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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Brave Valerie Bertnelli is opening up about the harrowing sexual abuse she endured as a child, a secret she kept for decades to help her navigate the future, radaronline.com can reveal.
- 0:28[SPEAKER_00]: The Food Network alum, 65, details the abuse in her new memoir.
- 0:34[SPEAKER_00]: revealing the nightmare began when she was just 11 years old.
- 0:37[SPEAKER_00]: I guess because I'm healing from it, it's not so scary anymore, Valerie wrote, I can say it out loud.
- 0:43[SPEAKER_00]: I was sexually assaulted.
- 0:45[SPEAKER_00]: It doesn't feel like it owns me anymore.
- 0:47[SPEAKER_00]: Though she did not name her abuser, she expressed a need to include the trauma in her story, stating, it boggles my mind that this little girl was taken advantage of that way.
- 0:56[SPEAKER_00]: and I'm furious about it.
- 0:58[SPEAKER_00]: As radar online.com readers know, the actress has faced significant tragedy, including the 2020 cancer death of her first husband, rock legend Eddie Van Halen, with whom she maintained a loving relationship as they co-parented their son, Wolfie, now 35.
- 1:13[SPEAKER_00]: Bert Nellie also shared that her second marriage to finance her Tom Vitale was a living hell, culminating in a $2.2 million settlement after their divorce in 2022 following 10 to Malchua's years.
- 1:25[SPEAKER_00]: Insiders suggest that the lingering impact of her childhood abuse affected her more than loved ones realized.
- 1:30[SPEAKER_00]: Everyone is beyond proud of Valerie for speaking her truth, but it's sad that she suffered in silence for so long, especially while dealing with so much trauma, an insider told radaronline.com.
- 1:41[SPEAKER_00]: Valerie deserves peace and she's finally achieved that to a certain extent by coming forward in helping others.
- 1:47[SPEAKER_01]: It speaks volumes about her selfless nature that she's willing to put it all out there and be a shining example for those who have faced abuse.