WEYERS CAVE — Kerri Kasem, daughter of late Top 40 DJ Casey Kasem, visited the area on Wednesday to speak on elder abuse. Kerri spoke at the 7th annual training of the Greater Augusta Coalition Against Adult Abuse on Wednesday.
The conference was at the Plecker Workforce Center at Blue Ridge Community College. The day started with the film EDITH + EDDIE – A Story of Love and Elder Abuse.
Next, Kasem presented “Isolated: How Casey Kasem’s Family fought, changed the law, and survived.”
Kasem is an American radio personality. She hosted Sixx Sense and The Side Show Countdown with Nikki Sixx.
Kasem and her siblings were banned from seeing or talking to their father, Casey, in the last years of his life. He was isolated and no law prevented the abuse.
Kasem told her family’s story of the struggle to see her father. She talked about early warning…
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