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Sharon Stone Reveals That She Was Misdiagnosed With Breast Cancer and Got Unnecessary Surgery

Stone says a doctor later found her thoracic rib cage was fractured and scarred, evidence she says pointed to a felony assault.

  • Sharon Stone revealed she was physically assaulted years ago, discovering the attack only after a doctor found her thoracic rib cage "fractured and scarred back together," evidence of a "felony" crime.
  • "I was hit from behind," Stone said, explaining she woke unconscious on the floor with displaced furniture, remaining unaware of the assault for 10 years until a medical examination brought it to her attention.
  • Speaking with CBS correspondent David Begnaud on The Person Who Believed podcast, Stone shared the anecdote while discussing her career, Basic Instinct, and her marriage to Phil Bronstein.
  • Stone elected not to pursue charges despite believing she had "circumstantial evidence to make a case," explaining she "did not want that to be my legacy."
  • When asked by David Begnaud to identify the attacker, Stone declined to reveal a name, stating she was "not at liberty to say" whether the incident involved domestic violence.
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Before Sharon Stone, who is in Spain these days, became one of the most iconic stars in Hollywood, she was a rural Pennsylvanian girl who was sent to the director’s office for teaching calligraphy and multiplication to her peers. Until one day her father — a mechanical workshop worker, with tanned hands but with king’s bearing — had to intervene: “He’s not going to stop doing it. Is it clear?” This is one of the many things Sharon Stone told jou…

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Entertainment Weekly broke the news in United States on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
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