A man on trial for drug dealing tried to bribe a juror to find him not guilty. Daniel Perry, 38, was accused of supplying class A drugs and offered a young woman money to spray paint her car if she found him innocent.
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Mariska Hargitay opened up about a traumatic experience in her life for the first time ever this week.
The actress, whose iconic character Olivia Benson works to solve sexual assault cases on Law & Order: SVU, revealed in an emotional new essay published by People on Wednesday that she is a victim of rape, too. Mariska said the assault occurred when she was in her thirties — and her rapist wasn’t a stranger. The 59-year-old shared that she had known him very well. In fact, he was “a friend.”
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Mariska recalled the horrific incident was all about “dominance and control” — “overpowering control.” Without naming her former pal, she continued:
Heartbreaking. Unable to “process” what happened at the time, Mariska attempted to push the rape to the back of her mind for a long time:
For years, she did everything she could to move on from the painful experience. The ER alum said she dove into her work with the Joyful Heart Foundation, which helped support and empower survivors of sexual assault and abuse:
When Mariska spoke about the assault to others, she shared that she often “minimized” it. She even downplayed what happened to her husband, Peter Hermann, telling him “it wasn’t rape.” But over time, as she talked about it more and more with those closest to her, Mariska eventually saw it for what it really was. She wrote:
Mariska added:
Since coming to terms with what happened, Mariska explained that it was other sexual assault survivors who approached due to her work on SVU that have given her so much “strength”:
When it comes to her rapist, Mariska knows what exactly kind of justice she wants almost
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