Connie Chung breaks silence about sexual assault by her doctor 50 years ago

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Chung wrote that she had “kept my dirty little secret to myself” for “five decades.” It took place in the ’60s — when the sexual revolution was in full swing and she was in college. But she wasn’t having sex herself; she was a virgin. She figured sex would come next, so she went to her doctor to get birth control. At his home office, she was given her first gynecological exam — but it was no exam. It was an assault.

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“He moved both fingers rhythmically. He coached me verbally in a soft voice, ‘Just breathe. Ah-ah,’ mimicking the sound of soft breathing,” she wrote. “‘You’re doing fine,’ he assured me. Suddenly, to my shock, I had an orgasm for the first time in my life. My body jerked several times.

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Chung wrote that Ford’s testimony has brought her own assault back to the surface, and she’s been telling people about it — and reliving it. “I’ve driven past his home/office many times but refused to look at it,” she wrote. “Just yesterday, I found the house on Google Maps. Seeing it again, I freaked out.”

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