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Demi Lovato Reveals She Was Sexually Assaulted By Her Drug Dealer And ‘Left For Dead’
“I didn’t just overdose. I was taken advantage of”
Demi Lovato has publicly opened up about her mental health struggles, eating disorders, and bipolar disorder, notably after recovering from an overdose in 2018. Now, Lovato has revealed that she was sexually assaulted the same night of that overdose in a new docu-series about her life.
Demi Lovato reveals she was sexually assaulted the same night of her 2018 overdose in a new docu-series about her life.
In Demi Lovato: Dancing With The Devil: a four-part series premiered at the SXSW film, Lovato claims she was taken advantage of by a drug dealer who allegedly gave her heroin laced with fentanyl. The drug dealer’s name remains anonymous as Lovato claims she was left for dead.
In the Dancing With The Devil series, Lovato claims she was taken advantage of by a drug dealer who allegedly gave her heroin laced with fentanyl.
The drug dealer’s name remains anonymous as Lovato claims she was also left for dead.
“I didn’t just overdose. I was taken advantage of. When they found me, I was naked, blue. I was left for dead after he took advantage of me. When I woke up in the hospital, they asked if we had had consensual sex.” Lovato said.
“I didn’t just overdose. I was taken advantage of. When they found me, I was naked, blue.”
“It wasn’t until a month after the overdose that I realized you weren’t in any state of mind to make a consensual decision.”
She added: “There was one flash that I had of him on top of me. I saw that flash and said, YES. It wasn’t until a month after the overdose that I realized you weren’t in any state of mind to make a consensual decision.”
Demi Lovato has over the years publicly spoken about her mental health struggles, bipolar and eating disorders.
As a result of the overdose, Lovato dealt with three strokes that resulted in pneumonia, organ failure, vision problems, and a heart attack.
As a result of the overdose, Lovato dealt with three strokes that resulted in pneumonia, organ failure, vision problems, and even a heart attack. The singer went on to recount a similar incident of rape when she was 15. “When I was a teenager, I was in a very similar situation. I lost my virginity in rape. I beat myself up for years, which is also why I had a hard time coming to terms with the fact that it was rape when it happened.”
In the documentary, the singer went on to recount a similar incident of rape when she was 15.
“When I was a teenager, I was in a very similar situation. I lost my virginity in rape.”
“We are hooking up, but I said, hey, this is not going any further. I’m a virgin, and I don’t want to lose it this way. And that didn’t matter to them, they did it anyways, and I internalized it, and I told myself it was my fault because I still went in the room with him. I still hooked up with him.”
“I beat myself up for years, which is also why I had a hard time coming to terms with the fact that it was rape when it happened”
In part, Lovato spoke about the incidents that led to her 2018 overdose.
In another part of the documentary, Lovato spoke about the incidents that led to her 2018 overdose. She revealed she had relapsed after 6years of sobriety three months prior and instantly began using hard drugs. However, Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil will officially be released on YouTube on March 23rd.
She had relapsed after 6years of sobriety three months prior and instantly began using hard drugs.
Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil will officially be released on YouTube on March 23rd.
