It is known that there are many cases of rape which are registered every day. It was estimated that around 250,987 victims of sexual assault/rape suffer in the United States every year. But it may come as a shock to you that many famous actresses have suffered this misfortune of being included in this statistic.
For celebrities who come forward, they help
fellow survivors know that they’re not alone. Here are six who have taken this
step.
Alyssa
Milano
She was born
on December 19, 1972, is an American actress, producer, activist, and former
singer. Alyssa Milano says she was sexually assaulted as a teen but stayed
quiet about it. Thirty years later, Milano wrote about her story:
“My name is
Alyssa. When I was 19-years-old, I was at a concert of a very famous pop star
who told the crowd to get closer to her, this resulted in a stampede. People
were smashed against each other. I couldn’t breathe, I thought I was gonna die.
From behind me, I felt a hand up my skirt and I was punched repeatedly in the
vagina, I couldn’t turn around. I looked to the stage, and I looked to the
security guards, and I said, ‘Please help me’ and they couldn’t help me. They
shook their heads. I managed to break free and I climbed up the stage to get
away from my predator, and I turned around and I didn’t know which one it was.
And I looked to the sea of people and I couldn’t find him.”
She said it
took me three decades to tell my parents that the assault had even happened. I
never filed a police report. I never told officials. I never tried to find
justice for my pain because justice was never an option. I didn’t tell anybody
because I didn’t know who it was to tell on and I didn’t know who it was to
report.
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Brooke
Shields
She was born
on May 31, 1965, is an American actress. She said that occurred in her 20s. At
the time, she was a recent Princeton University graduate and unable to find
much work, the "lowest point of my career," After dinner with a
Hollywood executive ("I thought I was getting a movie, a job"), he
invited her to make a call for a cab from his hotel room. There, he assaulted
her. "I didn't fight," I just froze."
Shields told
People magazine in March of 2023 that she blamed herself for the attack, and
felt like she couldn’t come forward. "People weren't believing those
stories back then. I thought I would never work again," she says. Shields
says she’s telling the story after more than 30 years to encourage other
survivors.
Jena
Malone
She was born
on November 21, 1984, is an American actress and singer. She has received
numerous accolades, including nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two
Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Jena Malone
says she was sexually assaulted while filming The Hunger Games movies. Jena
Malone said she was sexually assaulted by a coworker while making 'The Hunger
Games,' but did not name her assailant.
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She was born
July 16, 1987, is an American actress. AnnaLynne McCord is opening up about overcoming
the horrific sexual trauma in her past. After suffering sexual abuse as a child
at the hands of someone she knew, McCord was raped by a friend when she was 18.
"My body froze and did what it did when I was little." Now, "I'm
grateful to be on the other side, Healing can be terrible. But I love my
life."
Amy
Schumer
She was born
on June 1, 1981, is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer,
and director. Hollywood actress Amy Schumer has revealed that she lost her
virginity through a date rape by her then boyfriend. She lost her virginity at
the age of 17. “I lost my virginity while I was asleep, and that's not OK,” she
said. Schumer said her former boyfriend felt bad after the incident and she was
angry about it, but she still tried to comfort him. "The first thing he
said was, 'I thought you knew. I didn't say anything yet. He was my boyfriend.
I loved him. I had to comfort him."
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Gabrielle
Union
She was born
on October 29, 1972, is an American actress. In 1992, the actress was working
at a Payless shoe store when she was forced into the stockroom and raped at
gunpoint. She said “It was literally an out-of-body experience. That me and the
me on the ground getting raped became one and I grabbed the gun and I did my
best to try and kill him because I really felt I was about to die. So it was
either going to be him or me, and it wasn’t going to be me, not on that day.”
For survivors, media coverage of each new revelation can be distressing, forcing them to relive what happened to them. Some survivors are inspired. Often, the reaction is not what they expected.
