- Brooke Shields was raped
- In her documentary, she speaks for the first time about the traumatizing experience
- This is how the terrible thing happened
Tragic revelation from actress Brooke Shields (57). She has been in the film industry for several decades and now in her documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields she makes a violent confession, as Entertainment Weekly reports.
Brooke Shields opens up about her rape
The Blue Lagoon star Brooke Shields was raped when she had just graduated from Princeton. The perpetrator, who is not named, is said to have also worked in the entertainment industry.
As she describes, the man is said to have lured her to his hotel that evening to call her a taxi. But he didn't. He went to the bathroom, returned naked and attacked Brooke, according to the actress.
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"I was afraid I would get choked out or something, I didn't know. I played the scene out in my head, so I didn't fight that much. ... I just absolutely froze." She revealed. "I just thought, 'Stay alive and get out.'"
After, she called herself a cab and "cried all the way."
Through therapy, Brooke Shields has overcome this stroke of fate and hopes to be able to help other victims with her openness. Learn more in the video above.