Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd opened up about the 'restorative justice process' she underwent after she was sexually assaulted in 1999.

Ashley explained that she “didn’t need for him to make amends,” because she’d done so much work on her own in terms of grief, trauma, and healing, and she bonded with a number of other female survivors. Before getting into the two of them meeting after the fact, the Double Jeopardy actress touched on how her encounter with the rapist hurt her, and that she did a ton of work on her own to heal. Ashley Judd revealed that years after she was raped in 1999, she met with the man who did it to hear his side of the story.

The actress, 54, was sexually assaulted in 1999 and, several years later, 'tried to find' her attacker, who 'surfaced very easily'.

In the tome, she wrote that she was exposed early and inappropriately to sex because of her mother's affairs with men. I lost a sense of trust.' In her 2011 memoir Ashley (pictured with her mom Naomi and sister Wynonna) wrote that she was exposed early and inappropriately to sex because of her mother's affairs with men The actress (seen in May) revealed in 2019 that she was a 'three-time rape survivor', sharing at the time that she had an abortion after getting pregnant by one of her rapists Three-time rape survivor Ashley Judd has revealed that she sat down with one of the men who raped her to have a 'restorative-justice conversation', detailing how she tracked down her attacker and ended up 'sitting in rocking chairs by a creek' with him. Three-time rape survivor Ashley Judd reveals she met with one of her rapists for a 'restorative-justice conversation' several years after the 1999 assault: 'We ended up in rocking chairs sitting by a creek together'

In a new podcast interview, Ashley Judd opened up about a conversation she had with her rapist.

In a podcast interview, the actor recalled her recovery process after the 1999 attack and the 'restorative-justice conversation' with her attacker.

At the Women in the World Summit in 2019, Judd described herself as “a three-time rape survivor”, and said that one of the rapes had resulted in conception. And I said, ‘I’m very interested in hearing the story you’ve carried all these years.’ And we had a restorative-justice conversation about that. Judd was speaking on the Healing With David Kessler podcast about the recovery process after the sexual assault, saying: “It was crazy-making because I knew better.

Country music icon Naomi Judd died by suicide the day before the Country Music Hall of Fame inducted her and Wynonna Judd as The Judds.

“‘Committed’ [suicide] comes from this hierarchy of punitive transgressions, and committed to an institution or an asylum,” she offered. Ashley shared her “most ardent wish” for Naomi’s “transition,” plus the change she hopes to see when people talk about suicide. Furthermore, she was visiting her mother at the time and discovered her. How to get help: In the U.S., call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 or 1-800-273-8255. She explained to Kessler that her mother was in deep pain during her life. Naomi Judd once revealed she was abused at the hands of a family member when she was a sick child.

Naomi Judd gave her daughter Ashley Judd powerful advice when she decided to sue Harvey Weinstein.

Ashley's appearance on the podcast came three months after the tragic death of her mother Naomi after a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She claimed he had attempted to make her watch him shower. And I said, 'I’m very interested in hearing the story you’ve carried all these years.' And we had a restorative-justice conversation about that," she bravely shared.

Kessler added that many people may not realize that the idea of grief can also be applied to something like the aftermath of a rape or sexual assault. And the ...

In 2019, Judd also told the audience at the Women in the World summit that she is “a three-time rape survivor,” and one of those incidents led to a pregnancy. Because I had the opportunity to do my trauma work, to do my grief work, to do my healing work, to have all these shifts in my own consciousness and to bond in these female coalition spaces with other survivors.” Judd went on to say that she “wanted to share that story because there are many ways of healing from grief, and it's important to remind listeners that I didn't need anything from him and it was just gravy that he made his amends and expressed his deep remorse, because healing from grief is an inside job.” Kessler added that many people may not realize that the idea of grief can also be applied to something like the aftermath of a rape or sexual assault.

Ashley Judd has shared how she located one of her rapists and sat down to talk with him for a 'restorative justice' conversation.

Weinstein denied the allegations. She previously accused Weinstein of sexual harassment, claiming that he had defamed her in 1998 by threatening to sabotage her career after she rejected his alleged advances. Ashley Judd has shared how she located one of her rapists and sat down to talk with him for a ‘restorative justice’ conversation.

Judd, 54, told David Kessler about the conversation on Tuesday's episode of his podcast "Healing." The actress claimed she was raped in 1999 and that her ...

"I'm very thankful I was able to access safe and legal abortion," she said at the Women in the World summit in New York that year. "And I said, 'I'm very interested in hearing the story you've carried all these years.' And we had a restorative-justice conversation about that." "So having safe access to abortion was personally important to me and, as I said earlier, democracy starts with our skin.

The actress, 54, opened up about the difficulties of dealing with grief following her mother country music icon Naomi Judd's death by suicide.

She added she was exposed early and inappropriately to sex because of her mother's affairs with men. Ashley noted her sister was dealing with the loss of their mother differently than her and added: 'She's in a pretty different place than I am right now, and we don't have to be congruent in order to have compassion for each other. I got as far away from the stage and the sounds of it as I could.' 'They had lots of gunfire and I couldn't get out of the audience because they had closed it due to the pyrotechnics ... and I became so disregulated. I lost a sense of trust.' 'I had to respect her autonomy and give her the dignity of making those decisions for herself — even when I thought her thinking was distorted.' 'I wake up and I do my readings and my writing and my meditation practice and connect with my partner. It's going to be with me for a long time.' Later in the podcast Ashley (pictured in 2019) revealed she was a three-time rape survivor and said she sat down with one of her rapists to have a 'restorative-justice conversation' What happens if she doesn't go to these meetings? She explained the thoughts that often crossed her mind: 'What if she doesn't stay at this medical detox? What if she doesn't get help at this place that treats dual diagnosis?

Her mum – the late country music singer Naomi Judd – had her two daughters young, was financially disadvantaged and had been physically and sexually abused ...

And they had a conversation. In her 2011 memoir, All That Is Bitter and Sweet, Ashley said she had attended 13 schools before turning 18. The #metoo and #timesup advocate was also one of the first women in October 2017 to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment.