In January 2018, Bella Thorne wrote on her Instagram page that she had been physically and sexually abused when she was a child. She said what she recalls, till she was 14 years old.
In 2019, Bella Thorne told ABC News’ Juju Chang that the abuse began when she was six years old. She did not name her alleged abuser, but said that he was “someone I was raised with”.
Is Bella Thorne Dyslexic?
Bella Thorne revealed that she had lived in a suburban area, spoke Spanish as her first language, and was bullied while growing up because she was dyslexic.
She was diagnosed with dyslexia while in first grade. She was home-schooled after previously attending a public school, where she had been bullied. She improved her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning centre and began reading and writing a grade ahead.
In 2010, she said she had overcome dyslexia by rigorously reading every she could find, including cereal box labels.