Sheryl Lee Ralph Says a ‘Famous TV Judge’ Sexually Assaulted Her

Say he’s right. Abbott Elementary School star Sheryl Lee Ralph revealed that she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a “famous TV judge” in the past.

“I’m in a public place. I’m suited. I’m in a suit,” the actress, 66, shared on the Monday, March 20, episode of the “Way Up With Angela Yee” podcast. “I was handling my business for a television show I was doing at the time. He and I were on the same network. This guy came in, grabbed me by the back of the neck, turned me around and stuck his nasty ass tongue down my throat, and everybody on the network saw it.

Explain that the person in question is not Judge Mathis star Greg Mathishe noted that he contacted the former mayor of New Orleans Marc Morial after that incident. “He said, ‘You want me to send the police over there now? Because we’re going to fix it you know what now,'” in Moesha alum admits. “Somebody at the network tapped me on the shoulder, he said, ‘Don’t.’ Do you know that they don’t want bad press on the show and don’t care what happens to me?

During the episode, she described another incident where she was allegedly sexually assaulted before meeting her unnamed assailant. “I thought, ‘What do I have to do to deserve it.’ I was like, ‘My skirt is on my knees, I’m wearing a sweater blouse. What makes this guy think he can come and put his hands on me?’ They don’t know me,” Ralph told the host Angela Yee and cohost Brand Jasmine.

At Ray Donovan alum said he confronted people about his actions years later, although he did not remember the incident at all. “Do you want to know what’s scary? Everyone at the table was surprised that I would stand alone,” he added. “He was shocked. He said I should be ashamed of myself and why I even brought it up, and at the dinner table.

Ralph – who refers to the son Stephen31, and a daughter Ivy-Victoria28, with your ex-husband Eric Maurice – concluded the discussion by noting that people ignoring other people’s concerns about sexual assault is “what makes it difficult for women to talk about it.”

At Girls dream star has continued to stand up for herself in the new year. She addressed the lip-sync rumors after her performance of “Raise Every Voice and Sing” at the Super Bowl in February, telling us. The Hollywood Reporter after the game, “Does it matter? It doesn’t matter, right? No thanks.”

He went on to share that the experience was very rewarding, especially since his hometown team, the Philadelphia Eagles, were competing against him, “It was amazing, it was amazing,” Ralph said. “And the way people come back, they say, ‘Girl, you made the pre-show look like it’s trying to be half an hour.’ She said, ‘The costume. The wardrobe. The hair. The shoes. The makeup.’ I was just like, ‘Okay, thanks. Fenty all over, hey.”