I WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED -RITA ORA
Multi-award winning singer, Rita Ora has revealed she was abused by a 26-year-old man when she was 14.
The X Factor judge said the sexual abuse took place when she was a drama student at London's Sylvia Young Theatre School.
But, astonishingly, the singer has insisted that she
was not a victim of child sex abuse.
Talking for the first time about what happened, the 24-year-old said: "I was 14 when I had my first relationship with a guy. I would say he was about 26.
"It is child abuse really, isn't it?"
Talking about the relationship, Miss Ora said: "I don’t want to say I suffered, because I wanted it.
"I don’t want people to think I was abused but I was definitely more mature than I should have been at 14.’ However, she also admits to being very naive."
She said the worrying tryst helped her self-esteem and that: ‘I was almost obsessed with having a man feel like he wanted me. I can’t begin to tell you how confident I felt when a man was interested in me.
"I felt like I had a form of respect, I felt like he listened to me. Now I know he listened to me because he obviously wanted to have sex."
The pop singer’s confession appears in a new biography, Hot Right Now, which was released last week.
The X Factor judge said the sexual abuse took place when she was a drama student at London's Sylvia Young Theatre School.
But, astonishingly, the singer has insisted that she
was not a victim of child sex abuse.
Talking for the first time about what happened, the 24-year-old said: "I was 14 when I had my first relationship with a guy. I would say he was about 26.
"It is child abuse really, isn't it?"
Talking about the relationship, Miss Ora said: "I don’t want to say I suffered, because I wanted it.
"I don’t want people to think I was abused but I was definitely more mature than I should have been at 14.’ However, she also admits to being very naive."
She said the worrying tryst helped her self-esteem and that: ‘I was almost obsessed with having a man feel like he wanted me. I can’t begin to tell you how confident I felt when a man was interested in me.
"I felt like I had a form of respect, I felt like he listened to me. Now I know he listened to me because he obviously wanted to have sex."
The pop singer’s confession appears in a new biography, Hot Right Now, which was released last week.
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