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\"My sexual harassment always came at the hands of the media and the public,\" she claimed, but attested her treatment pales in comparison to what Spears endured.

\"I was never tabloid-level famous, but because unlike Ms. Spears, I always had my family’s support. I knew that I had money put away for me, and it was mine. If I needed to escape the public eye, I vanished,\" said Wilson. \"She had none of that.\"

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