<em>Dancing with the Stars</em>' JULIANNE HOUGH has revealed she was a victim of abuse as a child while pursuing her dance career in England.
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Dancing with the Stars' JULIANNE HOUGH has revealed she was a victim of abuse as a child while pursuing her dance career in England.
"While I was in London, I was abused, mentally, physically, everything," the 24-year-old star admits in the February 2013 issue of Cosmopolitan.
She explains, "I was 10-years-old looking like I was 28, being a very sensual dancer. I was a tormented little kid who had to put on this sexy façade because that was my job and my life. But my heart was the same, and I was this innocent little girl. I wanted so much love.”
While she doesn't go into detail about by who or in what way she was abused, she says, "I’m a very forgiving person, and I don’t want to hurt anybody. What's past is past."