This is an IHeart podcast.

Guaranteed Human.

There were no red flags I could have seen there.

On paper, he seemed like the perfect therapist.

I shared things with them.

I have never said out loud.

And I am looking at a photo of his face being charged with the exact same things that it traumatized me. I'm Andrea Gunning, and this is Betrayal, a show about the people we trust the most,

and the deceptions that change everything.

This is Chelsea's story.

Chelsea has a high-profile career.

So for this episode, all the names have been changed

to protect her anonymity.

I really hope that one day,

I will be in a place where I can present myself publicly and say, look, this is me, this is my real name.

This is where I'm really from.

Chelsea's been through more abuse than anyone should have to experience.

As a child, she was trafficked by her parents. She says that her experience wasn't like the movies, where she was kidnapped and held against her will. Instead,

her mother brought her to adults' homes who groomed and sexually abused her. At the time, her mom

worked for a man who was later charged with multiple counts of child sexual

abuse. Chelsea knew she needed to get away from home for good. Education was my escape from home.

I got scholarships. I was an amazing student. I went to every opportunity I could find for any sort of out-of-the-home program, whether that was camps, whether that was college courses over the summer.

I used education as my way out.

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