American singer Demi Lovato was raped while filming for Disney. “I know what I’m about to say is going to shock. But when I was a teenager I was in a similar situation… I lost my virginity in rape,” she revealed in a documentary.
In a documentary film that opened the South By Southwest Festival (SXSW) on Tuesday, Demi Lovato claims to have been raped while filming for Disney Channel. Demi Lovato: Dance with the Devil, is a YouTube docuseries, focusing on his 2018 fentanyl overdose and struggle with addiction. In this four-part series, she also reveals details about the sexual abuse she suffered, including during the night of her overdose. “I know what I’m about to say is going to shock. But when I was a teenager I was in a similar situation… I lost my virginity in rape,” Demi Lovato said.
Forced to be around the aggressor
Now 28 years old, Demi Lovato does not give the name of her attacker but specifies that the facts occurred when “I was a member of this Disney group”. She remembers being forced after being around her attacker “all the time” during the shoot. Calling the incident “my #MeToo story”, she says she denounced her attacker who was nevertheless not worried.
Demi Lovato rose to fame as a result of the film Camp Rock from Disney Channel, filmed when she was 15. In the documentary, starring Elton John, music mogul Scooter Braun and actor Will Ferrell, Demi Lovato admits she was unable to give up her addictions all at once and that she occasionally smokes and uses marijuana. alcohol in moderation.
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