India, Dec. 22 -- Actor James Ransone has spoken publicly about surviving childhood sexual abuse and the long-lasting impact it had on his life, including years of alcohol addiction and heroin use. His disclosures, made across multiple interviews and social media posts, brought into focus what he described as a "lifetime of shame" that followed the trauma.

Ransone, best known for roles in The Wire and Generation Kill, shared his account years after becoming sober, framing the experience as part of an to confront abuse and addiction openly.

In 2021, Ransone publicly disclosed that he was sexually abused as a child, accusing a former tutor, Timothy Rualo, of repeatedly assaulting him in 1992 at his family's home in Phoenix, Maryland.

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