Academy award winner Mo'Nique was sexually abused during her childhood by her brother, who told talk show host Oprah Winfrey that he is sorry for betraying the trust of his sibling.

Appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday, Gerald Imes said he molested Mo'Nique for over a year, when she was about seven and he was 13. "I abused and betrayed the trust of another sibling, my sister, my blood sister," Imes said.