POLDARK star Ciara Charteris has bravely revealed she was raped by a close friend five years ago. The actress opened up about the trauma in an online post, which she said took place on a friend's birthday night out in 2015.
Ciara, 25, who played Emma Tregirls in Poldark, added that the man was never charged over the alleged incident. She wrote: "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.
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