Jeannie Mai Reveals She Was Sexually Abused At 9 And Mama Mai Didn't Believe Her

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Jeannie Mai Opens Up About Being Sexually Abused By A Family Member

*Trigger Warning* Story details explicit sexual abuse.

Jeannie Mai is opening up about a traumatic experience from her childhood that caused her to stop speaking to her mom for over 10 years. In a recent Youtube clip, Jeannie says around the age of 9 her mom took on a second job, leaving her in the care of her abuser.

“We needed to find a babysitter, so we called upon a family member. He came over every single day and stayed with me after school.”

She does not name her abuser, but Jeannie says he was “16 or 17” and became an “iconic person” in her life who she looked up to at the time. Her mom also thought he was a well-behaved teenager and was being helpful at the time.

“I just remember one day this person sitting very close to me, we were playing video games, and he started to touch my thigh. I was also just stunned because I had never been intimately touched like that so I couldn’t tell if it was wrong, I just knew I was noticing it.”

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As the days went on, Jeannie says the touching progressed into him taking off her clothes, exposing himself to her and instructing her on how to touch him. When she told her mom, she didn’t get the reaction she was hoping for.

“I remember him pulling me into that shower and it was the first time I have a seen a grown man and what he looked like,” she recalls. “I remember him telling me to touch him in certain ways. This happened every day for a few weeks, and then it turned into months and I remember one year going by,” she adds. “I didn’t say anything because I was afraid I began to get angry because now I’m telling my mom that he’s taking off my clothes and you said, ‘I don’t believe you.

Unfortunately, Mama Mai’s denial of the situation caused the abuse to continue. Jeannie eventually ran away from home at 16.

“When I don’t believe it, I just let it go,” says Mama Mai, explaining that what she was hearing from her daughter didn’t match up with the person she thought she knew. “I don’t see anything bad about him.”

Here is the entire video of Jeannie’s explaining what she went through. It’s an emotional video.