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Former X Factor star Lucy Spraggan has revealed she was raped by a hotel porter while competing on the ITV talent show in 2012.
The singer said the attack took place after a night out celebrating fellow contestant Rylan Clark’s birthday at a Mayfair nightclub, which was attended by members of the X Factor production team. She told the Guardian she felt let down by ITV and the production team who were 'unprepared' to deal with what had happened.
The 31-year-old, who lives in Manchester and was raised in Buxton, said: "It was inappropriate for anybody – including contestants – to be drunk. How can you fulfil your duty of care when free alcohol is involved?"
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ITV said the broadcaster had the 'deepest compassion for Lucy' while a spokesperson for Fremantle, the British TV company that produced The X Factor for ITV under its Thames TV entertainment arm, said they were 'extremely sorry for everything Lucy has suffered'.
Detailing the rape in her new memoir, Process: Finding My Way Through, Lucy - who was 20 at the time - said she fell unconscious and was escorted back to the hotel by a member of the production team, where a porter offered to help get her to her room. However, he later used a 'traceable keycard' to enter the room and attack her, she said.
"I woke up the next day with this sense of sheer dread. I don’t think I’ve ever felt that level of confusion since.
"I knew that I’d been raped, but I could not process that. So I put my clothes on and went into autopilot."
Although the production team called the police and an arrest was quickly made, Lucy said she believed they were 'unprepared' to deal with what had happened. She received
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X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan revealing that she was raped while taking part in the show.The musician came forward with her story earlier this week, and revealed that she was sexually assaulted by a hotel porter in 2012.The singer-songwriter – who was aged 20 at the time – was celebrating fellow contestant Rylan Clark’s birthday in Mayfair, as ITV reported.At the party, she fell unconscious and was 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.The porter was arrested after sufficient evidence was gathered, and subsequently imprisoned for 10 years (via The Mirror).
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.
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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.
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.
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