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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Her second marriage broke up because of her husband's strange reaction.
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…
Sharon Stone Reveals Physical Assault While Being Hit From Behind: “I Didn’t Know How I Got There”
During an interview on a new episode of 'The Person Who Believed in Me' podcast hosted by CBS correspondent David Begnaud, Stone stops short of naming the perpetrator: "I'm not at liberty to say."
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