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Mariska Hargitay reveals how husband Peter Hermann reacted to her sexual assault


The 61-year-old actress appeared on the Call Her Daddy podcast with Alex Cooper as she revealed the effects of telling Peter Hermann - who she has been married to since 2004 - about the abuse.

The 61-year-old actress appeared on the Call Her Daddy podcast with Alex Cooper as she revealed the effects of telling Peter Hermann - who she has been married to since 2004 - about the abuse. Back in January 2024, the talented actress made the revelation as she said she 'checked out of her body' during the terrifying assault in a heartbreaking first-person essay for People. Mariska said she 'minimized' the rape over the years before she had a 'reckoning and realization: 'My husband Peter (Hermann) remembers me saying, “I mean, it wasn’t rape.” Then things started shifting in me, and I began talking about it more in earnest with those closest to me.'

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