Top 10 Celebrities Who Were ABUSED!

Domestic violence is something that exists in our society and  unfortunately still going strong! Rape, child abuse, molestation is a major cause for concern and if you think it is the average woman who gets victimized, you are wrong! This is not just an issue limited to the masses, even celebs’ life is not that rosy. From film-stars to beauty queens to TV actresses, no section of the glamour world has been spared from its clutches. Quite a few celebrities have recently opened up about their horrific experiences to reveal their haunting tales.

1. Kalki Koechlin - In an interview to news channel, NDTV, Kalki revealed that she was sexually abused as a child. She further added that she didn't want to declare to the world about this specific event in her life as it just becomes a "shocking headline" but somebody "who has gone through CSA (child sexual abuse) is not a headline." She also said "For me, it's not a one day headline, it's something that's a reality I have lived with for a long time".
2.  Nikita Gokhale  - Model-cum- actress Nikita Gokhale shocked everyone when she revealed that she was sexually abused by her teacher when she was in ninth standard. A Sanchar Express report says that that one of her tuition teacher made attempts to hold her body parts and capture her photographs through his mobile camera. She also told the publication on how the teacher took pictures of her assets and then blackmailed her.
3. Zeenat Aman - A former model, beauty queen and  successful actress, Zeenat’s married life and her relationship both were unfortunately far away from being perfect. In the 80s Zeenat's relationship with already married Sanjay Khan faded on a terrible note. There were reports in the print that Sanjay brutally bashed up Zeenat in front of his wife in hotel Taj. He thrashed her so much that Zeenat got a permanent scar on her eye. After this incident, She went into the state of shock and had to be injected with anti-depressants three times a day. She then got married to Mazhar Khan. Unfortunately the actress was physically battered in this relationship also.
4. Paridhi Sharma – Zee TV’s show Jodha Akbar's lead actress Paridhi Sharma, has accused the show's director, Santaram Verma, of sexually assaulting her. The pretty actress plays the role of Jodha Bai in the serial. According to reports by a leading publication the director of the show has allegedly been sexually harassing her over a period of time.
5. Aishwarya Rai - Aishwarya after the split up with Salman Khan was found saying that she had to endure Salman’s alcoholism and was at the receiving end of his abuses and infidelity. They evenrually broke up when Salman indirectly confessed to her that he was cheating on her. In 2000, Aishwarya's parents also filed a police complaint against Salman Khan for stalking, threatening and trying to forcefully enter Aishwarya’s house.
6. Anoushka Shankar - The daughter of legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar, this famed sitar player admitted last year that she was also a victim of sexual abuse in her childhood. Speaking to the media during the release of a video for global women's rights campaign, she said that she was sexually abused as a child by a family friend. Not only that she also admitted that despite being a celebrity, she also faced other forms of abuse like groping, touching, verbal abuse and other things
7. Madonna - Pop queen Madonna was raped at the start of her career and that too at knife-point. In a candid interview with Harper's Bazaar magazine, the singer had revealed she was sexually abused by a stranger at knife point shortly after arriving in New York City from Michigan to pursue her dreams.
8. Ashley Judd: She is one of the highest-paid actresses of Hollywood. But Ashley Judd was also a victim of sexual abuse in her childhood and youth. She was brutally raped several times during her childhood and youth. In her memoirs, she has revealed how she was lured into an empty building by a stranger who said he was going to give her a quarter for a pinball machine. Then the stranger molested her. Somehow, though she managed to fight the perpetrator off, her family refused to believe her when she told them about the horrible incident. After this she was also raped during her modeling days when a male model allegedly forced her to perform oral sex for him. 
9. Pamela Anderson - She recently revealed that she was molested at the age of six (by a female babysitter), raped when she was 12-year-old (by her friend's 25-year-old brother) and gang-raped in high-school by her boyfriend and his six friends
10.  Rhea Chakraborty - The actress, who made her debut in Bollywood with 'Mere Dad Ki Maruti', was molested recently inside her building premises. The pretty actress has filed a police complaint accusing a man of groping her in the elevator.

  One must salute their guts to be open book. It takes real courage for someone to speak up in public about their ugly past ordeals. We honestly don’t know how many more such horrific cases are about to be unearthed. If Celebs are unsafe, then what about the common citizens… Think about it1