Taylor Armstrong ‘Didn’t Feel Safe’ Until Russell Died
Dec. 8 2011, Published 12:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong says she didn’t feel safe to tell her story until the death of her husband Russell, who hanged himself in August.
Armstrong's new memoir, Hiding from Reality: My Story of Love, Loss and Finding the Courage Within, is scheduled for release early next year. In it, she discusses her rocky marriage to Russell and the abuse she allegedly suffered at his hands.
"I wish I would have been able to tell my story before now," Armstrong said in an exclusive statement to ABCNews.com Thursday. "But, until my husband Russell's suicide, I didn't feel safe to tell anyone for fear of my own safety and the safety of my daughter. (5-year-old Kennedy) With Russell's passing, I now feel safe to bring my story into the light, to help all battered and abused women, and men, and aid them in their struggle."