Daughter of 3-Time Super Bowl Champion Kevin Faulk Dead at 19

Daughter of 3-Time Super Bowl Champion Kevin Faulk Dead at 19


Kevione Faulk, the 19-year-old daughter of repeat Super Bowl champion Kevin Faulk has passed away, with the cause of death being unknown.

Louisiana State University announced Kevione’s death in a statement shared on Twitter Monday. The teen worked for the school’s football team where her father is in his second year serving as the Running Backs Coach.

“We are heartbroken with the passing of Kevione Faulk, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Faulk family,” the statement said.

“She was a part of the LSU family, and we mourn the loss of a daughter, a sister, a friend, a classmate and a colleague. We ask that all Tigers keep the Faulks in their prayers and respect their privacy at this difficult time.”

Details surrounding Kevione’s death have still not been revealed.

Kevin Faulk is hailed as LSU’s all-time rushing leader in addition to being a three-time Super Bowl champion as part of the New England Patriots with Tom Brady. He played 13 seasons with the Patriots and was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame in 2016. He played football at LSU from 1995 to 1998 before taking a coaching position 20 years after his exit.

He came on as a rushing coach in 2018 and joined cornerbacks coach Corey Raymond as former LSU players who have on-field coaching duties for the Tigers, the school shared.

LSU’s head coach Ed Orgeron released a statement sending condolences to the Faulk family..

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Coach Faulk and his family as we mourn the loss of his daughter Kevione,” he said on Twitter. “Her smile and personality will be sorely missed in our building. May she Rest In Peace.”

Kevin Faulk has yet to speak on his daughter’s passing but did repost a photo of his daughter on Twitter, Fox News reports. Faulk has another daughter Tanasha Faulk and a son Kevin Faulk III.

The George Floyd Memorial Foundation Has Awarded More Than $50,000 in Scholarships

The George Floyd Memorial Foundation Has Awarded More Than $50,000 in Scholarships


The George Floyd Memorial Foundation has announced on its Facebook page, that it has awarded over $50,000 in scholarships and educational programs thus far this year.

“The George Floyd Memorial Foundation has awarded more than $50,000.00 in scholarship and educational programs this year. We’re so thrilled to provide much-needed support for high-achieving students who will become attorneys, activists and scholars who will help ensure people are treated fairly around the world.
Throughout the next week, we will share our scholarship recipients with you. Stay tuned!
According to The Associated Press, the George Floyd Memorial Foundation was set up to honor police killing victim George Floyd and to also raise awareness about racial injustice and they announced earlier this week that it has awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships since the foundation was created.

Foundation executive director Jacari Harris stated that the scholarships help support students.

“Our hope at the George Floyd Memorial Foundation is that these high-achieving students will become attorneys, activists, and scholars who will work to ensure people are treated fairly around the world,” Harris said in a written statement.

The George Floyd Memorial Foundation, which is based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was created in August 2020. The foundation was established to focus on raising awareness of racial injustices, police brutality, and ensuring that everyone’s civil rights are protected.

The George Floyd Memorial Foundation has given scholarships valued at $1,000 to 15 law school students, scholarships valued at $10,000 to interns, and $2,500 scholarships to undergraduate students. The foundation has also stated that it has also awarded $25,000 to Fayetteville State University, a historically Black college in North Carolina.

George Floyd’s sister and founder of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, Bridgett Floyd, has stated: “As the days, months and years go by, one thing is true: my brother George’s death truly changed the world and by offering support to these students, it will allow us to continue to bring hope to those in need.”

‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ Star Gets 17 Years In Prison For PPP Loan Fraud Case

‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ Star Gets 17 Years In Prison For PPP Loan Fraud Case


Reality star Maurice “Mo” Fayne’s real life has become a cautionary tale on what not to do when trying to impress the masses.

The “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” star was sentenced to 17.5 years for his role in a PPP loan fraud case, TMZ reports.

Fayne was living it up, according to prosecutors, and defrauded the system to the tune of $3.7 million after applying for a PPP loan for his business, citing losses due to COVID-19.

