The former 'Desperate Housewives' star admits she never told anyone she was being repeatedly ill-treated by her uncle Richard Hayes Stone as a result of she did not perceive what he was doing when he raped her for the first time when she was seven years old.

Speaking at a UN event commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against women, the 49-year-old actress said: "I was convinced it had been my fault and that i cursed myself for what had happened, thus I did not tell anyone and i was silent."

Teri claims nobody in her family ever asked her "exactly what happened" however she finally managed to flee her offender by acting out, in keeping with Yahoo! News.
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