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Ex-Chelsea player Gary Johnson on his torment: Telling my kids I was abused is the hardest thing I've ever had to do

Related Topics: Child abuse, Chelsea F.C.

Maryce Johnson used to call her husband Gary 'Jekyll and Hyde' because of his dramatic mood swings. When the big, black cloud of depression descended he might not speak to her for 12 weeks.

After Gary told Maryce that an older man had forced him to have sex when he was just 13, it was she who had to tell him: 'That's abuse.'

Depression is just one of the devastating effects suffered by Gary Johnson since he was targeted by former Chelsea head scout Eddie Heath while a youth player. It is just one of the unimaginably difficult conversations the Johnsons have endured during 30 years together.