Julianne Hough reveals childhood abuse suffered while overseas

Dancer, singer and actress Julianne Hough, who plays a victim of abuse in the upcoming film "Safe Haven," has her own back story of abuse suffered as a child, she revealed to Cosmopolitan in its February issue. After winning a five-year scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy of the Arts, where her brother Derek Hough was studying, a 10-year-old Julianne headed from Utah to London to train in dance. The now-24-year-old told the magazine that while in London, far from her recently divorced parents, "I was abused, mentally, physically, everything," she said. It got worse "when I started hitting puberty, when I started becoming a woman and stopped being a little girl." <br><br> <strong>Full story:</strong> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-julianne-hough-child-abuse-20130102,0,2471863.story">Julianne Hough reveals childhood abuse suffered while overseas</a>
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Dancer, singer and actress Julianne Hough, who plays a victim of abuse in the upcoming film "Safe Haven," has her own back story of abuse suffered as a child, she revealed to Cosmopolitan in its February issue. After winning a five-year scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy of the Arts, where her brother Derek Hough was studying, a 10-year-old Julianne headed from Utah to London to train in dance. The now-24-year-old told the magazine that while in London, far from her recently divorced parents, "I was abused, mentally, physically, everything," she said. It got worse "when I started hitting puberty, when I started becoming a woman and stopped being a little girl."

Full story: Julianne Hough reveals childhood abuse suffered while overseas

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