Таинственная история Билли Миллигана
Chapter 4
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OnNovember29,theDaytonDailyNewsandtheColumbusDispatchpublishedChalmerMilligan’sdenialsofthewidelycirculatedreportthathehadsexuallyabusedhisstepson.ThefollowingAssociatedPressstoryappearedintheColumbusDispatch:
StepfatherSaysHeDidn’tAbuseYoungMilliganChalmers(sic)Milligansayshehasbecome"veryupset"bypublishedreportsthathephysicallyandsexuallyabusedhis
stepsonWilliamS.Milligan,whomdoctorssayhas10personalities.
"Nobodyhastalkedtome,"complainsMilligan,whoassertstheabuseclaimsbyhisstepsonare"completelyfalse.…"
AccordingtoareportsignedbyDr.GeorgeT.Harding,thepsychiatristsalsoconcludedthatMilliganexhibitedmultiplepersonalitybehaviorandthathehadpersonalitiesunawareoftheactionsofothers.Theyblamedhisconditionpartlyonabusehesufferedasachild....
ChalmerMilligansaidhehassufferedconsiderablehardshipasaresultofthepublishedreports.
"Youalwayshavethemisunderstandingbunch.It’sveryupsetting,"hesaid.
HesaidheparticularlywasupsetbypublishedaccountsthatfailedtoattributetheabuseclaimtoWilliamorthepsychiatrists.
"Itallgoesbacktotheboy,"Milligansaid."Allthey’re(thepublications)doingisrepeatingwhatthey(thepsychiatristsandyoungMilligan)said,"headded.
