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Cayetana Guillén Cuervo Details Childhood Rape by Eight Men in New Podcast Episode

Tracing the assault’s impact on her self-image, she is using her platform to amplify survivor voices

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Cayetana Guillén Cuervo.
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Overview

  • In the second episode of No te lo Cayes she recounts how eight men stripped her belt and assaulted her at age six.
  • She first disclosed the abuse in 2024 and now offers a more graphic and unfiltered testimony.
  • Her psychologist diagnosed dissociation as a survival mechanism and she says it has shaped her personal, professional and intimate relationships.
  • She admits the trauma led her to hate her body and channel her energy into study and work for self-worth.
  • As president of Spain’s Academy of the Performing Arts she has opened a safe space for women’s testimonies and stresses she does not seek to become a symbolic leader or join #MeToo.