Simon Cowell issues statement after Lucy Spraggan reveals ‘X Factor’ rape ordeal

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Lucy Spraggan has heaped praise on Rylan Clark after his “pivotal” efforts helped ensure her attacker was jailed after she was raped during her stint on The X Factor in 2012. The singer has bravely waived her right to anonymity to share her harrowing ordeal, which saw her raped by former hotel porter Soby John after a night celebrating fellow contestant Rylan’s then 25th birthday.The aspiring musicians were at the Mayfair nightclub Mahiki, alongside the X Factor crew.

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Rylan Clark has shared a heartfelt message to his friend Lucy Spraggan after she revealed that she was raped during her time on The X Factor back in 2012. The singer, 31, has now opened up about the horrific experience in her upcoming memoir Process: Finding My Way Through, and on an episode of the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast ahead of the book's release. Lucy, who was 20 at the time, was out with a number of her fellow X Factor contestants to celebrate Rylan's 25th birthday on the night the attack occurred.

X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan has revealed that raped by a hotel porter while competing on the talent show in 2012.The singer – who is now aged 31 – has detailed the attack in her new memoir Process: Finding My Way Through, and shared that she was assaulted after a night out celebrating fellow contestant Rylan Clark’s birthday in Mayfair, as ITV reported.Aged 20 at the time, Spraggan said that she fell unconscious during the party and was later escorted back to her hotel by a member of the ITV production team and a hotel porter. The porter, however, later used a “traceable keycard” to enter her room and attack her.In the memoir, she also recalls how she took a drug to prevent HIV after the attack and later experienced side effects that made her too unwell to continue the show.

In 2012, Lucy Spraggan was a 20-year-old breakout star on the British version of “The X Factor”. Then, out of nowhere, she was gone. For years and years, people wondered why a star contestant on a show that’s produced hitmakers — like One Direction — would vanish without so much as an explanation.

. Then, out of nowhere, she was gone.

Former X Factor star Lucy Spraggan has revealed she was raped by a hotel porter while competing on the ITV talent show in 2012.

Lucy Spraggan has revealed she was raped during her time on the X-Factor back in 2012.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan has revealed she was raped by a hotel porter while filming for the show. In her new memoir, Process: Finding My Way Through, the singer opens up about the devastating impact that the assault had on her life, and says she feels let down by ITV.The incident took place in 2012, after the contestants enjoyed a night out together to celebrate Rylan Clark's 25th birthday.

British former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan has revealed that she was a victim of rape during her time on the show in 2012.