{"id":288082,"date":"2020-02-11T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1122061"},"modified":"2020-02-11T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:38:11","slug":"what-lili-reinhart-learned-after-speaking-out-about-her-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/what-lili-reinhart-learned-after-speaking-out-about-her-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"What Lili Reinhart Learned After Speaking Out About Her Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marcus Ohlsson for Allure<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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It’s been two years since Lili Reinhart<\/a><\/strong> first told her followers an adult work associate tried to force himself on her<\/a> when she was 16.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with Allure<\/em><\/a>, the 23-year-old actress looked back at the assault and her decision to speak publicly about it.<\/p>\n

The Riverdale<\/em> star came forward in a Tumblr post<\/a> back in 2017. In the message, she recalled how a “man in a position of power over me used that said power to try and take advantage of me.”<\/p>\n

 “I felt physically pinned down to the ground while someone dry humped me, basically,” she told the magazine.<\/p>\n

She also wrote about how she confronted the man about it and how he proceeded to tell her it was her “fault for leading him on,” calling her a “tease” and the “most manipulative woman he’d ever met.” <\/p>\n

“His ego was bruised to say the least, because I refused to engage with him sexually that night,” she wrote at the time. “He refused to talk to me. I remember begging him to come outside his trailer so we could talk. I needed clarity on the situation. I felt like I had genuinely done something wrong\u2013 that maybe I really was being a tease to him and led him to believe that I wanted to be with him sexually. I was miserable. And I felt that I needed to keep my mouth shut about the entire situation because 1. I figured no one would believe me and 2. he played a much bigger role in this project than me…he had more power. If I said something, maybe the production would be halted\u2026 people would be put out of work. I would be looked at as dramatic and a diva, no one would want to work with me again.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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During the interview, Reinhart reflected on how she’s spoken publicly about the incident before.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Marcus Ohlsson for Allure<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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“I think I shared my story\u2026before I had really understood it,” she said. “I kept thinking of it as something physical, but it was more so a psychological abuse…that spanned a couple of months. I went along with it and was trying to get his approval because we were working together\u2026. I wanted my work environment to be easy.”<\/p>\n

She also discussed how speaking out can help others. <\/p>\n

“What makes me hopeful is people like [Supergirl<\/em> and Glee<\/em> actor] Melissa Benoist<\/a><\/strong> sharing her story of domestic abuse<\/a> with the world, because I think she helped a lot of people by doing that,” she said. “When people come forward about a sexual abuse experience or physical abuse or them struggling with a disorder, they’re encouraging other people to not suffer in silence.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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To read Reinhart’s full interview, check out the March 2020 issue of Allure<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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