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Venus and Serena Williams’ Half-Sister Tells All

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If I Ain't Readin'
3 min readNov 30, 2021

Sabrina, 57, the eldest half-sister to Venus and Serena, is spilling the beans after the release of King Richard — the biopic about the father of the most famous tennis-playing sisters.

In-Page Six, Sabrina says her mom argued with her dad all the time. Mostly about his cheating.

Sabrina goes on to tell of the struggle they’ve had to endure when Richard walked out on them. Her story is heartfelt and cutting even as she describes the day Richard promised her a bike and never came back.

Only to find out later, he has fathered two girls in Compton and was investing a lot of time, energy and money into them.

Sabrina laments that the biopic only tells half the story. It doesn’t mention his eldest daughter at all.

I believe the most tearful part of her story, is when years later she mentions that he is a grandad of two now and he brushes it off by saying he don’t care.

Sabrina recounts the year after Richard left and how her mom became more stressed having to raise the children all her own. She suffered anger issues due to this, but now she is a Chaplain in Training. We can only hope her heart heals completely as she trains to help others cope with…

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If I Ain't Readin'
If I Ain't Readin'

Written by If I Ain't Readin'

Erica is an essayist and poet who enjoys reading, creating content, and helping others find their purpose too. Above all, she loves to read🖤

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