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Brooke Shields -

Shields endured a lot of criticism in the late '70s and early '80s for playing sexualized roles as a child. She described the impact growing up in the spotlight had on her in a 2023 documentary, 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.' She also revealed that she was sexually assaulted as a young woman by a Hollywood producer.

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Oprah Winfrey -

During an episode of the 'Oprah Winfrey Show' in 1986, the talk show host revealed that between the ages of nine and 14 she was molested by her cousin, uncle, and a family friend.

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Mena Suvari -

The 'American Beauty' star revealed in her 2021 memoir, 'The Great Peace,' that she was sexually assaulted by a friend of her older brother when she was 12. "I never was all right again," Suvari wrote. 

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Simone Biles -

Biles was one of more than 150 athletes who came forward in 2018 to speak out against Larry Nassar, the team doctor for the US women's national gymnastics team. Nassar had been sexually abusing gymnasts under the guise of medical treatment for more than a decade.

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Madonna -

During an interview with Howard Stern, the Queen of Pop reveled that she was raped by a stranger when she was 19. She was ashamed after the incident occurred and never reported it.

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Tyler Perry -

In a revealing interview with Oprah in 2010, the actor and filmmaker told the world he was abused as a child by several adults in his life. He reveled that he was raped by the mother of a childhood friend, who held him hostage in her house until he gave in to her sexual advances. He often credits his faith in God as what gave him the strength to move forward.

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Fran Drescher -

In 1985, Fran Drescher and a friend were robbed and raped in Drescher's home. Her husband at the time, Peter Jacobson, was attacked, tied up, and forced to watch the incident.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -

During an Instagram live stream, the Democratic congresswoman revealed that she's a survivor of sexual assault. She described her terrifying experience during the insurrection at the Capitol, and opened up about her trauma as it reminded her of some Republican politicians' efforts to make everyone "move on."

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Mary J. Blige -

When she was growing up, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was sexually harassed and abused from the age of five into adulthood. The singer has admitted that this made her turn to drugs and alcohol. Blige told the Hollywood Reporter that music helped her "fly away" from all the negative situations in her life.

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Jena Malone -

In early 2023, the actress took to Instagram to share that she was sexually assaulted while filming the 2015 movie 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' in France. Malone wrote that the unnamed perpetrator was "someone I had worked with," and lamented that the wonderful experience of making that movie is forever tied to such a traumatic event. "I’ve worked very hard to heal and learn [through] restorative justice, how to make peace with the person who violated me and make peace with myself."

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Viola Davis -

The Academy Award–winning actress opened up at the Rape Foundation’s annual brunch. "Myself, my mother, my sisters, my friend Rebecca, my friend from childhood, we all have one thing in common: We are all survivors of sexual assault in some way, shape, or form," she said.

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Brendan Fraser -

In a 2018 GQ story, the Oscar-winning actor Brendan Fraser recalled a 2003 incident in which he alleges he was groped by Philip Berk, the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. "I felt ill. I felt like a little kid. I felt like there was a ball in my throat. I thought I was going to cry," Fraser said. 

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Alyssa Milano -

Credited with boosting the #MeToo movement in 2017, Alyssa Milano was sexually assaulted as a teen. Thirty years later, Milano wrote about her story in Vox.

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Queen Latifah -

In a 2009 interview with Essence magazine, the rapper and actress revealed that she was molested by a babysitter when she was five years old.

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Paris Hilton -

While talking to Glamour UK in 2023, Paris Hilton revealed that she was drugged and raped at 15. She also discussed a terrifying encounter with a high school teacher and a frightening run-in with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.

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Carlos Santana -

The Grammy Award-winning guitarist revealed that between the ages of 12 and 14 he was molested "almost every other day" by an American man who helped him cross the border from Tijuana, Mexico. In 2023, Santana opened up to People, explaining that he eventually found forgiveness. 

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Amy Schumer -

While promoting her book, 'The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo,' in 2016, Amy Schumer revealed that an-ex boyfriend raped her while she was sleeping. 

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Missy Elliot -

The rapper was sexually abused at only eight years old by her 16-year-old cousin. 
She revealed the details of the traumatic event during an interview on VH1's show 'Behind the Music.'

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Evan Rachel Wood -

In February 2018, Wood testified about the multiple sexual assaults she survived before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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Ashley Judd -

At the Women in the World Summit in 2019, the actress described herself as "a three-time rape survivor." She even discussed the incidents in her 2011 memoir 'All That Is Bitter and Sweet.'

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Jane Fonda -

In 2017, Jane Fonda revealed she was sexually assaulted as a child. "I've been raped, I've been sexually abused as a child, and I've been fired because I wouldn’t sleep with my boss," she said. "I always thought it was my fault; that I didn’t do or say the right thing."

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Kesha -

The singer bravely stood up for herself in 2014, when she sued producer Dr. Luke, who allegedly drugged and raped her while she was under his employ. She has since spoken up for other artists who have experienced similar situations. 

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Gabrielle Union -

In 1992, actress Gabrielle Union was raped at gunpoint while she was working at a shoe store. She was 19 years old at the time. In 2022, Union reflected on the incident on Instagram, writing, "As a rape survivor, I have battled PTSD for 30 years. Living with anxiety and panic attacks all these years has never been easy. There’s times the anxiety is so bad it shrinks my life."

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Lena Dunham -

Lena Dunham shared her story of sexual assault in her book, 'Not That Kind of Girl' (2014). "Like so many women who have been sexually assaulted, I did not report the incident to my college or to the police. … I was afraid that no one would believe me," she told BuzzFeed.

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Lady Gaga -

In 2014, Lady Gaga revealed to radio host Howard Stern that she had been raped by a record producer 20 years her senior when she was 19 years old. Her single 'Swine' is about the incident. 

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Terry Crews -

In 2017, the actor tweeted that an executive at a Hollywood event groped his privates in front of his wife. "This whole thing with Harvey Weinstein is giving me PTSD. Why? Because this kind of thing happened to ME," he wrote. 

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Teri Hatcher -

The former 'Desperate Housewives' actress was raped by her uncle at the age of five. She testified against him in 2002, and he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

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Rose McGowan -

One of the first women to speak publicly about Weinstein was the actress Rose McGowan. She revealed that the producer assaulted her in 1997, during the Sundance Film Festival. 

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Jessica Simpson -

Jessica Simpson revealed in her 2020 memoir, 'Open Book,' that she was sexually abused at the age of six at a family friend's house. "I wanted to tell my parents. I was the victim, but somehow I felt in the wrong," she wrote.

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Rosie O’Donnell -

The former View host claimed in the book 'Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View' (2019) that her father, Edward O’Donnell, sexually abused her when she was a child. 

Sources: (Us Weekly) (People) (BuzzFeed) (Marie Claire) (She Knows)

See also: Celebrities accused of sexual misconduct

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