Ashley Judd pens powerful piece about ‘the right to keep’ pain private
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(CNN) Ashley Judd is opening up about her family’s experience after her mother Naomi Judd’s death by suicide to advocate for privacy for those who find themselves in similar tragedy.
In an essay for the New York Times, titled ” Ashley Judd: The Right to Keep Private Pain Private,” the actress and advocate writes that date of her mother’s death was “the most shattering” day of her life.
“My beloved mother, Naomi Judd, who had come to believe that her mental illness would only get worse, never better, took her own life that day. The trauma of discovering and then holding her laboring body haunts my nights,” Judd writes. “As my family and I continue to mourn our loss, the rampant and cruel misinformation that has spread about her death, and about our relationships with her, stalks my days.”
“The horror of it will only worsen if the details surrounding her death are disclosed by the Tennessee law that generally allows police reports, including family interviews, from closed investigations to be made public,” she adds.
Ashley Judd and Naomi Judd in 2004.
Judd describes being interviewed by authorities on the day of her mother’s death.
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