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| Singer Duffy 'drugged, raped and held captive' | Singer Duffy 'drugged, raped and held captive' |
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| Grammy award-winning singer Duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. | Grammy award-winning singer Duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. |
| The 35-year-old Welsh star posted on her verified Instagram account that her "recovery took time". | The 35-year-old Welsh star posted on her verified Instagram account that her "recovery took time". |
| The performer, who had a UK number one single Mercy in 2008, wrote to her 33,000 followers: "The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now." | |
| "I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days," she wrote. | "I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days," she wrote. |
| Duffy, whose debut album Rockferry went seven times platinum as it went to number one in six countries, won three Brit Awards and a Grammy following her breakthrough. | |
| "You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this," she wrote on Instagram. | "You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this," she wrote on Instagram. |
| "Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. | "Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk. |
| "I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why. A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak. | "I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why. A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak. |
| "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." | |
| 'Sadness in my eyes' | |
| Duffy - whose real name is Aimee Anne Duffy - went to number one in 12 countries with Mercy, which was the UK's third-best-selling single of 2008 with sales of more than 500,000 copies. | |
| The singer, from Nefyn in Gwynedd, then enjoyed success with her first album Rockferry as it became the UK's biggest selling album of 2008. | |
| "You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes," she added. | |
| "I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? | |
| "And slowly it unbroke. In the following weeks I will be posting a spoken interview. | |
| "If you have any questions I would like to answer them, in the spoken interview, if I can. I have a sacred love and sincere appreciation for your kindness over the years. You have been friends. I want to thank you for that. x Duffy. | |
| "Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience." | "Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family. Please support me to make this a positive experience." |
| The BBC attempted to contact Duffy to verify her account. |