AnnaLynne McCord Assault Revealed; Actress 'Done Staying Quiet,' Urges Victims to Speak Up
AnnaLynne McCord her breaking the silence on being raped at age 18 and surviving the suicidal aftermath this week.
The 26-year-old "Dallas" star offered a first-hand account of the sexual assault published in the July issue of Cosmopolitan magazine in order to urge other women to seek help without suffering in silence. In the article entitled "Why I'm Done Staying Quiet About My Sexual Assault," McCord began by explaining that a friend called in need of somewhere to sleep.
"One night, a guy friend called. He said he needed a good night's sleep for a meeting, as he'd been crashing on someone's couch," the actress penned in Cosmo. "I had known him for some time, so I said to come over and I set him up with a clean towel. We sat on the bed and talked for a while, then I fell asleep."
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Although the "90210" star never identified the man, the actress revealed that she awoke to him violating her, causing shock and fear.
"At first, I felt so disoriented and numb, I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep," she wrote. "I wondered if I had done something to give him the wrong idea. I felt afraid of making him angry. Believe it or not, I didn't want to offend him. I just wanted it to be over."
However, McCord quickly came to her senses as fears of pregnancy and disease and the fact that she had a boyfriend surfaced. After stopping the perpetrator, the actress said she waited for him to leave and wanted to simply pretend it never happened. However, McCord's struggle was only beginning.
"Then one night I did go to a club with friend, and I saw him there," she recalled. "We made eye contact and I felt like throwing up. I turned and ran, sprinting into traffic."
Despite the sexy, confident roles she portrays on television such as in "Nip/Tuck," McCord said she was battling suicidal thoughts and turned to self-harm. The actress went on to recall confronting her attacker only to have him deny it before the incident nearly led to her suicide. Toward the end of the article, McCord offered a strong message to young girls everywhere.
"Most of all, I have my message for women and girls: You have a voice. Don't put yourself in a box. Don't let the polite lies of society silence you. Honestly, I would endure everything all over again- it has lef me to my own revolution," she said.
