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'Domestic violence victim' Halle Berry recalls horrific childhood experiences

Oscar winner Halle Berry, who volunteers with the Jenesse Centre, the oldest domestic violence intervention program in Los Angeles, has revealed that she is a victim of domestic violence.

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Oscar winner Halle Berry, who volunteers with the Jenesse Centre, the oldest domestic violence intervention program in Los Angeles, has revealed that she is a victim of domestic violence.

The 48-year-old actress said at unite4:good's unite4:humunity gala, where she was honoured for work with the centre, that she wasn't married to a man that beat her up, but her mother was, E! Online reported.

The X-Men star, say she watched her mom get kicked down stairs and hit in the head with a wine bottle when she wasn't looking. Adding that knowing that her mom wanted nothing more than for her little girls to see her be empowered and be a woman of strength, but having no way to make that happen was heartbreaking for Berry.

Berry, who has suffered the damage of being a child of domestic violence, continued that her mother stayed for too long and her children. Berry and her sister, were witness to alot of the abuse.

Berry, who began working with Jenesse 15 years ago, concluded that the reason she says this organisation is her heart and soul is because she understands the good that it does and the lives that it changes and the impact it has on women and the children in the community.

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