According to the outlet, Fayne funded a lavish lifestyle and claimed that he employed 107 people in his trucking business with a monthly payroll of $1,490,200.

But that wasn’t the case and Fayne cut a deal and pleaded guilty to 6 counts, including bank and wire fraud, TMZ reports.

In return prosecutors dropped 14 other charges. Still even though he faced a 30-year-sentence he ultimately ended up with a whopping 17.5 years.

Fayne reportedly also used $40k to pay past-due child support, “$85k for jewelry, $136k for a Rolls-Royce, and $907k to start a new business in Arkansas.”

And he still has to pay back $4,465,865.55 when he is finally released.

As BLACK ENTERPRISE previously reported, in May 2020, Fayne was charged with federal bank fraud, according to The U.S. Department of Justice. The Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star pled guilty to the charges he was facing.

Fayne was ordered to forfeit nearly $100,000 from several of his bank accounts and also eight of his 2015 Kenworth T680 trucks. For his guilty plea, the prosecution agreed to drop 14 other charges and they agreed to recommend that Fayne gets a 151-month prison sentence, which comes out to about 12.5 years. But the judge in the case added five more years to his sentence!

He was looking at the possibility of serving a maximum term of up to 30 years .The loan that he obtained was in the name of Flame Trucking. Fayne, 37, is from Dacula, Georgia.

Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney Demand Justice For Botched FBI Probe Into Larry Nassar

Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney Demand Justice For Botched FBI Probe Into Larry Nassar


Reuters – Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney on Wednesday told U.S. lawmakers she feels betrayed by FBI agents, after they failed to investigate former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, despite her telling them he had sexually abused her.

FBI Director Chris Wray told the Senate panel that the actions of the agents who botched the investigation are inexcusable, and he announced that one of the agents “no longer works for the bureau in any capacity.”

“I’m deeply and profoundly sorry,” Wray said.

Maroney is one of four athletes, along with Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols, who testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee as it probes the FBI’s mishandling of the investigation.

Maroney recalled how in 2015 she spent three hours on the phone telling the FBI the details of her story that her own mother had not even heard, including accounts of sexual abuse she endured during the Olympic games in London by Nassar, whom she described as “more of a pedophile” than he was a doctor.

It was not until July of this year, however, that she said the Justice Department inspector general revealed in a scathing report what the FBI actually did with the information she provided: Failing to document it for a year and a half, and misrepresenting what she told them about her experiences.

“Not only did the FBI not report my abuse, but when they eventually documented my report 17 months later, they made entirely false claims about what I said,” Maroney said, with anger in her voice.

Wednesday’s hearing comes after the Justice Department’s Inspector General Michael Horowitz in July issued a scathing report which blasted the FBI for botching its investigation in a comedy of errors that allowed the abuse to continue for months.

Several of the gymnasts said they were furious that the FBI failed to immediately interview them about the abuse after they had reported it. Once the FBI finally did contact them, they said the agents tried to downplay the severity of the abuse.

“I remember sitting with the FBI agent and him trying to convince me that it wasn’t that bad,” Raisman said.

“It’s taken me years of therapy to realize that my abuse was bad, that it does matter.”

Horowitz also appeared on Wednesday along with Wray.

Horowitz said that the now-fired agent who falsified Maroney’s statement “could have actually jeopardized the criminal investigation by providing false information that could have bolstered Nassar’s defense.”

The FBI declined to name the fired agent, but Senator Richard Blumenthal identified him as Michael Langeman.

Langeman served as a supervisory special agent in Indianapolis, where he led a task force that investigated child sexual exploitation, according to an interview he gave to a local podcast in 2018.

Reuters could not immediately reach Langeman for comment.

The FBI’s investigation into Nassar started in July 2015, after USA Gymnastics President and CEO Stephen Penny reported the allegations to the FBI’s Indianapolis field office.

That office, then led by Special Agent in Charge W. Jay Abbott, did not formally open an investigation. The FBI only interviewed one witness months later, in September 2015, and failed to formally document that interview in an official report known as a “302” until February 2017 – well after the FBI had arrested Nassar on charges of possessing sexually explicit images of children in December 2016.

