Alleged rape victim calls for Hewitt's removal from tennis hall of fame

A woman who claims former tennis star Bob Hewitt raped her when she was his nine-year-old protege said he had no place in the sport's international hall of fame.

Alleged rape victim calls for Hewitt's removal from tennis hall of fame

A woman who claims former tennis star Bob Hewitt raped her when she was his nine-year-old protege said he had no place in the sport's international hall of fame.

Suellen Sheehan, now 43 and a businesswoman in Johannesburg, South Africa, said it took years to overcome feelings of shame, guilt and fear that she would not be believed.

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