Whitney Houston abused as child

A new documentary about the life of Whitney Houston claims that the tragic singer was sexually abused as a child by her cousin, soul musician Dee Dee Warwick. The revelation in "Whitney", which was made with the co-operation of the singer's family, comes late in the film by Oscar-winning Scottish director Kevin Macdonald, which was premiered Thursday at the Cannes film festival.
Houston's assistant, Mary Jones, who Whitney called "Aunt Mary", discovered her face down in a Beverly Hills bath the night she died, told the filmmakers that she was abused as a child and was later unable to come to terms with her sexuality. It may help to shine a new light on the singer's descent into drug addiction and early death at 48 in 2012.