True Jackson, VP actor Ashley Argota Torres is opening up about the alleged "physical, emotional, and financial abuse" she faced from her mother while filming the show, and shortly after.

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During a recent interview with People, the former Nickelodeon child star spoke candidly about struggling behind the scenes, detailing the way her mother allegedly tried to control her every move.

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"I'm a mom now, so I feel like I have a new perspective and a new outlook on everything," said Ashley, who shares 13-month-old son Michael with husband Mick Torres. "I would never do to my son what my mom did to me."

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Ashley said her mom's abuse took a new turn when she started filming the popular 2008 teen series, especially when she began to make friends with cast members and others in the industry. "I was starting to make friends and getting close to my cast, so I think she felt her control and her manipulation starting to slip." If she got invited to birthday parties or to hang out with friends, she claims her mother would insist on going with her or waiting in the car.

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Ashley claims her mother would also frequently criticize her physical appearance: "I would have to sit there and pinch the bridge of my nose all the time because she was like, 'Your nose is too flat, so you need to pinch your nose to make sure it's not flat.'"

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Ashley recalled earning "a lot of money" from True Jackson, VP, but she claims she never knew how much money she actually made because her mother had full and total control of her finances, including her Coogan account (an account specifically created to protect child performers' earnings).

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"No matter how much was put away in my Coogan account, she would've spent it. I don't know where that Coogan money went. I was 15, so I totally trusted her with all of the finances. She would say, 'All right, this is the bill, and this is how much you're going to input into the computer, and this is what we're going to pay,' but I never knew how much was on my accounts."

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As her time on the show came to an end, Ashley got accepted into NYU. She remembered having to sign up for a dorm assignment in secret because her mother told her she could only live at home or with family. Her time at college was the "greatest thing ever" for her because even though her mother would constantly check in, she felt relieved knowing her mom wasn't physically around.

"It really showed me that I could be independent, because as much as my mom called and texted and FaceTimed and tried to check in, she wasn't there," she said. "A friend of mine always says, 'I remember you called one day, and you said you were walking in the park just because you could.' That's something that I couldn't ever do with her around."

But while she was at NYU, Ashley claims her mother decided to buy a new home in LA using Ashley's money. "I just got this video of her with the key to the new house," she said. Then when she returned home during break after her first year in school, she received a letter from her mom saying they couldn't afford to send her back for her sophomore year. "She wrote me a letter that she left in my room that said, 'We don't have enough money. You're not going back to school. You're going to stay home.' We never spoke about it again."

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But it didn't stop there. There was also an alleged incident that involved Ashley's mom going through her text messages while Ashley was in the shower. Her mom read texts she'd been sending to a costar she went on a date with from the Romeo & Juliet: Love Is a Battlefield cast. Ashley claims her mother then made her strip, so she could examine her body.

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"When I got home, she told me to come to her room, and I did, and she asked me to take off the cardigan I was wearing," Ashley added. "I said, 'Why?' She said, 'Because I need to see what he did to you.' I was like, 'Whoa, what? I just went to the movies with him.'"

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"Then she kept telling me to take off the tank top," she claims. "I was like, 'I'm not going to do that.' She was like, 'You have to quit the show.' I said, 'I'm not going to quit the show. It's not going to happen.' Out of nowhere, she lunged for me," she continued. "She choked me, she attacked me. It gave me a vocal node, because she had come at me so aggressively. I'd never had a vocal problem in my life until that happened. In that moment I was like, 'I don't know if having a relationship with her is the right thing anymore.'"

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Ashley left her family home at age 22 and never looked back. Although she revealed she's heard from her mom several times, "usually when something is going well in my life," her mom has not met her son or husband, and she plans to continue "no contact" moving forward.

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"In addition to blocking my mom, I've had to block my brother's number as well, because she takes his phone," Ashley added. "It's difficult, and I wish things were different there. I hope one day we can have a relationship. I feel like he was caught in the crossfire, and he doesn't deserve that."

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"My life is so enriched by all of my chosen family. I have so many people around me who really do show us unconditional love. Motherhood has been so healing for me. I mean, down to the features that Michael has of mine, like my nose, I'm like, 'Man, you're so cute. Why did she ever tell me to pinch my nose?'"

"We're here trying to break generational trauma," she continues. "I get to raise Michael the way I wish I was raised."

To learn more about Ashley, you can read her full People interview here.

If you are concerned that a child is experiencing or may be in danger of abuse, you can call or text the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453 (4.A.CHILD); service can be provided in over 140 languages.