Poldark star Ciara Charteris says she was raped by a friend five years ago. The actress, 25, said the alleged attack took place in 2015 and the man was never charged.
Writing in a blog post, Ciara, who played Emma Tregirls in Poldark, said: "Although I have struggled to say the word rape out loud for a long time, I knew that’s what had happened. "Despite saying no numerous times, begging him to get off me, trying to physically pull him off, my flight mode was not attuned to protect me from a rapist that had the face of my best friend. "So I just shut my eyes and passed out in terrified defeat.
Only waking later to clean myself up and try and find my bottoms." Ciara said she did not report the incident until December last year.
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