I Was Sold For Sex And Had No Say | Overcoming Sexual Trauma, An Eating Disorder & Getting Sober

Rise Above with Kevin Lanning · Aug 6, 2026 · 1h 35m

Kelsey Daniels grew up poor in Connecticut, one of three kids, chasing an athletic scholarship as her whole identity and her only path out. She was molested at eight, sexually assaulted at sixteen, and — in the aftermath — slut-shamed by classmates and even her own family, until she quietly absorbed the belief that the abuse was somehow her fault.

That belief followed her to college, where a professor's offhand pitch about "sugar dating" pulled her into a world she didn't understand until she was deep inside it. What started as a way to feel some control over her own body turned into…