Welsh singer Duffy has bravely shared details of her kidnapping, saying she was drugged and raped by an unnamed perpetrator.
In February, the Mercy singer first spoke out about the horrific experience, explaining why it led her to take a step back from her music career.
Today in a post shared on “Duffy Words,” the singer, 35, opened up about the weeks-long ordeal by sharing a link on her Instagram.
Duffy recalled being abducted and taken to a foreign country after she was drugged during a birthday dinner.
She wrote: “It was my birthday, I was drugged at a restaurant, I was drugged then for four weeks and travelled to a foreign country. I can’t remember getting on the plane and came round in the back of a travelling vehicle.
“I was put into a hotel room and the perpetrator returned and raped me.”
She continued: “I remember the pain and trying to stay conscious in the room after it happened.
“I was stuck with him for another day, he didn’t look at me, I was to walk behind him, I was somewhat conscious and withdrawn. I could have been disposed of by him.”
Duffy has shared details of the harrowing ordeal in a statement shared via her Instagram (Image: duffy/Instagram)
In her own words, Duffy recalled contemplating running away while the perpetrator slept, but was afraid the police would track her down as a missing person.
She continued: “I do not know how I had the strength to endure those days, I did feel the presence of something that helped me stay alive. I flew back with him, I stayed calm and as normal as someone could in a situation like that, and when I got home, I sat, dazed, like a zombie.
“I knew my life was in immediate danger, he made veiled confessions of wanting to kill me. With what little strength I had, my instinct was to then run, to run and find somewhere to live that he could not find.
Duffy described the ordeal, which began after her birthday several years ago (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
“The perpetrator drugged me in my own home in the four weeks, I do not know if he raped me there during that time, I only remember coming round in the car in the foreign country and the escape that would happen by me fleeing in the days following that.
“I do not know why I was not drugged overseas; it leads me to think I was given a class A drug and he could not travel with it.”
Duffy, whose real name is Aimee Anne Duffy, shot to fame in 2008 with her single Mercy.
Duffy’s 2008 hit “Mercy” topped the charts for weeks, with her album Rockferry becoming the biggest selling album of the year (Image: Geoff Robinson / SplashNews.com)
Her number one album Rockferry sold millions of copies worldwide, however, she has not released any solo music since 2010.
Explaining her decision to step away from the spotlight, Duffy said in a February statement: “You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain?”
“I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I asked myself, how can I sing from the heart if it is broken? And slowly it unbroke.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
