Love Island star Megan Barton-Hanson has made a devastating confession that she experienced an act of rape up to six times.
The reality TV personality, who appeared on the fourth series of Love Island in 2018, went on to star in other reality TV shows, including Celebrity Ex on the Beach. The model also makes money from OnlyFans, previously revealing she makes £20,000 and £70,000 a month from the platform.
But behind the scenes, Megan has suffered trauma, after realising what she thought was normal between partners, is actually a form of sexual assault. In a new interview, she has recalled how on up to six occasions, while sleeping with a man, they have claimed the condom has split, which lead her to have an abortion.
Classified as rape, the slang term 'stealthing', is used to describe the non consensual removal of a condom during sex, without informing the other person. But tragically, Megan "didn't know it was a crime" until speaking to Married At First Sight expert Paul C Brunson on the We Need to Talk podcast.
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We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson Podcast)Speaking to the BBC, Megan revealed that she though it was "something between partners" that needs to be discussed with them. She told the outlet: "I'd never heard of stealthing, ever. When we started to have sex, the condom was obviously on - that was fine - and then at the end, he'd removed it intentionally but his excuse was 'it split and it broke'. It was shocking." Megan urged other women to report the rarely prosecuted sex crime, explaining "it's not fair and it's not OK."
In an attempt to clarify the law on the issue, the Metropolitan Police are running a campaign on stealthing, describing it as a "total breach of consent" which can have "life-changing" effects on victims. The Met responded to a report of sexual assault by stealthing, which ended with one man behind bars for four years and three months.
Meanwhile, Megan has recently sparked concern among fans, after posting a photo of herself crying. The model, who has been open about her mental health struggles, recently shared an image of her in a hoody, resting her head on her forearm.
She captioned the post: "Going through it atm. Never post s**t like this but feel like it's important if your having the worst time rn it will get better." Underneath her photo, she put an image of a pickle, with the message: "Remind yourself everyday that you're a sexy little pickle, with a juicy little booty and you're gonna be just fine baby."
On the same post, Megan shared another message, explaining why she had posted her photo, which left fans worried for her. She wrote: "My ego is going to regret this one as soon as I click post. I always used to think what sort of narcissist posts pictures of themselves crying?! I took it for myself before I even thought about posting a story... the motive was to look back in a month and see the growth happiness and fulfilment I feel from life. Ultimately you've only got yourself so I'm gonna try fall back love with my own company & the small wins again."
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