The harrowing event, according to the reality star happened in 2016 and left her infected with an STI. Understandably, she went into depression following the experience, explaining that she developed “trust issues and found it hard to connect with people especially men.”
Ennada made the gut-wrenching revelations on a post on her Instagram page, which titled “My Virginity Story; Rape & Depression.”
In the post, she refuted a statement made while in the house that she is a virgin. She said viewers misinterpreted her statement that she had not really had sex as meaning that she was a virgin.
She also explained that she decided to tell her story to pass on her message to rape victims and rapists alike. She has produced a short movie based on her experience, which she says she intends to develop into a full-featured movie.
Read the full post:
“When I was in the Big Brother House emotions were raised when during a Truth or Dare game I said I’d not really had sex. People interpreted that as me claiming to be a Virgin.
“The truth is in 2016 I was raped by someone in the entertainment industry, before then I was a virgin.
“This person also infected me with an STI… I was also threatened by this person and was very scared of social media’s bashing with the usual questions of ‘what was she wearing!’ ‘why did she go to his house?
“So in all my sadness and depression, I decided to tell the world what had happened to me using film as a medium.
“I was inspired to write and produce my film – Tears of A Broken Virgin. I got a lot of help from social media – people volunteered to work for me free of charge even my director – Benny Atagame Alli
“Though some parts of my film are fiction, the bulk of it was inspired by my story. The lead character’s name is Ada which is a short form of my name Adanne- popularly pronounced as Ennada.
“Because of my sad experience I battled depression, developed trust issues and found it hard to connect with people especially men.
“I wanted to tell my story and also pass a strong message to rape victims and rapists.I hope I was able to do that with my film.
“I intend to expand this into a feature-length film. I hope everyone out there is inspired to stand up against rape.”
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