The 55-year-old pop legend, Madonna opened up about her traumatic ordeal for the first time in nearly two decades, publicly disclosing she was sexually abused by a stranger at knifepoint shortly after her arrival in New York City to pursue her dreams of being a prominent artist.
'I was defiant. Hell-bent on surviving. On making it. But it was hard and it was lonely, and I had to dare myself every day to keep going,' the Rochester, Michigan-born singer writes of her first years in Manhattan in the November issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine.
'I was defiant. Hell-bent on surviving. On making it. But it was hard and it was lonely, and I had to dare myself every day to keep going,' the Rochester, Michigan-born singer writes of her first years in Manhattan in the November issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine.
