{"id":288647,"date":"2020-02-25T14:26:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1125904"},"modified":"2020-02-25T14:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:26:17","slug":"singer-duffy-says-she-was-raped-drugged-and-held-captive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/singer-duffy-says-she-was-raped-drugged-and-held-captive\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Duffy Says She Was Raped, Drugged and Held Captive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For nearly the last decade, Duffy<\/strong> has stayed mostly out of the spotlight. Now, the singer has shared a harrowing reason for her absence. <\/p>\n

35-year-old Grammy winner Aimee Duffy, known by fans solely by her last name, took to Instagram on Tuesday and posted a single picture to her otherwise bare account. In a lengthy caption, the voice behind famed hit “Mercy” began with, “You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this.”<\/p>\n

“The way I would write it, how I would feel thereafter. 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,” she continued. “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.”<\/p>\n

“The truth is, and please trust me I am ok and safe now, I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days,” Duffy stated. “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.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Duffy explained her silence, writing, “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. I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? And slowly it unbroke.”<\/p>\n

The songstress said she will be posting a spoken interview in the coming weeks and hopes to answer questions with that interview. “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,” she concluded before a final request.<\/p>\n

“Please respect this is a gentle move for me to make, for myself, and I do not want any intrusion to my family,” she asked. “Please support me to make this a positive experience.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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In December, Duffy got fans attention when she shared a photo of herself with the simple caption, “2020,” spurring many to think she was teasing a comeback after last releasing an album in 2010. She last released music in 2015 in the form of two tracks for the film, Legend<\/em>, which she also appeared in. <\/p>\n

Whatever the star has planned for her future, she’ll be doing it with love and support from her fans. “This is not what I was expecting to read after all these years of wondering and missing one of my absolute favorite artists and people,” one fan commented on her post. “I’m so sorry! But I know you’ll heal and be back stronger than ever!”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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