Oscar nominee Minnie Driver has opened up about the sexual assault she endured on holiday when she was 17 years old.
The personal tale comes just days after actress Amber Tamblyn told of suffering her own terrifying incident at the hands of an ex-partner.
Driver, 46, recounted the story in an interview with SiriusXM’s Pete Dominick.
“I was on vacation in Greece, and this guy kinda elbow-grabbed me and said: ‘You’re going to dance with me,'” she said.
“I said, ‘No’, and I pulled my arm away from him, and he grabbed me by the back of my hair. I tried to kick him, and then he punched me.”
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There would be few women on the planet today without a story such as as this, or worse.
I agree and it angers me to no end
I was gang raped by a bunch of first grade rugby league players - famous men at the time - but I blamed myself because I was drunk and vulnerable and never went to the police.
Oh Kate, that is so awful. I hope you are doing okay. I hope to one day live in a world where there is no question of coming forward, women are treated as any other victim of a serious crime, without question.
It's a lot easier to come forward today but at the time this happened (the 1980s) I would have been blamed for getting drunk. I couldn't be bothered going through all that and have some sneering police officers say to me 'well what did you expect'. Thankfully things are much different now.