Alanis alleges statutory rape by multiple men

In news that has shocked fans, singer Alanis Morissette has claimed in a new documentary that she was raped my multiple men when she was 15 years old.

The news was first reported by the Washington Post, where the Ironic singer makes multiple allegations of statutory rape, revealing the incident happened in Canada. However, despite making these allegations in the documentary she corroborated on, Morissette has refused to attend the premiere for unspecified reasons and is also not planning to appear at its Toronto International Film Festival world premiere on Tuesday.

Quoting a source, Washington Post also stated the person was unclear whether Morissette would even engage in any publicity for the film, being produced by HBO.

Directed by the award-winning documentarian Alison Klayman, Jagged follows Morissette’s meteoric rise in the 90s, largely speared by her landmark album Jagged Little Pill (1995). More than halfway through the film, Morissette speaks out about being sexually abused in the early years of her career. “It took me years in therapy to even admit there had been any kind of victimisation on my part,” she says in the film. “I would always say I was consenting, and then I’d be reminded like ‘Hey, you were 15, you’re not consenting at 15’. Now I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re all paedophiles. It’s all statutory rape.”