Ashley Judd: Why I Sat Down With My Rapist

In an effort to heal, the actress faces her attacker.

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Healing from grief is an inside job," Ashley Judd recently said. The actress was opening up about an unusual step she took after a 1999 sexual assault. A few years after the attack, the 54-year-old decided to track down her rapist and arrange a meeting. "To make a long story short," Ashley told the Healing with David Kessler podcast, "we ended up on rocking chairs sitting by a creek together."