Ruth Langsford has revealed that she was sexually assaulted when she was 11 years old. The Loose Women star, 61, says a man once put her hand up his skirt when she was a schoolgirl while she was travelling on a crowded train.
The ITV presenter says she was even flashed and followed by men as she rode the London Underground to and from school between the ages of 11 and 16.
And she says she didn't shout, scream or report the men to police - something she would urge women to do now. Ruth, who is married to fellow TV presenter Eamonn Holmes, wrote in Best magazine: "I was flashed at more than once, followed a few times and a man once put his hand up my skirt on a crowded train. "These incidents all happened to me between the ages of about 11.
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