Reese Witherspoon reveals she was sexually assaulted by a director at age 16.

Reese Witherspoon is joining Jennifer Lawrence, Rose McGowan, and several other actresses in sharing her story of sexual abuse in the film industry.

At Elle's Women in Hollywood event on Monday, Witherspoon made a speech about how she was sexually assaulted at age 16 by a director:

"This has been a really hard week for women in Hollywood, for women all over the world, and a lot of situations and a lot of industries are forced to remember and relive a lot of ugly truths," said Witherspoon in light of the sexual misconduct accusations made against Harvey Weinstein. "I have my own experiences that have come back to me very vividly and I find it really hard to sleep, hard to think, hard to communicate a lot of the feelings that I’ve been having about anxiety, honest, the guilt for not speaking up earlier."