Connie Chung, 78, recalls being 'sexually molested' by 'monster' family doctor in new memoir Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Jacqueline Lindenberg and Clemence Michallon and Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com Published: 01:46 BST, 18 September 2024 | Updated: 01:46 BST, 18 September 2024 e-mail View comments Connie Chung candidly penned about being 'sexually molested' by her family doctor in her new book, Connie: A Memoir, which was officially released on Tuesday.

The acclaimed journalist, 78, previously opened up about the assault in 2018 in an open letter to Christine Blasey. However, in her memoir, the TV personality further reflected on the harrowing incident. 'I was sexually molested by our trusted family doctor,' Chung wrote, according to Us Weekly.

She continued, 'But what made this monster even more reprehensible was that he was the very doctor who had delivered me on August 20, 1946.' Connie Chung, 78, candidly penned about being 'sexually molested' by her family doctor in her new book, Connie: A Memoir, which was officially released on Tuesday; seen in 2016 in Beverly Hills Read More Maury Povich, 84, and wife Connie Chung, 77, at Daytime Emmys While studying at university at the time, she made an appointment to see the family doctor - who has since passed away - in order to get 'protection from pregnancy.' Chung recalled that it had also been her first time getting a gynecological exam.

'Not understanding or knowing what he was doing, I stared at the .