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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Hannah Al-Othman

Woman who sued therapist for sexual assault says she wanted justice

Ella Janneh pictured sitting on a bench in a small London park
Ella Janneh said she wanted ‘to make this easier for the next person to speak out’. Photograph: Hanifah Mohammad/The Guardian

When Ella Janneh was awarded £217,000 in damages in the high court after a civil case against a TV sex therapist she accused of raping her, it was the culmination of an eight-year fight that she said at times almost broke her.

“I don’t think anybody chooses to make the most humiliating experience of their life something to be publicly known for,” she said in an interview with the Guardian, explaining why she continued to pursue justice despite the odds.

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