Posted on Sep 28, 2018
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When the first woman came forward to allege that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her decades earlier, Kathy Gosnell decided it was time to share a painful secret of her own.
The retired Los Angeles Times copy editor, now living in DeKalb, Ill., made her story public on a private Facebook page popular with current and former employees of the newspaper.
“It's time for me to speak up,” Gosnell, 73, wrote. “In the early 1980s, I was drugged, beaten and raped by one of our colleagues at the L.A. Times.”
She said she had told no one for three decades, but felt inspired last week to come forward to show support for Kavanaugh’s accuser and other women who said they too had stayed silent for years about abuse.
The retired Los Angeles Times copy editor, now living in DeKalb, Ill., made her story public on a private Facebook page popular with current and former employees of the newspaper.
“It's time for me to speak up,” Gosnell, 73, wrote. “In the early 1980s, I was drugged, beaten and raped by one of our colleagues at the L.A. Times.”
She said she had told no one for three decades, but felt inspired last week to come forward to show support for Kavanaugh’s accuser and other women who said they too had stayed silent for years about abuse.
An editor tells of a past sexual assault, sparking dialogue about a crude newsroom culture - Los...
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I think this is just the beginning. The #MeToo movement is going to grow.
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SSG Jessica Bautista
Because it's becoming more obvious that a large part of our country still truly do not believe that this is a common thing.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
I'm friends with one of my teachers from college (Journalism degree). She has about 30 years experience in journalism and media. She has told me similar stories about when she first got into journalism and different newspapers, radio stations and TV stations she worked for...and I am amazed she and other women survived all this.
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