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| 'Studio head' raped me, says actor Rose McGowan | |
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| Grindhouse actor Rose McGowan has said she was raped by an unnamed “studio head” and that a lawyer advised her she “would never win” a criminal case. | Grindhouse actor Rose McGowan has said she was raped by an unnamed “studio head” and that a lawyer advised her she “would never win” a criminal case. |
| Tweeting under the hashtag #WhyWomenDontReport, McGowan started a series of posts suggesting that “because I’d done a sex scene in a film”, any prospective legal action would fail. | Tweeting under the hashtag #WhyWomenDontReport, McGowan started a series of posts suggesting that “because I’d done a sex scene in a film”, any prospective legal action would fail. |
| a (female) criminal attorney said because I'd done a sex scene in a film I would never win against the studio head. #WhyWomenDontReport | a (female) criminal attorney said because I'd done a sex scene in a film I would never win against the studio head. #WhyWomenDontReport |
| McGowan also wrote that her “ex” had “sold our movie to my rapist”. | McGowan also wrote that her “ex” had “sold our movie to my rapist”. |
| McGowan has previously alluded to her sexual assault, suggesting in a 2015 interview with Buzzfeed that discussed the accusations of rape against Bill Cosby, that “it’s happened to me”. In September she also responded to Perez Hilton, writing: “I know what rape is.” | McGowan has previously alluded to her sexual assault, suggesting in a 2015 interview with Buzzfeed that discussed the accusations of rape against Bill Cosby, that “it’s happened to me”. In September she also responded to Perez Hilton, writing: “I know what rape is.” |
| And I know what rape is. You might not. You don't know what it's like to be consumed by cameras as a woman&dissected for pleasure of creeps | And I know what rape is. You might not. You don't know what it's like to be consumed by cameras as a woman&dissected for pleasure of creeps |