Karen McDougal

“It’s a story about a relationship that I had, and I want to be able to be free of it.”

“He was very charming, very charismatic. He always told me he loved me.”

“After we had been intimate, he tried to pay me, and I was very hurt by that. That’s not me. I’m not that kind of girl.”

“I was scared to tell the truth. I was intimidated. I was threatened.”

“I wanted to share my story because I wanted to be free.”

“The only thing I regret is my judgment in men is not so good.”

“I'm just a girl that fell in love with a man.”

“I didn’t want to be the ‘other woman.’ I didn’t want to be a ‘mistress.’ I felt that I was in a relationship.”

“I was just this girl that was in love and thought he was in love with me, too.”

“I'm not a victim, but I was in a situation that I feel was wrong.”

“There's a reason I'm speaking out now, and it's because my story was twisted.”