When the interview was finally documented in 2017 by an unnamed supervisory special agent, the report was filled with “materially false information and omitted material information,” Horowitz’s report determined.

Abbott, who retired from the FBI in 2018, also violated the FBI’s conflict of interest policy by discussing a possible job with the U.S. Olympic Committee while he was involved with the Nassar investigation.

As the FBI delayed its probe, Nassar went on to abuse more victims. At one point in Wednesday’s hearing, Senator Richard Blumenthal asked all four athletes whether they knew of victims who were abused after the July 2015 disclosure to the FBI.

“Yes,” all four of them said.

Neither Abbott nor the other unnamed supervisory special agent who botched the Nassar probe were prosecuted for their actions.

Wray said the case was presented twice for possible prosecution and declined, but he deferred to federal prosecutors to explain their reasoning.

“We have been failed and we deserve answers,” Biles said on Wednesday.

Raisman, meanwhile, expressed frustrations that more has not been done to investigate USA Gymnastics or the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee for covering up Nassar’s abuse for years.

“Why did none of these organizations warn anyone? USAG and USOPC have a long history of enabling abuse by turning a blind eye. Both organizations knew of Nassar’s abuse, long before it became public,” she said.

Spokespeople for both organizations could not be immediately reached for comment.

Nassar has been found guilty in three separate cases, with one of the prison sentences running up to 175 years. Prosecutors have estimated he sexually assaulted hundreds of women and girls.

(Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; additional reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Scott Malone and Lisa Shumaker)

City of Detroit And 5 Police Officers Sued for Using Excessive Force Against Black Motorist

City of Detroit And 5 Police Officers Sued for Using Excessive Force Against Black Motorist


The city of Detroit and five police officers are facing a lawsuit from a Black couple who were subjected to excessive force while driving an SUV with their toddler.

Imani Ringgold-D’Abell and his girlfriend, La’Shanna Taylor filed the suit in the U.S. District Court against the city and police officers Jeffrey Adamisin, Nicholas Sellitti, Anthony Paredes, Thomas Haverlock and James Pilchak, Detroit News reports.

Ringgold-D’Abell and Taylor were on their way to a dentist appointment for their 3-year-old daughter on September 13, 2019, when they were pulled over for not having a license plate. The family had just moved to Michigan from Illinois to be closer to Taylor’s family and purchased a used Audi SUV to get them around.

They were given a temporary registration permit that was valid for 90 days, through Sept. 27, 2019. However, when he went to a car wash, the paper plate was washed away, the lawsuit states. The father had also lost his driver’s license and was using a temporary paper Illinois driver’s license as well as a picture of the license he lost on his cell phone.

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But it wasn’t enough when he was pulled over by Adamisin. Even after explaining the situation, Adamisin called for backup. During the arrest, Ringgold-D’Abell was “encircled” by the five police officers and “tased multiple times and suffered blows to his body including an officer’s punches to his stomach while another held his torso in place,” the lawsuit states.

After Taylor, stepped out of the vehicle to ask what was happening to her boyfriend, she was pushed by an officer, the lawsuit claims. At one point, Taylor was handcuffed but never arrested.

Ringgold-D’Abell spent three days in jail because he couldn’t afford bond, Fox News reports. The couple is suing for excessive force saying the father and new Michigan resident posed no threat to the officers.

Mastercard Gifts $5M To Spelman and Morehouse Colleges For The Development Of The Center For Black Entrepreneurship


Today, Mastercard announced a $5 million grant of support to the campaign to develop the Center for Black Entrepreneurship (CBE), a university-level program that will help assemble, educate, and empower a new generation of Black entrepreneurial talent.

In partnership with the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) Foundation, a leading national organization promoting economic mobility and prosperity for Black Americans, Morehouse College and Spelman College are in the process of establishing the CBE with financial support and thought partnership from a growing coalition of committed corporate partners, including Mastercard, Bank of America, and others.

