Paris Hilton has revealed how being raped at 15 has left her with lifelong trauma after having her drink spiked at a California mall. The former reality star-turned-businesswoman shared the graphic details in her recent interview with Glamour magazine as she embarks on a promo run for her upcoming book, “Paris: The Memoir.”
The 42-year-old gets candid about the scary encounter, recalling how she had been living with her grandmother out in Palm Springs at the time but frequently traveled to Los Angeles to visit her friends.
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Their usual hangout spot was at the Westfield Century City shopping center, and even though Hilton admitted that it wasn’t uncommon for older guys to approach them. Given that she was just 15, the heiress says on one occasion, she was offered “berry wine coolers” by one of the men who had come up to her, but she also remembered him being very forceful in trying to get her to, at the very least, take a sip.
“When I had maybe one or two sips, I just immediately started feeling dizzy and woozy. ‘I don’t know what he put in there; I’m assuming it was a roofie [Rohypnol].”
Hilton says she later found herself with the man on top of her as he sexually assaulted her. But the effects of whatever had been put in her drink made it hard for her to even defend herself. “I remembered it. I have visions of him on top of me, covering my mouth, being like, ‘You’re dreaming, you’re dreaming,’ and whispering that in my ear.” Hilton admitted that the nightmare of an experience left her feeling ashamed.
The upcoming release of her memoir comes three years after Hilton shared the heartbreaking experience she endured while attending the Provo Canyon boarding school in the ’90s. During her almost one-year stay, the “Simple Life” star said in her YouTube documentary, “This Is Paris.” She suffered from physical and emotional abuse as she described the educational institution as a prison.
“It was supposed to be a school, but [classes] were not the focus at all,” Hilton told PEOPLE while promoting the YouTube doc. “From the moment I woke up until I went to bed, it was all day screaming in my face, yelling at me, continuous torture.”
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“The staff would say terrible things. They were constantly making me feel bad about myself and bully me. I think it was their goal to break us down.
“And they were physically abusive, hitting and strangling us. They wanted to instill fear in the kids so we’d be too scared to disobey them.”
“Paris: The Memoir” drops March 2.