Months afteralluding to a sexual assault incident,Lucy Haleis opening up about her experience in the #MeToo era.
“I’ve experienced stuff on the small side, but assault is assault,” she explains the new cover story forHaute Living Los Angeles.
“I think there are a lot of people who have been intoxicated and taken advantage of. It’s happened to me and people I know. It’s very common,” she says. “Luckily, I’ve been unscathed; nothing’s hurt me too badly.”
In January, the actress, 28, referenced sexual assault in now-deleted posts on both her Twitter and Instagram pages, saying “I never understood sexual assault until tonight. I always sympathized, but I never felt the pain of it until right now. My dignity and pride was broken. I am completely at a loss of words.”
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She also went on to tellHaute Living Los Angelesthat while she’s “had super-dark times” living in the city, “it’s been a place that’s always had my back.”
“I know it sounds weird, but I’ve always been at ease here. For me, this is it. I think I’ll always live here. I feel like I can be myself here,” she continues.
After sharing the news in January that her Los Angeles home had beenburglarized, Hale says that while she was “sad to lose some sentimental items,” she was “thankful to be safe.”
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Speaking to PEOPLE in January at an event in West Hollywood, thePretty Little Liarsstar said the wave of women speaking out about sexual misconduct had been “awesome.”
“My whole thing is I never want to be someone who makes it all shiny and rainbows all the time, because it’s not,” she added. “No one ever feels like that 24/7.”
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While she is hoping to give her fans the confidence to speak up for themselves, Hale sais she is equally as thankful for their support.
source: people.com
