<br /> The Huffington Post reports that for Thandie Newton, staying quiet About Her sexual Assault Was Akin To Death.<br />In 2016, the “Westworld” actress revealed in an interview with W Magazine she was sexually abused by a director when she was just a teenager.<br />iOn Thursday in an interview with the Daily Beast, Thandie Newton spoke of her assault again saying, “The idea of silencing myself was like ― I may as well die,”<br />“I lost work. I lost friends. I had a publicist who told me that it was ‘bad for my reputation’ to talk about my experience, but I had to keep talking about it. I was traumatized.” <br />
