fails when victims of sexual assault are stigmatised
While advising parents and society to do more to protect children, the actress said: “I was sexually molested at the age of 8 by someone who was supposed to be related to me. I could not tell anyone because it traumatized me.
“I knew what happened to those who spoke on my behalf, some people called me names like prostitutes.
“It’s painful it took me till when I was 30 plus before I could deal with the trauma from it .
“Imagine what young girls are going through but we as a society don’t do enough to protect our children and we should do better.”
