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redqueen

(115,164 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 10:48 PM Jan 2020

Exclusive: Evelyn Yang reveals she was sexually assaulted by her OB-GYN while pregnant

Washington(CNN)Evelyn Yang was reading letters that voters had sent to her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, and suddenly stopped in her tracks.

A woman wrote that she had decided to press sexual assault charges against an investor in her company, because she had heard Yang talk on the campaign trail about how female entrepreneurs don't get enough support.

"That was enough for her to make this life-altering move, and that was just so powerful. I remember reading that letter and others and saying, 'I feel you. I wish I could reach out to you and tell you I understand. I have my own story,'" Evelyn Yang told CNN.

In fact, she says her own story of sexual assault was so secret that she never even shared it with most of her family, including her parents.

But Evelyn Yang says the overwhelming response -- and gratitude from voters -- that she and her husband receive when they talk openly about their son Christopher's autism made her feel newly empowered. So she reached out to CNN to go public for the first time.
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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/16/politics/evelyn-yang-interview-assault/index.html?


This is so sad.
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Exclusive: Evelyn Yang reveals she was sexually assaulted by her OB-GYN while pregnant (Original Post) redqueen Jan 2020 OP
It is a very sad story Sherman A1 Jan 2020 #1
6 more women have come forward after seeing Evelyn speak on this. redqueen Jan 2020 #2
15 more women have come forward since Evelyn's brave interview. redqueen Jan 2020 #3

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. It is a very sad story
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 06:46 AM
Jan 2020

Hopefully justice will be done in some form for the numerous victims of this “charming gentleman.”

redqueen

(115,164 posts)
3. 15 more women have come forward since Evelyn's brave interview.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:49 PM
Jan 2020



I seriously disgusted by the few Trump supporters and ... others ... who tried to politicize what Evelyn has done.

Really completely lost all respect for some people over this.
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