UFC star Paige VanZant has opened up for the first time about being sexually assaulted in high school at the age of 14.
The American, 24, wrote about the traumatic ordeal in graphic detail in her new book ‘Rise: Surviving the Fight of My Life’.
VanZant wrote in the book that a group of boys got her drunk at a party and several of them then raped her when she could not defend herself.
She wrote: “They move me around. They change my position.
“I fail each time I try to resist, my limbs like wet cement on my body, my brain a heavy fog.
“I am awake and conscious, but my body feels dead.
“I know what is happening but can do nothing to stop it.
“I have no voice or choice but to submit and pray that it ends soon.”
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VanZant revealed that she only recently spoke to her parents about being sexually assaulted.
She added: “I didn’t have anywhere to run to. I didn’t have anywhere to turn to.
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“I felt like I was a smart girl. My parents raised me well.
“They raised me to know better and to have some intuition.
“It all went out the window because I was so lonely.
“I was in so much pain, I just… all I could think about, ‘Wow, I have somebody who wants to be my friend.”
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