The CBE will eliminate opportunity gaps between Black entrepreneurs, professional investors, and business builders by leveraging education, mentorship, access to capital, and opportunity. Mastercard’s grant will support the hiring of adjunct faculty, the creation of an online entrepreneurship program, experiential courses, and pitch competitions that will enable students to put their classroom instruction in practice.

In addition to the grant, Mastercard will provide in-kind support, such as digital technology training and access to Start Path, the company’s global start-up engagement program created to help the best and brightest later stage start-ups maximize their opportunity for success. This partnership comes at an exciting time when students at the Atlanta University Center (AUC) are returning to campus in person for the first time in over a year and kicking off CBE-related curriculum as well as co-curricular programming that will expand the reach of the CBE beyond the four schools at the AUC to the entire Atlanta metro region and beyond.

“Long-term investment in Black entrepreneurs is critical to driving equitable and sustainable economic growth for local economies and the U.S. economy alike,” said David Clunie, Executive Director of the Black Economic Alliance. “The Center for Black Entrepreneurship will create an ecosystem of opportunity and investment that will catalyze the multiplier effect of generating more Black founders who hire more Black employees and re-invest in more Black businesses and Black communities. We appreciate Mastercard’s thoughtful partnership in this endeavor and their commitment to supporting inclusive economic growth.”

“That Black founders historically have received only 1% of venture capital financing is not an issue of Black talent, but of systemic barriers. The Center for Black Entrepreneurship is a model for how we break down those barriers and build the Black generational wealth that is essential to the health of our nation’s economy,” said Samantha Tweedy, President of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation. “The BEA Foundation is grateful to Mastercard and all of our funding partners for investing in Morehouse and Spelman’s strong culture of entrepreneurship to support the next generation of Black talent.”

“For over a century, HBCUs have played a critical role in nurturing professional talent and creating economic mobility in Black communities,” said Salah Goss, Senior Vice President for Social Impact at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. “By investing in HBCUs, Mastercard is intentionally choosing key institutions who we believe can be catalytic in furthering our commitment to ensuring that the digital economy works for the Black community, and for everyone, everywhere.”

The CBE will be located on the campuses of Spelman College and Morehouse College in southwest Atlanta. Spelman plans to house it in its new academic facility, the Center for Innovation & the Arts, and Morehouse will house it within a new facility on campus. The Atlanta metro area is home to 57 colleges and universities and over 100,000 Black-owned businesses, making it a hub for Black students and entrepreneurs. Despite Atlanta being the ninth-largest metro area in the country and housing the second-largest population of Black people in America, there is a significant disconnect between venture capital firms that are traditionally West Coast-based and emerging Black student entrepreneurs, who are disproportionately located on the East Coast and in the South.

“We are excited by the possibility of building an entrepreneurship curriculum within our outstanding department of economics,” said Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D., President of Spelman. “Through the support of Mastercard, the College will be able to build curricular and co-curricular strength that encourages and supports AUC students intent on the creation and sustainability of new businesses that will ultimately create wealth within our communities.”

“The Morehouse mission is to help students develop the type of leadership and service qualities embodied in entrepreneurs and other visionaries,” said David A. Thomas, Ph.D., Morehouse College President. “The support from Mastercard will empower innovators to disrupt the status quo and move their ideas from concept to market, even as they create economic opportunities in the communities they serve.”

In addition to the CBE, the BEA Foundation launched the Black Economic Alliance Entrepreneurs Fund (BEA Entrepreneurs Fund) earlier this year to accelerate the growth of Black entrepreneurs and businesses. Anchored by Wells Fargo, the $50 million evergreen fund will provide seed, start-up, and early-stage capital to businesses founded and led by Black entrepreneurs. A portion of the BEA Entrepreneurs Fund will be earmarked to invest in CBE participants.

Bank of America, which is supporting the development of an academic curriculum, faculty recruitment, and co-curricular programming. The CBE continues to attract funding and partnership from businesses across industries, leading investors, and the most successful entrepreneurs to support the CBE with capital, networks, and mentorship. The BEA Foundation continues to solicit and onboard the right funding and thought partners to create a best-in-class ecosystem of exposure, support, and investment in Black entrepreneurs. To learn more about the CBE or how you can support its development, visit the BEA Foundation website.

