Shocking: Tulisa has revealed that she was drugged and sexually attacked at the age of 16
Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed she was sexually assaulted after being drugged when she was 16.
Recalling what started as a night out in friends in her new autobiography, the singer revealed how her 'fearless nature' put her in some horrible situations.
The now 24-year-old recalled how she had seen
her friends putting pills in people's drinks and told them that she
didn't want to get involved on the night the alleged attack took place.
In the book Honest: My Story So Far, which is being serialised by The Sun, Tulisa admits she even lied about having a heart condition in a bid to preventing her drink wouldn't get spiked.
As the evening progressed, she recalls all of a sudden feeling 'abnormally drunk', despite only having a few drinks.
Following a few dizzy spells, the Camden-born singer soon lost her footing and was escorted out of the club for fresh air.
Still
haunting to talk about, Tulisa remembered: 'The next thing I remembered
was waking up. lying in the back of a cab and seeing the street lights
whizzing past me through the windows. I felt completely out of it, and I
blacked out again.'
The next time the Young singer came around, she was in a strange bedroom.
Then... Tulisa rose to fame alongside cousin Dappy and Fazer as a member of N-Dubz
Now... The 24-year-old revealed that she never reported the attack to the police
And worse still, in regaining
consciousness to her horror she found that her friend was having
non-consensual sex with her before passing out again.
'I
couldn't even move, let alone get up or speak, and once again I just
blacked out. When I finally woke up in the morning I found myself in a
strange house'.
Honest: My Story So Far is out on Thursday
In the morning as Tulisa tried to come
to terms with what the person she had considered a 'friend' had done,
she found herself greeted with a kind gesture.
The mother of the boy believed that the MOBO award-winner star was her son's girlfriend and offered to make her a cup of tea.
She admitted that she felt 'so embarrassed and ashamed' that she failed to tell the boy's mother what had really happened.
She
continued: 'I went into the bathroom and burst into tears. Then I
pulled myself together, got dressed, and left without saying another
word, crying all the way home.'
Eight
years on and the former N-Dubz star revealed that person who allegedly
attacked her was never brought to justice as she never reported the
crime.
Stating that she has
now 'come to terms' with the ordeal, Tulisa did say that although she
spoke out to friends about what had happened to her, confusion and her
age played a big part in her not being courageous enough to seek police
help or tell her family.
But
ever the fighter, the singer boldly stated that had the attack taken
place now, it would be a very different story given her newfound
personal strength.
Meanwhile,
her father Plato Contostavlos has told how his famous daughter was
bullied over her mother Anne Bryne's mental health problems.
Tulisa
has openly struggle about her difficult childhood as her mother
struggled to deal with being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and
schizoaffective disorder.
Plato told the Sunday Mirror: 'My daughter was horribly bullied. It was awful. Children would scream, "Your mum’s a loony".
'Tulisa was about five years old when it first started. She would come home crying all the time.'
Plato told his daughter to stand up to the taunts, leading on to the feisty X Factor judge we know today.
He
said: 'She went through a lot, that’s why she has become who she is, it
made her the success she is. It’s incredible that she has achieved what
she has considering everything. Her childhood was unbelievably tough.'
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