“I did the best I could to make her understand,” Lewis said. “You have to remember, this was a very proper lady.”"When Lewis was finished describing the act, Young's response was a revelation: 'That's what happened between me and Clark.' " Young had never before understood the particulars of that 1935 incident. She had not discussed this information before 1998. Young wished to keep the pregnancy secret from Twentieth Century Pictures, knowing they would try to pressure her to have an abortion; a devout Catholic, Young considered adultery and abortion to be mortal sins. According to Linda Lewis, Young added that no consensual intimate contact had occurred between Gable and herself. Young had never previously disclosed the rape to anyone. Before learning of the concept of date rape, Young had believed it was a woman's job to fend off men's amorous advances and had perceived her inability to thwart Gable's attack as a moral failing on her part. The family remained silent about the claim until Young (died 2000) and Lewis (died 2011) were both deceased. References Further reading Uncommon Knowledge by Judy Lewis (Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 1994), All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani (The Glory of Everything Company, an imprint of Harper/Collins, 2015), External links Official website 1935 births 2011 deaths American psychotherapists American soap opera actresses American soap opera writers American television actresses Actresses from Los Angeles Burials at Mount Vernon Cemetery (Philadelphia) Writers from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses Television producers from California American women television producers Deaths from cancer in Pennsylvania Antioch University alumni American people of German descent American people of Luxembourgian descent Screenwriters from California American women television writers Women soap opera writers 21st-century American women