Dawn Ledwell: Nanny Accuse Thomas Ravanel of Rape

Dawn Ledwell, known to fans of reality TV Bravo as "Nanny Dawn", is the second woman to accuse Southern Charm star Thomas Ravenel of sexual assault.

Ledwell, a psychiatric nurse living just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, claimed that Ravenel had strangled her, snatched her clothes and raped her violently while her baby was sleeping. in the next room.

Ravenel also reportedly raped and assaulted another woman in her Charleston home in January 2015. The Charleston police announced last May that she was investigating allegations of sexual assault against Ravenel.

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Ledwell filed a report with the Charleston Police Department after news was made about the alleged assault of the first victim

Ledwell told the DailyMail that she was outraged after seeing a tweet from a girl accusing Ravenel of sexually assaulting her mother. Ashley Perkins, Florida real estate agent and real estate agent, said Ravenel had paid his mother Debbie, whom he had met on a Tinder date, $ 200,000, provided they signed an NDA regarding the alleged assault in December 2015. .

"I was outraged because I discovered it while I was not an isolated incident," Ledwell told DailyMail. "I blamed myself, like many victims, [but I realized then] that it was not my fault. It was his fault. He is the author. "

Ledwell, 43, says she first met Ravenel and her partner, Kathryn Dennis, when their daughter was about six weeks old. Friends recommended her for the position of private nurse and she started working for Ravenel.

The night Dawn claims that Ravenel raped her, he called her to keep her daughter in her Charleston home while he went out to dinner with friends. Dawn had put Kensington on the ground and sterilized baby bottles when Ravenel was returning home, according to the DailyMail.

"He turned off the lights when he came in, which virtually extinguished all the lights on this floor," she told the DailyMail. "I asked him to turn on the lights again because I could not see what I was doing. He does not have it. And without hesitation, he came to me and made advances, tried to kiss me.

"I turned my head because I did not want him to do it," she continued. "He tried to hug me and my hands were full, I had baby bottles, so I could not push him back but I told him" no ".

She told the DailyMail that she had to get on and take her jacket, which had the keys of her truck in her pocket. She then "hesitated" by telling the story to the DailyMail, stating that it was difficult to go into the details of the incident because it was so traumatic for her.

"I felt so humiliated especially when he was ripping up my clothes, you know I was a taller girl at the time – almost 100 pounds more – and he tore up my clothes and I'm so mortified I'm going to run outside this very chic neighborhood in the freezing January without my clothes?

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After the alleged rape, Ledwell called his daughter, husband and sister, who took pictures of Ledwell's injuries during the assault

Ledwell told the DailyMail that when she returned home from Ravenel, she called her daughter Adara and one of her sisters and her husband. She told each one of them what had happened.

According to Ledwell, Ravenel "strangled her with her own T-shirt while she was trying to escape from her clutches". Adara, Ledwell's daughter, took pictures of the marks on her mother's body when she returned home.

Adara said in tears to the DailyMail: "I heard her go in and go to her room and I went there to watch her and she said that Thomas had attacked her and that she She had explained what had happened. to kiss him and how he grabbed her. She showed me where he had left stripes and marks around his neck and between his thighs and his back. "

"I was very young at the time and it was horrible to see my mom like that," she said. "I remember just trying to support her, no matter what choice she made, whether she wanted to go to the police or try to fix the problem with him.

Ledwell however did not go to the police and kept working for Ravenel and Dennis for another year. She told the DailyMail that she was aware that these details would most likely be used to discredit her story.

Ledwell claims that she was afraid of Ravenel, which prevented her from filing a complaint. She explained, "I knew his tactics and what he did to intimidate other people. He could hire private investigators to track people and put GPS trackers on their cars and do it to family members. I was scared of it all.

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Ledwell claims that Ravenel apologized for the aggression and promised that it would never happen again, but then gave up his statement after telling his partner

Ledwell told the DailyMail that after the attack, she started bringing people with her to work because she feared to assault her again. He apparently noticed and apologized to Ledwell for the incident, saying, "I am really sorry for attacking you. I really feel bad about it and it will never happen again. "

Ledwell said it never happened again, although she finally had the courage to tell her partner Kathryn Dennis.

Ledwell finally resigned in December 2016. She stated that she received a "minimum severance pay but she refused to sign an NDA at Ravenel's request." photos to give to the police, according to the DailyMail.

Ravenel denies the charges and a source close to Ravenel says he "does not understand why Dawn would say these things. To make an allegation of rape – I do not think she could have imposed a more serious charge on a person. There are no words to express what he is going through right now. "

Ravenel, a "disgraced former official," was treasurer of the state of South Carolina until 2007, when he resigned following charges of distributing cocaine, according to Turn to 10.

Ravenel said in August 2018 that he was leaving "Southern Charm" amid rape and other allegations, claiming that he had "too much to lose," according to ABC.

This is a story in development. Heavy will continue to update as more information becomes available.

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