Reese Witherspoon Says She Was 'Assaulted' As a Child Actress

etonline.com:

Reese Witherspoon is getting candid about her early days in the industry.The actress covers 's April issue, on newsstands March 24, where she reflects on being «assaulted» and «harassed» as a child working in an adult world.«Bad things happened to me.

I was assaulted, harassed. It wasn’t isolated,» Witherspoon, who started working as a teen, confessed. «I recently had a journalist ask me about it.

She said, 'Well, why didn’t you speak up sooner?' And I thought, that’s so interesting to talk to someone who experienced those things and then judge them for the way they decide to speak about them.»«You tell your story in your own time when you’re ready.