The CBE was initially powered by $10 million in seed funding from Bank of America, which is supporting the development of an academic curriculum, faculty recruitment, and co-curricular programming. The CBE continues to attract funding and partnership from businesses across industries, leading investors, and the most successful entrepreneurs to support the CBE with capital, networks, and mentorship. The BEA Foundation continues to solicit and onboard the right funding and thought partners to create a best-in-class ecosystem of exposure, support, and investment in Black entrepreneurs. To learn more about the CBE or how you can support its development, visit the BEA Foundation website.

Stacey Abrams Gave Her Blessing To A Compromise Version Of Democrats Voting Rights Bill

Stacey Abrams Gave Her Blessing To A Compromise Version Of Democrats Voting Rights Bill


Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams gave her blessing to a compromise version of the Democrats voting rights bill, supporting the legislation.

In a statement she shared with The Hill, Abrams said The Freedom To Vote Act  “takes the necessary steps to protect our democracy” and “sets national standards for voting access for every eligible American regardless of zip code.”

“I am confident the bill will advance the shared objectives Fair Fight Action, civil rights organizations, allies and activists across the country have worked so hard to achieve,” she said, referencing the voting rights organization she established after her unsuccessful 2018 Democratic campaign for Georgia governor.

The Freedom To Vote Act would bring significant changes to the nation’s elections. Election Day would become a national holiday, and mandatory early voting requirements and automatic voter registration would be implemented.

The bill would also set a national standard for voter identification, allowing voters to use a range of identification cards and documents to votes, which Abrams supported.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the compromise bill on Tuesday along with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Angus King (I-Maine), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.).

The legislation is among a long list of objectives for Democrats this fall. In addition to the Freedom To Vote  Act, Democrats have to fund the government, raise the debt ceiling, and approve a defense-spending bill.

The newest version of the voting rights bill Democrats are trying to pass was crafted by a group of senators, including Manchin, who voiced his opposition to the original bill, the For The People Act.

This bill is likely to have the support of all 50 Senate Democrats, and Manchin has already begun conversations with Republicans to get enough GOP votes to break a second filibuster.

 

Genealogists Reveal Joe Biden’s Ancestors Owned Multiple Slaves

Genealogists Reveal Joe Biden’s Ancestors Owned Multiple Slaves


President Joe Biden’s ancestors owned multiple slaves in Maryland during the 1800s, according to census records and slave schedules.

According to a Politico report adapted from the book The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power, Jesse Robinette, Biden’s great-great-great-grandfather, owned two slaves and another great-great-great-grandfather, Thomas Randle, also owned a 14-year-old boy as a slave in 1850.

The Western Journal reported Biden has a “distant tie” to Varina Anne Banks Howell, the wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. West Virginia genealogist Alexander Bannerman uncovered Biden’s family background.

Despite the news, Bannerman described the president’s ties to slavery as “limited.”

Due on shelves next week, the book also uncovered that Biden lived in a house that included a restrictive deed that prohibited Black owners or occupants. However, the former vice president pushed back on those claims in 1986, according to the Associated Press, saying his parents ‘filed a declaration of disavowal saying they find the restriction morally repugnant.”

Fox News also reported Biden claimed the deed his dad signed did not include a restrictive covenant.

In addition to several gaffes he made during the run-up to the presidential election, Biden’s past includes his treatment of Anita Hill and when he said desegregation policies would cause his children to grow up in a racial jungle in 1977.

The Delaware native has also given eulogies for South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, a former KKK member who supported segregation.

Biden, who has one of the most racially diverse cabinets in American history (nearly 55% nonwhite and 45% female), has largely kept promises he made to Black Americans before he was elected. The president has signed executive orders advancing racial equity, increasing funding for HBCUs, and environmental justice in underserved communities.

If a Supreme Court seat becomes available, Biden has named Ketanji Brown Jackson as a potential nominee.

