In a video she posted online, the ‘Insatiable’ actress explains why she kept silent over the assault she experienced when she was 19 years old at a concert of a very famous pop star.
- Oct 5, 2018
AceShowbiz - Alyssa Milano has revealed she was sexually assaulted at a concert when she was a teenager.
The "Charmed" star has been a vocal opponent of controversial U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexual assault by three women, and she even attended the U.S. Senate Judiciary hearings last week (ends September 28), when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified about her alleged experience with the judge.
And watching Ford on the stand prompted the actress to speak out about what she claims happened to her when she was 19.
Incensed by U.S. leader President Donald Trump's comments - after he criticised Ford for not reporting the incident when it allegedly happened in the 1980s - Alyssa tweeted: "Hey, @realDonaldTrump, Listen the f**k up. I was sexually assaulted twice. Once when I was a teenager. I never filed a police report and it took me 30 years to tell my parents."
Hey, @realDonaldTrump, Listen the fuck up.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) September 21, 2018
I was sexually assaulted twice. Once when I was a teenager. I never filed a police report and it took me 30 years to tell me parents.
If any survivor of sexual assault would like to add to this please do so in the replies. #MeToohttps://t.co/n0Aymv3vCi
Milano didn't go into details, but on Wednesday, October 03 she returned to social media to reveal what had happened to her.
''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," she said in a video posted online. "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," she added. "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 head. I managed to break free, and I climbed up (on) the stage to get away from my predator."
Alyssa went on to explain she didn't tell anyone about the assault because she didn't know who her attacker was or who to turn to.
I told one of my #MeToo stories in @SenatorCollins office. I was with her constituent. We asked to speak with Senator Collins. She hid.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) October 4, 2018
Here’s my story through a “human microphone”.
I’ll never know if she heard me.
*Trigger Warning* pic.twitter.com/i7awexXLfL
''I turned around, and I didn't know which one (concertgoer) it was," she added. "I looked to the sea of people, and I couldn't find him. And I couldn't report (it) because I didn't know who it was to report (sic). And I didn't tell anybody because I didn't know who it was to tell on. And I kept the secret just like Dr. Ford kept her secret for decades."