World boxing champion, black and 'queer': everything that unfairly bothers about the new star of 'True Detective' Kali Reis, 37, is the latest great Hollywood revelation. At the age of 12, Kali was raped and beaten repeatedly by a young man belonging to her circle of friends.
Reis has been world champion in different weight categories and has also become the visible face of different activist associations that offer support to Native American women to fight discrimination. Her nickname in the ring is KO Mequinonoag, the latter being her indigenous name that translates as “many feathers or many talents”