Whitney Houston was molested as a child by the pop-star sister of Dionne Warwick — according to family members and close friends shocking fellow insiders by going public with the troubling charges in a new documentary! Industry speculation was that the family-approved documentary “Whitney” would cover up the secrets of the troubled pop legend. Instead, the movie offered up a bombshell revelation about Whitney — with insiders divided over new claims that her cousin Dee Dee Warwick had sexually molested the doomed pop diva as a young girl…
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Whitney's brother Gary is first to make the suggestion about Dee Dee, who was 18 years older than Whitney and had her own pop career before working as a backup singer for Dionne. Dee Dee — who struggled with narcotics addiction all her life — passed away in Oct. 2008 at age 63. Whitney joined the choir at her funeral in singing “The Lord is My Shepherd.”
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But not everyone trust the family's motivations in revealing the shocking claim. “It's throwing Dee Dee under the bus because the Houstons want to
blame someone for Whitney being a lesbian,” said one longtime employee of Whitney's. “Dee Dee was gay, and an addict, and it's possible that it happened — but this also helps the family to accept Whitney's sexuality.”
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The documentary itself has Whitney's longtime assistant saying that Dee Dee's sexual abuse was to blame for
Whitney's secret lesbian affairs. “It made her question her sexual preference,” says Mary Jones, adding: “She used to say, ‘I wonder if I did something to make her think I wanted her.’ I said, ‘Stop. A predator is a predator.’”
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Another insider noted that “Whitney” also reportedly blames
Bobby Brown as a bad influence who helped
lead Whitney to addiction. “Whitney,” said the source, “was already crippling her career over drugs long before she ever got serious with Bobby.” The former employee added: “It's surprising they didn't just blame Dee Dee for that, too!”
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But after the release of the documentary, Dionne joined Whitney's mother Cissy in a statement to People magazine, saying: "Dee Dee may have had her personal challenges, but the idea that she would have molested my children is overwhelming and for us unfathomable. We cannot reconcile the Public’s need to know about Whitney’s life as justification for invasion of her privacy or the charge against Dee Dee, a charge which neither Whitney nor Dee Dee is here to deny, refute or affirm."
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Whitney's brother Gary is first to make the suggestion about Dee Dee, who was 18 years older than Whitney and had her own pop career before working as a backup singer for Dionne. Dee Dee — who struggled with narcotics addiction all her life — passed away in Oct. 2008 at age 63. Whitney joined the choir at her funeral in singing “The Lord is My Shepherd.”
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But not everyone trust the family's motivations in revealing the shocking claim. “It's throwing Dee Dee under the bus because the Houstons want to
blame someone for Whitney being a lesbian,” said one longtime employee of Whitney's. “Dee Dee was gay, and an addict, and it's possible that it happened — but this also helps the family to accept Whitney's sexuality.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
The documentary itself has Whitney's longtime assistant saying that Dee Dee's sexual abuse was to blame for
Whitney's secret lesbian affairs. “It made her question her sexual preference,” says Mary Jones, adding: “She used to say, ‘I wonder if I did something to make her think I wanted her.’ I said, ‘Stop. A predator is a predator.’”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Another insider noted that “Whitney” also reportedly blames
Bobby Brown as a bad influence who helped
lead Whitney to addiction. “Whitney,” said the source, “was already crippling her career over drugs long before she ever got serious with Bobby.” The former employee added: “It's surprising they didn't just blame Dee Dee for that, too!”
But after the release of the documentary, Dionne joined Whitney's mother Cissy in a statement to People magazine, saying: "Dee Dee may have had her personal challenges, but the idea that she would have molested my children is overwhelming and for us unfathomable. We cannot reconcile the Public’s need to know about Whitney’s life as justification for invasion of her privacy or the charge against Dee Dee, a charge which neither Whitney nor Dee Dee is here to deny, refute or affirm."
