Rose McGowan is
ready "for some goddamned honesty in this world."
The 43-year-old
actress took to Twitter on Thursday to drop a bombshell amid an
ongoing
national dialogue regarding rape culture and consent, spurred by the continuing allegations of
inappropriate sexual behavior and comments by Republican presidential candidate
Donald Trump. While McGowan has been active in promoting the
#WomenCanStopTrump movement in recent days, she also made a point to call out
her Hollywood colleagues specifically.
Contributing to the
#WhyWomenDontReport hashtag, McGowan wrote: "Because my ex sold our movie
to my rapist for distribution," "Because it's been an open secret in
Hollywood/Media and they shamed me while adulating my rapist," and "A
(female) criminal attorney said because I'd done a sex scene in a film I would
never win against the studio head."
It is time for some goddamned honesty in this world.
��� rose mcgowan
(@rosemcgowan) October 14, 2016
Because my ex sold our movie to my rapist for distribution #WhyWomenDontReport
��� rose mcgowan
(@rosemcgowan) October 14, 2016
because it's been an open secret in Hollywood/Media & they shamed me
while adulating my rapist. #WhyWomenDontReport
��� rose mcgowan
(@rosemcgowan) October 14, 2016
a (female) criminal attorney said because I'd done a sex scene in a film I
would never win against the studio head. #WhyWomenDontReport
��� rose mcgowan
(@rosemcgowan)
This isn't the first
time McGowan has spoken publicly about being a survivor of sexual assault. In
August, she reportedly shared an original poem about her experience at a
Brooklyn event protesting convicted sex offender Brock Turner's six-month jail
sentence.
In the aftermath of
a leaked 2005 conversation with then-Access Hollywood-host Billy Bush, where
Trump disparaged women, including ET's Nancy O'Dell, and bragged about being
able to commit sexual assault, several new recordings have come to light. A number
of accusers have also come forward with allegations about Trump's conduct that
call into question his attitude towards women.
This includes two
women who came forward in a New York Times interview accusing Trump of touching
them inappropriately in the past -- Trump has denied these claims -- as well as
"Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Richard Hatch's allegation to
People that during his time on the show in 2011, Trump would make "sexual
comments ... to all the women on the Apprentice, including Marlee Matlin, and
Lisa Rinna."
Trump's campaign
dismissed Hatch's allegations as "completely false" to People, and
the candidate has repeatedly defended his 2005 "Access Hollywood"
remarks as "locker room" talk, maintaining to Anderson Cooper in
Sunday night's second presidential debate that he'd never touched women
inappropriately.
Trump has also been
accused of forcing himself on People magazine reporter Natasha Stoynoff, who
penned a personal essay on Wednesday evening about an alleged incident in
December 2005. Stoynoff claims that while interviewing the Trump family at
Mar-a-Lago, the real estate mogul cornered her alone in a room "forcing
his tongue down my throat" while his pregnant wife, Melania, was changing
upstairs. The longtime journalist also asserted that Trump whispered to her,
"You know we're going to have an affair, don't you?" She says that
she told a co-worker about the incident at the time, but ultimately decided not
to bring it up to her managing editor.
Trump's spokeswoman
denied the People essay, saying, "This never happened. There is no merit
or veracity to this fabricated story."
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