Monday, 29 October 2012

Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard to Penn State: I'm sex abuse poster child (Reuters)

Former world champion boxer and gold medalist Sugar Ray Leonard speaks with the press about being the victim of child sexual abuse at the National Conference on Child Sexual Abuse in State College, Pennsylvania, October 29, 2012. REUTERS/Pat Little

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard recounted his own sexual abuse by coaches he trusted, telling a Penn State audience on Monday he hoped to encourage other victims to report abuse to police. Leonard spoke at a sold-out conference on child sex abuse hosted by Penn State weeks after former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, 68, was sentenced to prison for 30 to 60 years for sexually assaulting 10 boys he befriended through his charity for at-risk youth. ...




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