The Spice Girls singer reveals that she was raped the day before their first concert: “I did everything to forget this trauma”

Twenty-five years later, Mel C felt ready to talk about what happened one night in 1997 when she was sexually assaulted.

It was the day before the first Spice Girls gig. “I did everything to ‘forget’ this trauma, I wanted to focus on my work. I didn’t want to make a fuss, but I also didn’t have time to deal with it.“, He confided in the podcast“ How to Fail with Elizabeth Day ”.

“We were in Istanbul, we did two shows there. At that time, we had never done a full concert before, so obviously we had rehearsed weeks in advance.“.

Without giving many details, the artist explained that she was a victim of sexual violence in her hotel while she was having a massage. “I felt violated. I felt very vulnerable. I felt embarrassed and wasn’t sure what was going on.“

But at 48 she decided to talk about it Mel C, she who intends to quote this story in the book she is writing. “I woke up, thought about it and thought, ‘Oh my God, I didn’t even think about putting it in the book. Then, of course, I had to ask myself if I wanted to reveal it. I realized that it was really important for me to talk about it and finally be able to deal with it.“

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