![]() It started to feel like I'm being complicit. It's also because I was silent about it for so long. "But I think if you experience something you know is wrong, then being brave and honest about it helps, and if anyone else has been through something similar, it might help us all talk about it. Why go over something that wasn't very pleasant? Why make it public? In an extract of her autobiography 'Spinning Plates', she said: "I've asked myself why it's important to write about these experiences. The older I've become, the more stark that 29-year-old man ignoring 17-year-old me has seemed."Įllis-Bextor has no plans to "name and shame" her alleged rapist. Of the two people there, one said yes, the other said no, and the yes person did it anyway. All that happened was I 'wasn't listened to'. She added: "My experience was not violent. The singer said he was never "violent" with her, but she now feels the need for her voice to be heard, 25 years on. I remember staring at Jim's bookcases and thinking: I just have to let this happen now." It was how I lost my virginity and I felt stupid. "He didn't listen to me and he had sex with me and I felt so ashamed. I heard myself saying 'No' and 'I don't want to', but it didn't make any difference. Now 42, the singer said: "Jim and I started kissing and before I knew it we were on his bed and he took off my knickers. ![]()
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