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Main trigger is the smell of a sweaty man – Hewitt victim

THERE isn’t a day that goes by where Olivia Jasriel doesn’t relive being sexually abused by world-renowned tennis coach Bob Hewitt, even 39 years later.

She was 12 years old when she was raped and sexually assaulted by Hewitt. Now 50, she still has flashbacks.

“My biggest and most devastating trigger is the smell of a sweaty man,” she said. “It sneaks up on me every time I am on the tennis court and it

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