{"id":43,"date":"2018-07-13T02:46:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T02:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/2018\/07\/13\/whitney-houston-was-molested\/"},"modified":"2018-07-13T02:46:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T02:46:32","slug":"whitney-houston-was-molested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/feelgoodmerch\/2018\/07\/13\/whitney-houston-was-molested\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston Was Molested"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Read Cissy Houston’s Emotional Full Statement About Claim That Whitney Houston Was Molested<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s been nearly two months since the\u00a0new documentary\u00a0Whitney<\/em><\/a>\u00a0debuted at Cannes on May 16, making public a\u00a0shocking claim that the late superstar was molested<\/a>\u00a0as a child by\u00a0Dee Dee Warwick, her cousin and Dionne Warwick\u2019s sister.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Now Whitney\u2019s mother\u00a0Cissy Houston<\/a>\u00a0is breaking her silence on the painful allegation. In this week\u2019s PEOPLE cover story she speaks out for the first time, on behalf of herself and niece\u00a0Dionne Warwick<\/a>, sharing their \u201chorror\u201d about the claim made by Whitney\u2019s longtime assistant Mary Jones.<\/p>\n

Jones says in the film that Whitney confided in her, revealing that as a child she had been sexually abused by Dee Dee. Whitney\u2019s brother Gary also claims in the film that he was molested by Dee Dee between the ages of 7 and 9.<\/p>\n

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For more on Whitney Houston\u2019s shocking untold story, pick up this week\u2019s issue of PEOPLE on newsstands Friday. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

While Jones stands by her decision to air the allegation in the film, Cissy, in conjunction with her niece Dionne, has issued the following emotional statement, revealing their deep concerns about the claim, and the film as a whole.<\/p>\n

Cissy Houston and Dionne Warwick\u2019s full statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n

My niece Dionne Warwick and I make this statement to raise our voices above the din surrounding the release of the film,\u00a0<\/em>Whitney. Although the film is marketed as a Houston Family approved\/endorsed project, neither my son, Michael, Dionne nor I knew of the allegations of abuse, the direction the film would take, until two days before the screening at Cannes.<\/em><\/p>\n

To begin we want to state clearly that the horror of what victims of sexual abuse experience is unimaginable. We make no attempt to minimize the pain, the trauma and perhaps lifelong damage to the psyche of abuse victims. We understand and acknowledge that there are no rules governing a person\u2019s reaction to trauma and every person reacts differently. By this statement we do not intend to defend, condone or excuse the crime of molestation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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RELATED:\u00a0Whitney Houston Sings to a Young Bobbi Kristina in Exclusive Clip from New Documentary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We cannot, however, overstate the shock and horror we feel and the difficulty we have believing that my niece Dee Dee Warwick (Dionne\u2019s sister) molested two of my three children.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been told\u2014as ju<\/em>stification for the invasive theme of this film\u2014that Whitney was a public person and therefore the public has a right to know any and everything about her. I say, NO, she was a famous person \u2026 a singer, an actress, a quiet but generous philanthropist. She wasn\u2019t running for office, asking for money or trying to win the right to run anyone\u2019s life. Her job does not entitle the \u201cpublic\u201d to know every intimate detail of her life beyond what she herself revealed during her lifetime. Although she spoke about her struggle with drugs, the interventions, her daughter Krissi and issues in her marriage, she never PUBLICLY spoke about her father\u2019s stealing from her or revealed any claim that she had been molested. IF she was molested I do not believe she would have wanted it to be revealed for the first time to thousands, maybe millions of people in a film.<\/em><\/p>\n

I know the woman who was identified as Whitney\u2019s \u201cclose confidante\u201d. If she was my daughter\u2019s \u201cclose confidante\u201d it would seem she chose to betray Whitney\u2019s confidence by publicizing rumors and hearsay. In any case Dionne, Michael and I do not know her the way we knew and loved Dee Dee Warwick. Dee Dee may have had her personal challenges but the idea that she would have molested my children is overwhelming and for us unfathomable. We cannot reconcile the Public\u2019s need to know about Whitney\u2019s life as justification for invasion of her privacy or the charge against Dee Dee, a charge which neither Whitney nor Dee Dee is here to deny, refute or affirm. Neither I, Dionne, nor my son Michael who was very close to his sister, and in the film is VERY candid about their drug use, has ever heard these allegations; we have never heard anything remotely connected to the crimes charged against Dee Dee in the film. How can that be fair to my daughter, to Dee Dee, or to our family?<\/em><\/p>\n

I spent many years in recording studios (sometimes with Dionne and\/or Dee Dee) where I earned my living. I also went \u201con the road\u201d with my group The Sweet Inspirations to try to help provide a good life for my family BUT my children always came first in my heart and in my life. When I was away they did not stay with four or five different families; they stayed at home where their longtime babysitter, Phyllis, or my dear friend Bae or their father took care of them. In all the years I traveled Dee Dee, who was 21 years older than Whitney, NEVER BABYSAT for them.<\/em><\/p>\n

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