“Bachelorette” alum Mike Johnson opened up for the first time about being sexually abused as a child in his new book, “Making the Love You Want,” available for purchase Friday on Amazon.
The reality star, who emerged as a fan-favorite on Hannah Brown’s season of “The Bachelorette” last year, revealed in the book that he was abused at the hands of a babysitter when he was 5 years old and living in Germany with his family.
“When I was five, we lived in Germany, and my babysitter sexually assaulted me. My memories of fighting her off me and exploding out the front door to get away are still vivid,” he writes in the book’s introduction.
He goes on to describe the event as “emotionally and mentally catastrophic,” saying that for years, he never told his mother or any else what happened.
“Although I knew that what happened to me...
The reality star, who emerged as a fan-favorite on Hannah Brown’s season of “The Bachelorette” last year, revealed in the book that he was abused at the hands of a babysitter when he was 5 years old and living in Germany with his family.
“When I was five, we lived in Germany, and my babysitter sexually assaulted me. My memories of fighting her off me and exploding out the front door to get away are still vivid,” he writes in the book’s introduction.
He goes on to describe the event as “emotionally and mentally catastrophic,” saying that for years, he never told his mother or any else what happened.
“Although I knew that what happened to me...
- 10/2/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
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