The L Word’s Marlee Matlin says she was physically abused by William Hurt decades ago

The L Word’s Marlee Matlin has written her her autobiography and one of the most explosive revelations is that during her two-year relationship with Children of a Lesser God co-star William Hurt, he was physically abusive to her.“I was afraid. I was always afraid… of him,” Matlin told Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell. “But I loved him. I did. Or maybe I thought I did. But look, I was 19, he was 35. … I always had fresh bruises everyday. And if I had a split lip, or if… I mean, there were a lot of things that happened that were not pleasant.“

He was a drinker and she was a cocaine addict during their tine together. She also won the best actress Oscar for Children of a Lesser God. Matlee said she last spoke to Hurt three years ago but no, she did not give him an advance copy of her book: “ I had no contact with him. Really, I had nothing to say to him. He knows what happened, I know what happened. We both were there.”