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I was raped. That was a hard thing to write about. I never owned that part of it. Guys don't look at themselves as being raped. We're not raised that way.
Kevin Sessums
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Kevin Sessums
Age: 69
Born: 1956
Born: January 1
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Kevin Howard Scott Sessums
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