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Actress Ashley Judd's #MeToo Moment Was Driven By A 'Commitment' To Her Younger Self

In a StoryCorps conversation, Ashley Judd talks about being one of the first women to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and about the "barn doors" that were flung open as a result.
Actress Ashley Judd and her friend, Ted Klontz, outside Nashville, Tenn.

Ashley Judd was one of the first women to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment.

In early October, published her and others' accounts alleging decades of predatory behavior by the film producer — an impetus that set off a national conversation around sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement. The same day, Weinstein , telling the paper his behavior with colleagues had "caused a lot of pain." He was fired from

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