“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi says she was raped when she was 17 and sexually abused by her stepfather’s relative when she was seven years old, and that she understands “why a woman would wait years to disclose a sexual assault.”
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Lakshmi explained that she worked at a high-end men’s store in Los Angeles when she started dating a “charming and handsome” man who was 23. He knew she was a virgin, but she says he raped her on New Year’s Eve, just a few months after they started dating.
Lakshmi, now 48, said that she has “been turning that incident over in my head throughout the past week,” and shared her story after two women came forward with accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Also Read: New Accuser Says Kavanaugh Participated in Drugging and 'Gang Rape' of Girls as a...
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Lakshmi explained that she worked at a high-end men’s store in Los Angeles when she started dating a “charming and handsome” man who was 23. He knew she was a virgin, but she says he raped her on New Year’s Eve, just a few months after they started dating.
Lakshmi, now 48, said that she has “been turning that incident over in my head throughout the past week,” and shared her story after two women came forward with accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Also Read: New Accuser Says Kavanaugh Participated in Drugging and 'Gang Rape' of Girls as a...
- 9/26/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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