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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Danya Hajjaji

Rebekah Vardy says she was sexually abused in Jehovah’s Witness childhood

Rebekah Vardy standing next to a road in the Channel 4 documentary Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah's Witnesses and Me
Rebekah Vardy says she was abused between the ages of 11 and 15, but that no one had believed her or offered her support. Photograph: Channel 4

Rebekah Vardy has said she was sexually abused while growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, an ordeal her former community failed to protect her from.

Vardy, 41, opened up about her upbringing in a Channel 4 documentary titled Rebekah Vardy: Jehovah’s Witnesses and Me, which will air on 16 May.

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