Tiffany Haddish Opens Up About Rape At 17

 Actress Tiffany Haddish has opened up about a sexual assault she experienced as a teenager. Haddish who covered the latest issue of Glamour magazine revealed she was raped by a police cadet at 17. “That whole experience put me in such a messed-up place for a long time, and I ended up going to counselling,” an emotional Haddish told the magazine. The Girls Trip actress said she reported the assault at the time but never shared what came out of it. This won’t be the first time Haddish has publicly spoken about her assault. While speaking on the podcast “The Champs,” the actress revealed she was raped the night of her homecoming dance. “So we get there and we get to his place and I see, like, handcuffs and a police uniform and I’m like, ‘What’s that? Is that like a Halloween costume or something?” Haddish recalled. “And he’s like, ‘No I’m a cadet, I’m training to be in the police force. I want to end up being a police officer.’ … Next thing I know, I’ve got one arm up in the handcuff, and he’s got me pinned down.”  She said she tried to fight the attacker off while he restrained her throughout the assault with one hand restrained. “He raped me, he was stronger than me,” she recalled on the podcast, as she began to cry. “It was the worst feeling in the world.” S[peaking with Glamour, Haddish said that the experience turned her into someone who is always on the defense to protect herself against unwanted advances from men. “I notice that men are afraid of women that are aggressive. So to protect myself I become semi-aggressive,” she said. “You hear about, ‘Tiffany always hitting on somebody,’ but that’s to keep them from hitting on me.” Photo Credit: Getty

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