Rose McGowan diz que foi abusada sexualmente pelo realizador Alexander Payne quando tinha 15 anos

A atriz, agora com 46 anos, relata o que aconteceu e diz-se "triste".

Rose McGowan usou as redes sociais para acusar o realizador Alexander Payne de violação. A atriz, agora com 46 anos, conta que tudo terá acontecido quando tinha 15. O cineasta teria 28.

“Mostraste-me um filme softcore em que tinhas trabalhado. Ainda me lembro do teu apartamento em Silverlake. És bem-dotado. Depois deixaste-me numa esquina. Eu tinha 15 anos”, diz numa publicação feita no Twitter.

Mais tarde, Rose McGowan usou novamente as redes sociais para esclarecer que não pretende terminar com a carreira do realizador. “Só quero que reconheças e que peças desculpas. Não quero destruir-te”.

Numa nova publicação no Instagram, a atriz diz que o episódio lhe deixou marcas. A atriz conta que na altura não percebeu que tinha sido aliciada a fazer algo que não queria. “Sinto-me mal por atirar uma bomba na direção da vida e da carreira de alguém, mas julgo que isso é condicionamento social. Estou mais triste que zangada. Triste pelo meu eu de 15 anos. Triste pela adulta que ainda acreditava que foi uma escolha que fiz. Quero que saibam que não é culpa vossa se vos aliciaram”, diz, como alerta aos fãs e seguidores.

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Last night I dropped a bomb of truth. For years I had thought a man I had sexual relations with was a a sexual experience I had. I now know I was groomed. I auditioned for him at 15. After my experience with him, I quit acting entirely until I was ‘discovered’ at 21. When that happened, I was like, fuck it, let’s do this. I even tweeted a congratulations on his Oscar win in 2012, that’s how deep in the Cult of Hollywood I was. It wasn’t until three weeks after the Weinstein story broke that I re-evaluated the situation. I feel badly about throwing a bomb into someone’s life and career, but I guess that’s social conditioning. I’m more sad than angry. Sad for 15 year-old me. Sad for the adult me that still thought it was a choice I made. Grooming is real. I want you all to know that it’s not your fault if you were mentally massaged into thinking it’s okay. It is not. I know this now. I would even go up to this director at events and ask him, with a smile, “remember when you had sex with me at 15?” And I would laugh it off. That is deep societal programming. If you are out there trying to have sex with an underage minor, you are committing a crime, even if the minor doesn’t know it. I was attracted to him, so I thought it was on me, but that’s not correct. I was not an adult. When it happened, I’d recently been left behind in Hollywood by a family member to fend for myself. The wolves preyed. Please recognize that if this has happened to you, the shame is not yours, it’s theirs. Give it back. Groomers are skilled operators and at 15, I was not aware of the warning signs. I named him on Twitter, but since Instagram is my softer side, I just don’t want his name here. Goddess bless us all, except for those that abuse their power. Here’s to freedom, yours and mine.

A post shared by Rose McGowan (@rosemcgowan) on Aug 17, 2020 at 1:56pm PDT

Alexamder Payne conquistou dois Óscares pelos filmes “Os Descendentes” (2011) e “Sideways” (2004).

Rose McGowan é uma das criadores do movimento #metoo. Foi das primeiras estrelas a acusar publicamente o produtor Harvey Weinstein de abuso sexual.