Abused and ignored: A former child star’s journey
She grew up in a house where there was never enough space to breathe, let alone to simply be a child. While cameras captured her as the fearless, wisecracking sidekick on screen, her real life was ruled by a mother whose love came with conditions, control, and cruelty. Sleep meant a thin mat on the floor. Privacy didn’t exist. Even her own body was treated as a tool for someone else’s ambitions, a vessel for dreams that weren’t hers. When…