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WELSH SINGER DUFFY has said that she was “raped, drugged and held captive” for several days in a post on her verified Instagram page.
The singer claimed that while the “recovery took time”, she is “OK and safe now”.
In the post, she added that many of her fans “wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why”.
She wrote: “The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days.
“Of course I survived. The recovery took time. There’s no light way to say it.
“But I can tell you in the last decade, the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunshine in my heart again, the sun does now shine.”
Duffy added: “You wonder why I did not use my voice to explain my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes.”
She also asked her followers to support her “to make this a positive experience”.
The revelation comes after she spoke to a journalist about the incident in the summer, Duffy claimed, adding: “He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak.”
She said that “you can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this”.
Duffy, 35, last released an album in 2010 with Endlessly. She said that she would be posting an interview “in the following weeks”.
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Great voice.
God love her.
Absolutely insane and brutal. Glad to hear she’s come out the other side of that and here’s to life getting better for her…
Incredibly brave woman to speak out about the horrific ordeal she went through.
I can’t imagine the pain and fear she went through.
Her song Crazy Pavements gave me strength when I was suffering from severe attacks of vertigo, how anyone could attack such a lovely young person is beyond all understanding.
@Pat Coyne: crazy pavements, jaysus are u well pat, there’s no such song
@Pat Coyne:pahahahaha .. was it chasing pavements by Adele you were talking about by any chance
@Jason: You’re right it was her song called Chasing Pavements. When I had severe vertigo attacks while walking the pavement seems to slip away from under me. Vertigo eventually cured using the Epley manoeuvre.
What an awful thing to happen to the poor girl. I’m glad she’s finally able to speak about it and maybe it will give hope to other victims of abuse.
Only in December I was thinking ‘whatever happened to Duffy?’,-this is the worst thought I could think of, that takes a lot to come out with.
Poor woman. Strength to go on and conquer your dreams and achieve your happiness.
What a monster to do that to anyone.
Love and best wishes.
When did this happen? Recently, or in the past before she was famous?
@Kevin Duff: it sounds like it was between her last album and now
@Kevin Duff: sometime in the past ten years I think
Was this bàstard jailed
Why hasn’t she given more details? Where did it happen? Who did it? Was he/she arrested?
What’s that song Pat?
Don’t know it
@Jason: Duffy not fluffy
@Jason: Lie down Jason, the Vertigo is contagious and has obviously tilted your thoughts.
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