'Dancing with the Stars’ (DWTS) fame Cheryl Burke goes nostalgic in an interview about her childhood abuse by a neighbor. Eventually she testified in court and sent him to prison. The Realty star was very frank in her interview on a TV channel on Thursday. The glamorous two time DWTS champ was discussing about her book - 'Dancing Lessons: How I Found Passion and Potential on the Dance Floor and in Life.'

She narrated the incident as, when she was five, a family friend hired to pick her up from school and do odd jobs started molesting her. Eventually she testified in court, helping send him away to prison for nearly two decades.

On a question about how dancing shaped her career and why she felt like writing a book, she replied very firmly, with brimming confidence. The blonde curvy star felt that she had a lot of experiences and sweet memories behind her career and wanted her fans to know that she had climbed the position the hard way. She said, `dancing has really changed my life, it’s really shaped who I am today.’ About the book, she felt, `I felt like I really wanted to express myself in that way.’ (With inputs from Internet) (AarKay)