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24 year-old Farrah Abraham, who became a reality personality after appearing on MTV‘s ’16 and Pregnant’ and ‘Teen Mom’, has become the eighth woman to allege that porn star James Deen raped her.
In a detailed interview with Daily Mail, Abraham says that the porn star – who she dated and released a sex tape with – raped, drugged and abused her. Her statement also includes descriptions of Deen being ‘pushy and manipulative’ during the several months that they dated in 2013.
The reality star said that she met James Deen (whose real name is Bryan Sevilla) through a previous manager and friend, who she did not name.
‘James was so kind and so nice at first. I’m very specific about the guys I don’t like and what I’m not okay with. I don’t like people who smoke and have tattoos. He acted like he didn’t smoke for a while but about the third time we hung out, he was smoking, acting more like his real self. He was putting on a show for me.’
She also elaborated on the pushiness and manipulation she felt early on with Deen. However, she says she brushed it off, and their relationship went ahead.
‘There’s one thing I’ll never forget. He picked me up at a hotel when I was staying and I was like, “Can you come to my room because I can’t get my dress shut.” It zipped in the back and I couldn’t reach it. He said, “Yeah sure.”I’m not one to fuck the first time or second time, it really takes me a while to have sex with someone.
‘But he came in the room and he thought I wanted him to fuck me. He was trying to take off my dress rather than zip up my dress. Because of that weird altercation with him, I said “we need to leave and get out of here”.I had to push him out of my hotel room because he was so pushy. That stuck in my mind, like wow, he must really be pushy with other women. He tried to have sex with me on every occasion that we hung out. He was being so pushy and that didn’t come across too well.’
In 2014, Abraham told In Touch Magazine that she was a survivor of sexual assault and rape, but never named the person in question at the time.
‘I was drugged and raped more than once. I allowed the [wrong] type of people into my life,’ she said.
In the latest interview, Abraham was asked directly by Daily Mail, ‘Did James Deen rape you?’.
‘From my intensive therapy, yes. Under my doctor and everything that I’ve been through, that is what has gone on.’
She said that he left physical and emotional scars, that resulted in her needing years of intensive therapy.
‘I had some bruises. I feel like he’s not aware of how his grips will be, how things will be, and other women have voiced this already. I’m lucky I didn’t date him for a long period of time and I’m lucky that I didn’t let him physically beat me because I’m sure that’s what they [other women] had to deal with.Deen said at that time he didn’t do drink or drugs. But clearly I was drugged, and my legal staff and my therapist know that. I don’t know if he just drugged women to take advantage of them or what was going on.James Deen raped me for his benefit of fame. He conspired against me with others that I thought were my friends at the time and that was very hurtful. He conspired what he did with me, this is the truth.The rape victims coming forward are telling the truth as well. They would have no reason to be lying or defamatory in what they’re saying. I’m thankful that I have separated myself and gotten beyond how horrible, evil, abusive and a rapist James Deen is.’
Abraham‘s account is more in-depth that any of the seven previous claims, and is obviously extremely harrowing reading.
We’ll update this story as more details emerge.
