American Beauty actress Mena Suvari opened up on her sexual abuse and drug addiction in her new memoir. Her book, The Great Peace: A Memoir, details her life as well as the trauma and struggles she endured throughout. "Between the ages of twelve and twenty, I was the victim of repeated sexual abuse," she explained She was in sixth grade when she was raped by one of her older brothers friends, 'KJ'.
The star said she felt lost and was 'trying to fit in' when her family relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, before KJ began pursuing her.
He pressured her to have sex, and she told him 'no', but he later brought her to a room in his family's house and raped her.
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