Brooke Shields

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Brooke Shields claims she was sexually assaulted in her 20s in new ... (Fox News)

Brooke Shields opened up about being sexually assaulted in her 20s in the new documentary "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields." The film premiered at Sundance Film ...

"I had no idea I was going to say it." There was backlash over Shields' Calvin Klein jeans campaign, her role as a child prostitute at the age of 11 and the sex scene she filmed for "Endless Love" at the age of 16. "That's my little sister and I wanted her to know she didn't do anything wrong." I'm hoping to be that type of an advocate," she added. "I thought it was a work meeting," Shields explained in the documentary, via USA Today. "It has taken me many years of therapy to even be able to talk about it. And God knows I knew how to be dissociated from my body. "I did not know if or when or if at all I was ever going to bring this up," she told The Hollywood Reporter. "I just shut it out. Her documentary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday. I played the scene out in my head, so I didn't fight that much. ... I just absolutely froze.

Sundance movie review: 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields' makes ... (UPI.com)

The docuseries "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields" is an informative and emotional look at the subject's life which illustrates social pressures the media put on ...

Shields went public about postpartum depression in her book Down Came the Rain and shares details of the surprisingly violent thoughts she had. The cameras capture an illuminating conversation between Shields and her daughters that suggest moving these issues forward with healthier ideals, but they're still a work in progress. Brooke Shields is certainly an interesting enough figure to warrant a detailed biographical documentary. Read more of his work in She saw infertility as something she had to fix, and postpartum depression blindsided her. The docuseries also shows the work it takes to undo that conditioning as an adult. He has been a professional film critic since 1999, a Rotten Tomatoes critic since 2001 and a member of the Television Critics Association since 2012. Those cultural analysts point out that when Shields first began to model as a child in the '70s, beauty standards were shifting from voluptuous adults to sexualizing youthful girls. Brooke recognized how she was pressured to be mature and then punished for it. The publisher wanted legwarmers and diet tips. Shields doesn't do it alone. The documentary makes the valid point that Shields and her mother, Teri, drew criticism for allowing Shields to appear in the film.

Brooke Shields says in new documentary that she was sexually ... (ABC News)

Actress Brooke Shields opens up in her new two-part documentary "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields" on a time in her early 20s when she says she was sexually ...

Shields said at the documentary's premiere over the weekend that she hopes opening up on her own story can touch others. And I go up to the hotel room, and he disappears for awhile," she recounted. I was afraid I would get choked out or something, I didn't know," she said in the documentary. And I’ve come to a place, and we’ve come to a time in our society, where we can talk about these things much more openly." "But I’ve done so much of the hard work that nothing was too difficult for me." "He said, 'Come back to the hotel and I'll call a cab…

Brooke Shields Describes Rape at Hollywood Meeting Early in ... (Decider)

Brooke Shields reveals she was raped by an unnamed man early in her career in the new documentary Pretty Baby, which premiered at Sundance and will stream ...

“I wanted to erase the whole thing from my mind and body, and just keep on the path that I was on, she said. “The system had never once come to help me, so I just had to get stronger on my own.” I cried all the way to my friend’s apartment.” When her friend told her she had just been raped, she says she responded, “I’m not willing to believe that.” I played the scene out in my head—the run away, the pull back, and the beat the shit out of. “She was crying,” De Becker tells the camera firmly, speaking about the sexual assault incident as it was described to him. “I don’t want to go over to the phone, because it’s not my phone. I had met this person before and he was always nice to me.” Shields continued, “I just shut it out. “We had dinner, and I thought it was a work meeting. I was afraid I would get choked out or something. It soon became clear that the man was not interested in talking about the film, or in Shields’s professional career. But, she says, what happened instead was that she was lured to this man’s hotel room and forced to have sex with him against her will.

Brooke Shields shares account of rape for first time in new ... (nj.com)

The sexualization of Shields as a child model and actor was a very public affair. But until the documentary — produced by Alexandra Wentworth and her husband ...

In the film, which premiered Friday at the Sundance Film Festival, Shields says she was raped earlier in her career. [Brooke Shields](https://www.instagram.com/brookeshields/) tells the story of her sexual assault for the first time in the new documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.”

Brooke Shields reveals why she spoke out about being raped (The Independent)

'It has taken me years of therapy to even be able to talk about it,' the actor says.

Fearful that the man would be more violent to her if she fought back, Shields said: “I just absolutely froze. She also revealed that she later wrote to her attacker, who she did not name, but he dismissed the assault. She recalled that she was struggling to find work at the time and had met with a man for dinner to talk about her career. The man then “came out naked” and went “right on” her. “I’m hoping to be that type of an advocate.” I had no idea I was going to say it.”

Brooke Shields raped in her early 20s but kept attack secret for ... (Castanet.net)

Along with sharing Brooke's story, the film delves into the abuse of young and vulnerable people in Hollywood. The child star – whose earliest roles included ...

But Brooke said she responded she was not “willing to believe that.” I just absolutely froze. Brooke added she got in a taxi after the rape and cried all the way back to her friend’s apartment. I didn’t. Brooke added she picked up a pair of binoculars in the room and was using them to watch some volleyball players out of the window when the man returned naked and launched his assault. She recalled about going to his room after the meal: “I go up to the hotel room, and he disappears for a while.”