'I survived molestation as a child': Kristy Swanson fires back after being accused of 'not supporting sexual assault victims'

Taryn Ryder


Kristy Swanson revealed Tuesday on Twitter that she’s a survivor of sexual assault.

The actress — best known for playing the original Buffy Summers in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer — made the admission after she was harshly criticized for supporting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by two women. Swanson, 48, shared that she was molested as a child and raped at age 14. She also says that she was once falsely accused of assault, adding the hashtag “#bothsides.”

In 2007, Swanson was arrested on suspicion of assault. The actress got involved in an altercation with Marcia O’Brien, the ex-wife of her then-boyfriend and current husband, Lloyd Eisler, who was her partner on Skating With Celebrities. The charges were eventually dropped.

Kristy Swanson took to Twitter to share that she’s a survivor of sexual assault after she was criticized for supporting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Photos: Getty Images)
Kristy Swanson took to Twitter to share that she’s a survivor of sexual assault after she was criticized for supporting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Photos: Getty Images)

Swanson is a self-professed “proud Republican” and is often vocal about her political views on Twitter. In recent days, she has sent out a flurry of tweets in support of Kavanaugh.

Meanwhile, she took a jab at Kavanaugh’s accuser Christine Blasey Ford.

In one tweet, she compared Ford to Stephen Paddock, who shot dead 58 people at Las Vegas’ Route 91 Harvest music festival last year.

The Ferris Bueller’s Day Off actress has been criticized online for her messages but does not think she has said anything “implorable” about Ford.

Swanson has not elaborated on her tweet about being a survivor of sexual assault.

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