In the year 1992, while employed at a Payless shoe store, the renowned actress faced a harrowing incident where she was subjected to a brutal rape at gunpoint.
During an interview on Nightline, Union, aged 44, recounted the profound impact that the assault had on her life.
She vividly expressed, “The occurrence was both explicit and violent, reshaping my existence completely.
The individual who once existed in that secluded space is now a mere memory, as I emerged from the devastation like a phoenix rising from its ashes.”
The accomplished star of Being Mary Jane disclosed a chilling detail from the traumatic event, revealing that she made a desperate attempt to end the life of her assailant.
Reflecting on the ordeal, she shared, “It felt surreal, almost as though I was observing from outside my own body.
The version of me facing the brutal attack and the one fighting merged into one entity, propelling me to seize the firearm and fight back with
