The 25-year-old actress, who starred as Emma Tregirls in hit show Poldark, wrote about her experience in an open letter on website 'I Am Arla', a support network for survivors of abuse, trauma and discrimination.
Ciara Charteris has revealed that she was raped five years ago by a close friend., wrote about her experience in an open letter on website 'I Am Arla', a support network for survivors of abuse, trauma and discrimination.
Describing him as "a close friend, slightly older than me, but I had known him since I was 16," Charteris wrote that the rape happened after a night out to celebrate her best friend's birthday in 2015.She candidly wrote: "Although I have struggled to say the word rape out loud for a long time, I knew that’s what had happened.
Charteris says that "for numerous reasons at the time" she chose not to report her rapist, but confided in her best friend. "She supported me unwaveringly, and after much deliberation, we decided to deal with it by never seeing or speaking to him again," she shares.
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