Alex Scott says she wishes she'd spoken about the abuse she experienced as a child sooner.
Scott described her father's violent behavior towards her and her mother in her memoir.
Her father, Tony, denied her claims on Monday in a Daily Mail interview.
Scott said that he almost felt angry at himself because he was allowing him to hurt him again.
The former England footballer said she decided to write about her father's behavior because she wanted to help her mother.
The man said he didn't know what he could do because he heard the pain and terror in her voice again. I won't allow him to win anymore.
The book was for peace. It's possible that he's trying to respond right now because when you're in peace, you have a new position of power.
Scott wrote in her book that her father was violent towards her mother while she and her brother were in bed. She wrote that she had to lie there and hope her mother would be alive in the morning.
She said that her mother didn't know that her two children were in the room.
We're trying to be strong for her but can't help her. There are still images to be seen. I was unable to do anything.
All of it is still raw. I can see it the same way I saw it yesterday.
It's like you try to move on with your life and leave that to the side, but it never leaves you, even when my dad left that environment." The struggles and pain are not going away.
He denied being violent towards his family, but acknowledged that he was a strict parent.
He said that she might be judging him by the standards of the day. Back then, parents were a lot more strict. I was not a violent person. I have never beaten Alex or anyone in the family.
Scott did not care what happened to him. I don't care if you say being beaten with a belt is just being strict.
I can help my mother by speaking the truth because I was never able to help her in the fear and terror that she had to live in. I stand by my work in that book. It's true.
The proceeds of Scott's book will be used to help women who have been victims of domestic abuse.
She said she felt sorry that she hadn't used her voice sooner to help her mother.
He lit a fire in me. I will do everything I can to help women in this position so that they don't have the feelings that my mum has carried her entire life.
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