{"id":48870,"date":"2018-07-27T10:48:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T17:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=48870"},"modified":"2018-07-27T10:48:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T17:48:18","slug":"latif-dealing-with-ash-tylers-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2018\/07\/latif-dealing-with-ash-tylers-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Latif: Dealing With Ash Tyler&#8217;s Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shazad Latif<\/strong> played the tormented Ash Tyler in Season One of <em>Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>, and the actor spoke about what Tyler would be dealing with in Season Two.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler has to deal with the aftermath of sexual assault by L&#8217;Rell and his former dual identity. &#8220;Well, for Tyler it&#8217;s big,&#8221; said Latif. &#8220;But there&#8217;s a bigger picture to sexual assault that just doesn&#8217;t include the victim \u2014 it affects everyone around him, including friends, loved ones and that&#8217;s something that needs to be addressed in our society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s messy, isn&#8217;t it,&#8221; 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