Gloria Estefan says she was molested at music school at 9

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Gloria Estefan has revealed that, at the age of 9, she was sexually abused by someone her mother trusted. The Cuban-American superstar spoke for the first time publicly about the abuse and its effects on her during an episode of the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk: The Estefans” on Thursday. Estefan spoke about the pain she experienced and how after telling her mother about it, they were discouraged by police from pursuing a case. Clare Crawley, the first Latina “Bachelorette,” visited the show and spoke about being abused by a priest when she was young.