 

 

 

Joy Reid Responds to Her ‘Teachable Moment’ Regarding Nicki Minaj’s COVID Vaccine Tweets

Joy Reid Responds to Her ‘Teachable Moment’ Regarding Nicki Minaj’s COVID Vaccine Tweets


Joy Reid is not backing down from her public vaccine debate with Nicki Minaj. The MSNBC correspondent took to her show to issue one more response regarding their “teachable moment.”

On Tuesday, The Reid Out host took to her nationally syndicated show to respond to the female rapper after Minaj went off on Reid for shaming her initial claims against the vaccine.

“Essentially, she made public her own vaccine deliberation, which according to trusted friends is a better way to describe vaccine hesitancy, which by the way is not the same thing as refusal,” Reid told her viewers in a clip shared by Curtis Houck.

“But by doing, Nicki also used her social media platform and her 22 million Twitter followers to cast doubt on the vaccine to a heavily Black audience. Needless to say, both my comments and her series of infuriated responses went viral.”

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Reid’s response came after she called out Minaj for becoming a trending topic on Monday after she explained why she was skipping out on attending the Met Gala because it required the vaccine.

“They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. if I get vaccinated it won’t [be] for the Met. It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough research,” Minaj said. “I’m working on that now. In the meantime my loves, be safe. Wear the mask with 2 strings that grips your head & face. Not that loose one.”

She then followed up and explained her reluctance to get the vaccine after hearing an account about her “cousin’s friend in Trinidad.”

“My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent,” Nicki claimed. “His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied.”

But after Reid blasted her tweets and accused Minaj of encouraging the Black community not to get vaccinated, the “Queen” rapper claimed Reid was “thirsty” to “spread a false narrative against a Black woman,” as noted by Yahoo.

While noting how Black people have good reason to be hesitant about a mandated vaccine, Reid also called out the conspiracy theories that scientists have debunked with facts.

“Everything from just being reluctant or fear of potential side effects all the way up to conspiracy theories about the vaccines that are causing people to refuse to take them or just delay,” Reid said. “And that needs to be addressed. Let’s be clear; there are good solid reasons for Black people to have these doubts.”

Reid made her point, and so did Nicki. It’s also worth noting the “Chung Li” rapper has yet to delete her vaccine tweets.

Gabrielle Union Speaks On Dwyane Wade Fathering Child With Another Woman

Gabrielle Union Speaks On Dwyane Wade Fathering Child With Another Woman


Actress Gabrielle Union is opening up about her surrogacy journey and how crushed she was when Dwyane Wade stepped out on their relationship and fathered a child with another woman.

In a powerful memoir excerpt shared with Time, the LA’s Finest star speaks candidly about how desperately she wanted to conceive a child and how Dwyane welcoming a child after cheating left her “shattered.”

“The experience of Dwyane having a baby so easily—while I was unable to—left my soul not just broken into pieces, but shattered into fine dust scattering in the wind,” Union revealed.

“We gathered what we could to slowly remake me into something new. There was no way to disguise where I’d been glued back together.”

Union had already suffered so much loss through a series of miscarriages even after trying IVF.

“I would have sold my soul to get out of the endless cycle of loss,” she wrote in the follow-up to her 2017 memoir We’re Going to Need More Wine. “What was the going rate for souls? What was mine worth, anyway?”

Now, as a loving and present mother to 2-year-old Kaavia James Union Wade, it wasn’t an easy journey to welcome their baby girl. But the Bring It On star was determined to have a child even if it meant using a white woman as a surrogate and feeling guilty throughout the process.

“This growing bump that everyone thought I wanted to see was now a visual manifestation of my failure,” Union said. “I smiled, wanting to show I—we—were so happy and grateful. But part of me felt more worthless.”

Ahead of releasing the full memoir, Union shared the excerpt hoping to help others find peace from the pain she had to endure.

“Excerpt from one the most challenging chapters of my life,” she captioned a tweet. “Whew 😢😭😭😭 I hope sharing these stories helps someone out there.”

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