and then there was actress drew barrymore,ho emancipated at 14. according to her memoir, she and her and /- her mother haven't had much contact since. do you have a relationship with your mom at this point? >> we haven't spoken in three years. it's really hard to have that kind of drama in your life and have an open court case and have it's hard for abuse victims, but it's harder in the public eye when everybody has an opinion and there is no ack and white of the situation. >> reporter: you refer to yourself as an abuse victim. what happened to you? >> ll, the thing is it's really hard to talk about. and the reason i haven't talked about it thus far is because it was really painful for me to watch my mom go on news outlets and go on "dr. phil" and kind of spre things everywhere when it's really just private family business. i feel like for me, i probably should take the high road and do something that i would have wished she would have done for me. >> reporter: and for now, s s's closing that chapter and doing normal 18-year-old things. >> it's al