She also received negative reinforcement from school. Her classmates at school thought of her as a "pretty cold kid" and they noticed a change in her. Some of them spoke to Cheryl as if they had never her met before.
Turner's next husband was Lex Barker, who played Tarzan in the late 1940s. Barker was a handsome, well-buffed Princeton graduate from a wealthy family. He, being Cheryl's new step-father, was the key person who contributed to the psychological brutalization of Cheryl. One day, Lex and Cheryl were alone in the house. He was sitting beside the swimming pool. He invited Cheryl into a sauna room. "I want to show you something" he told her. Inside, he groped her breasts and crotch through her bathing suit and exposed his penis to her as Mr. Rabbit. He informed her that it was a father's duty to teach his girls about men and forced her to watch him masturbate. He ejaculated on the floor, in front of her, and at this time, Cheryl was in terrible fear and confusion. After he cleaned himself, he warned her that what had happened between them was to be kept a secret. She ran to her room and pretended what had happened had not happened. A year passed and Lex came back to continue this brutalization. He slipped into her room, squeezed her eyes shut and raped her. By this time, she is only about 10 years old. Having taken her virginity, Lex threatened her that if she told anybody about this, she would go to "horrific" place called Juvenile Hall and would never be able to see her mother or grandmother ever again. Here, it is evident that Cheryl might be using the reaction formation defense mechanism to keep her true feelings hidden. I would say that at this point, Cheryl's id and superego are in conflict. One of them is saying to not tell on Lex, or you'll never see mommy and the other one says to tell on Lex and stop the brutality he's causing. For a couple of weeks, this rape sesssion continued many times.
