Singer Duffy 'drugged, raped and held captive'

The 35-year-old Welsh star,  Singer Duffy revealed that, she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. The Grammy...

The 35-year-old Welsh star, Singer Duffy revealed that, she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker.

The Grammy award-winning singer, posted on her Instagram account that her "recovery took time".

She wrote to her 33,000 followers: "The truth is, and please trust me I am OK and safe now."

"I was raped and drugged and held captive over some days," she wrote.

Duffy the performer, whose debut album Rockferry went seven times platinum as it went to number one in six countries, won three Brit Awards and a Grammy following her breakthrough.

She won Best British Female, British Breakthrough and Best British Album awards at the Brits, 

"You can only imagine the amount of times I thought about writing this," she wrote on Instagram.

Well, not entirely sure why now is the right time, and what it is that feels exciting and liberating for me to talk.

"I cannot explain it. Many of you wonder what happened to me, where did I disappear to and why. A journalist contacted me, he found a way to reach me and I told him everything this past summer. He was kind and it felt so amazing to finally speak.

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