Ashley Judd was hospitalized after a “catastrophic” accident in Congo.
The actress recounted her recent fall during an interview with Instagram The New York Times‘Nicholas Kristof in which she spoke of the trauma unit at a South African hospital.
Judd, who was in Congo to track down Bonobos in danger, explained that he suffered “massive catastrophic injuries” after tripping over a fallen tree. “What happened next was an incredibly distressing 55 hours,” she said.
Recalling his evacuation from the rainforest, Judd said he spent five hours lying on the ground with his “very misshapen leg”. “[I was] biting my cock, howling like a wild animal, ”she recalled.
The actress was then carried back to her camp by her “Congolese brothers” before finally managing to leave the remote location on a motorcycle: “I had to physically hold the top of my shattered shin together, and we did this for six hours. “
Judd went on to say that she was “on the edge of my limit” throughout the ordeal, but admitted her “privilege” of being able to go to a fully equipped hospital for treatment.
“The difference between a Congolese person and me is the disaster insurance that allowed me 55 hours after my accident reached an operating table in South Africa,” she said, addressing the lack of resources in the Conga villages and “a simple pill to kill pain “.
In 2018, Ashley Judd sued Harvey Weinstein for “damaging his career” for rejecting his sexual advances. The disgraced movie mogul was convicted of first and third degree rape last March and is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence.