Baby Reindeer's Richard Gadd reveals rape by older man was a "waking nightmare"

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd has revealed the “devastating” effects a sexual assault ordeal had on him - and how he managed to recover and achieve Golden Globes glory.

The star, 35, from Fife, says he was groomed by a powerful theatre director, who has yet to be identified, affecting his self-worth and plunging him into depression.He says the predator filled him “with confidence” before he was repeatedly sexually assaulted.

The experience forms a pivotal part of the hit Netflix series Gadd wrote and starred in. Gadd, who was abusing drugs and alcohol at the time of the attacks, said: “I just couldn’t believe that it happened and with someone I trusted.

Also, how could I be so stupid was part of it as well.“If you’re lacking in self confidence that’s easier.“I think you go through a process of denial or minimising it and a process of just trying not to think about it.