In a recent interview with People, Shields revealed she was assaulted by a Hollywood executive shortly after graduating from Princeton University.
At the time she blamed herself, but as decades have gone by she’s had time to process what happened.“I’m more angry now than I was able to be then. If you’re afraid, you’re rightfully so.
They are scary situations. They don’t have to be violent to be scary.”
This is the first time the model turned actress has revealed she was a victim of sexual assault because “People weren’t believing those stories back then. I thought I would never work again.”
Her story, which has sadly become too common in Hollywood, is told in more detail in a soon-to-be released two-part documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.“Doing the documentary, you see it all together, and it’s a miracle that I survived,” Shields said.
After graduating from Princeton University, Shields found herself at the “lowest point” of her career.
She met with an unnamed Hollywood executive for dinner who she believed would offer her a movie or a job, but after their meal he invited her to his hotel room.
He convinced her to go to his room under the guise of calling a cab from his room. But once there he sexually assaulted her.
“I didn’t fight,” she said. “I just froze.”
Shields felt incredibly guilty and blamed herself for the attack.
“I kept saying, ‘I shouldn’t have done that. Why did I go up with him? I shouldn’t have had that drink at dinner.’ “
At the time Shields only told one person, her close friend and one-time security consultant Gavin de Becker.
But now she’s ready to share her story “with the hopes of helping people not feel alone.”
“Everybody processes their own trauma on a different timeline. I want to be an advocate for women to be able to speak their truth.”
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