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Sky Sports presenter relives trauma of sexual abuse by athletics coach: 'I was dying'

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As a child, Charlie Webster, 41, was physically and emotionally abused by one man then groomed and sexually abused by another, her athletics coach.

Years later, after completing a 3,000-mile cycling challenge from Europe to South America for charity, ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games, Charlie became critically ill with malaria and was put on life support.

After two weeks in a coma, she made a recovery that baffled doctors both in Brazil and the UK. Now, as she brings out a new book, Why It’s OK To Talk About Trauma, she tells OK!

her moving story of survival and resilience… "I used to think there was something wrong with me. When I was younger, I felt very alone and thought that everybody else was happy and living a wonderful life.

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