7 Celebrities Who Survived From S*xual Abuse From Loved Ones

In the United States, 237,868 people are assaulted or r*ped annually. Multiple well-known people have been included in this dismal number. Many have chosen to speak publicly about their ordeals to aid other r*pe victims in moving on with their lives.
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is included among those who were r*ped before they became famous. The talk program host was s*xually assaulted by a family member when she was nine years old. Winfrey has been a vocal supporter of abuse survivors and has given many of them a voice on her talk program. Fiona Apple, Fran Drescher, Jane Fonda, Kelly McGillis, Tori Amos, and Gabrielle Union are just a few more well-known women who have been r*ped.

1. Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey, star of the talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show," was only nine years old when she was r*ped by a family member.

2. Lady Gaga

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She said that "Swine" is actually about r*pe. This song is about feeling hopeless. The song is about rage, fury, and passion, and I needed to let out a lot of pent-up pain, so I thought, "I want to sing this song while I'm ripping hard on a drum kit and then I want to get on a mechanical bull, which is probably one of the most demoralizing things that you can put a female on in her underwear, and I want this chick to throw up on me in front of the world so that I can tell them, '

3. Shia LaBeouf

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Troubled actor Shia LaBeouf said he was r*ped by a woman in February 2014 as part of his #IAMSORRY performance art piece, which he announced publicly in November of that year. LaBeouf sat in a room with a sack over his head as people interacted with him as part of the experiment. Someone s*xually abused him as others held his hand or made derogatory comments.

4. Teri Hatcher

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Teri Hatcher's uncle s*xually assaulted her when she was five years old. In 2002, she gave evidence that led to the man's conviction and 14-year jail term.

5. Evan Rachel Wood

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Evan Rachel Wood spoke before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations in February 2018 on the several s*xual assaults she had suffered. She gave a speech in favor of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016, which she and other survivors are working to have passed in every state.

6. Gabrielle Union

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Actress Gabrielle Union, who appeared in "Bad Boyz II," was r*ped at her place of employment in a shoe store in 1992. When this happened, she was 19 years old.

7. Tyler Perry

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Tyler Perry, an actor, and filmmaker was r*ped by the mother of a boyhood friend, who kept him captive in her home until he had s*x with her.