SINGER SOPHIE: I WAS RAPED AT 17

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SOPHIE Ellis- Bextor has revealed she was raped by a 29-year- old man at the age of 17.

The singer says she felt “ashamed” and “stupid” after the musician had sex with her despite her telling him no.

Sophie, daughter of Blue Peter’s Janet Ellis and TV producer Robin Bextor, was studying A Level History at the time, and says he invited her home after they met at a gig and gave her a history book before the pair started kissing.

“Before I knew it we were on his bed and he took off my knickers,” she says. “I heard myself saying ‘No’ and ‘I don’t wantto’,butitdidn’tmakeany difference.

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