Simon Cowell issues statement after Lucy Spraggan reveals ‘X Factor’ rape ordeal
nme.comX Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan revealing that she was raped while taking part in the show.The musician came forward with her story earlier this week, and revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a hotel porter in 2012.The singer-songwriter – who was aged 20 at the time – was celebrating fellow contestant Rylan Clark’s birthday in Mayfair, as ITV reported.At the party, she fell unconscious and was escorted back to her hotel by a member of the ITV production team and a hotel porter.
The porter, however, later used a “traceable keycard” to enter her room and attack her.The porter was arrested after sufficient evidence was gathered, and subsequently imprisoned for 10 years (via The Mirror).
Spraggan has since gone on to detail the attack and its aftermath in her new memoir Process: Finding My Way Through.She also told her story in an emotional interview with The Guardian, recalling the moment she realised what had happened to her. “I woke up the next day with this sense of sheer dread.
I don’t think I’ve ever felt that level of confusion since,” she said. “I knew that I’d been raped, but I could not process that.
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