SOPHIE Ellis-Bextor has claimed she was raped as a teenager by a 29-year-old musician. The Murder on the Dancefloor singer told him "no" and "I don't want to" - but lost her virginity to the guitarist after going to his flat.
Speaking out for the first time about what happened, the singer shares an extract from her new book with the Mail on Sunday that she wants her voice to be heard 25 years on from the harrowing incident.
After meeting at a gig, the unnamed musician asked A-level history student Sophie to go back to his flat to see his study books.
Describing what happened next, Sophie said: "Jim and I started kissing and before I knew it we were on his bed and he took off my knickers. "I heard myself saying ‘No’ and ‘I don’t want to’,.
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