A Traumatic Childhood
Her brother Peter made a shocking revelation in a book he published in the 1990s. Growing up with her family in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, Carly was a victim of sexual assault committed by a family friend who was still in his teens when she was seven years old.
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Carly described it as a heinous act that changed her views about sex for a long time. She suffered severe stuttering at age eight and found solace in singing and songwriting.