“I was paralyzed”
They are very hard to listen to, these words spoken by an emblematic actress of the nineties. As iconic with her colleague Neve Campbell, with whom she was able to exchange a very feverish kiss (and a famous, equally sulphurous sequence involving a swimming pool) as in the spectacular cinema of Paul Verhoeven (his pamphlet Starship Troopers), without forgetting her forays noticed in horror cinema. She’s Denise Richards, one of those stars without whom the 90s wouldn’t really have been the same.
And if the actress is now flourishing more on the side of reality TV shows, that does not prevent her from making her so familiar voice resonate. Even if it means freezing the blood of those nostalgic for Mortelle Saint Valentin.
Because in the very muscular reality show in which she is currently participating, namely season 3 of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, supervised by real members of the American army, Denise Richards has decided to break the silence even if it means awakening traumas. She directly addresses the sexual assault of which she was a victim. When she was only fifteen years old.
“He came from behind, I froze, he put his hand on my mouth”: Denise Richards decides to break the silence
You have to listen to Denise Richards, who bursts into tears when talking about her sexual assault.
And above all, a subject that is too misunderstood by those who still underestimate sexual violence in general: the state of astonishment in which she found herself at that moment. A paralysis that many victims report, and that Denise Richards tries to explain. His words are precise. “One day, when I was fifteen, I noticed a man following me. And suddenly he came from behind, put his hand on my mouth…“, relate-t-elle.
“Then he grabbed my vagina and started dragging me toward him, and I froze, like I couldn’t even scream for help…“. It is a sexual assault that Denise Richards has never addressed in her interviews until now. She herself mainly mentioned the subject to her husband, many years later. She says today, as that mother: “It’s so scary to be in this situation, you know, at this age and to be so vulnerable. And I have three daughters now, and I don’t want them to ever have to go through this“.
In this show, Denise Richards rubs shoulders with other celebrities, notably Stephen Baldwin, in order to carry out the most grueling tests possible, such as immersions in ice water, intense training, various psychological challenges testing her resistance. She also suffered a very significant accident in a recent episode: we tell you about it here.
“I think we pretty much sacrificed everything for this series… It’s dangerous“, she said recently on this subject. But no ordeal today seems to hurt her more than this speaking out which required a lot of courage.
It was a shock that too often gives rise to “victim blaming” (trend: “why didn’t you do anything?“), a French actress also mentioned it: Corinne Masiero.
During an interview given to “Konbini”, the interpreter of “Captain Marleau” also spoke about his rape. And testified to this situation: “He didn’t hit me when he raped me. I was stunned by what was happening… When it ends, you wonder what happened to you. You’re just like a piece of wood, not moving anymore… When that happens, you don’t know what to do anymore. He’s going over you. And what’s more, you feel guilty afterwards because you ask why you didn’t say no“
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