Mariska Hargitay Talks About Being Raped in an Emotional Essay
Law and order: SVU fame Mariska Hargitay shares her sexual assault trauma in a personal essay published by People. The 60-year-old actor shares the trauma and pain she had to endure for a long time after a former male friend raped her in her 30s. Talking about her experience, Hargitay shared how she tried to maintain boundaries with the man before he assaulted her. She described herself as entering freeze mode. Hargitay also revealed that the assault was less sexual; it was more of a dominating nature.
She was unable to overcome the incident for some time, ...