Former UFC fighter Kay Hansen opened up about trauma she says she experienced during her rise as a youth athlete to a teenage professional fighter and beyond.
“My successes and struggles have all been in the public eye for many years, but everyone has a story behind the scenes,” Hansen wrote on social media Tuesday with a link to a new mini-documentary video. “I was raped/SA [sexually assaulted] by my father as a teenager for years. Fighting/training was my escape, and the only form of reality I really had control over.”
The 23-minute video project created by the team of Jorge Barbosa, Cynthia Vance and Mark Johnston, among others, in conjunction with Invicta FC released Tuesday. The documentary paints a harrowing and emotional journey that led Hansen to separate herself from her father, who served as her longtime coach, and emotional relief and a rebuilding process afterward.
