Youtube Makeup Guru Reveals Horrifying Abuse

When subscribers check to see Brie Lybrand's latest YouTube video, they're expecting to watch one of her typical, upbeat beauty and shopping tutorials. So when "The New Orleans Beauty Guru" posted her latest video entitled "A Message To My Rapist," the world took notice.

Lyrbrand, a former pageant star, appears shaken and makeup-free as she makes her unexpected announcement. "I just got an email from YouTube saying that the man who raped me for most of my life subscribed to me," she says with disgust. "The man that took my virginity, robbed me of an innocence has subscribed to me on YouTube and is watching my videos."

The aspiring actress and Tulane graduate looks directly into the camera as she reveals that it was her father who abused her. "My father, Steven Bressler, molested, tortured and raped me from the time I was four until I was 13 years old," she says.

As the video progresses, Lybrand describes how she grew up to become her high school's cheerleading captain, go to college and become both and actor and a teacher. One of the most shocking visuals of the clip comes when she displays the three guns she's purchased for protection. "I don't have to be afraid anymore. Let me show you my weapon collection, dad," she says. "I carry guns everywhere I go in case you decide to show up...You're never going to touch me again."*

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss Lybrand's online revelation at length. Some say she may have been inappropriate in making the video, while others argue she's justified in making any video she wants to someone if he sexually, mentally, and physically abused her.

*Read more from Rebecca Adams/ Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/brie-lybrand-new-orleans-beauty-guru...