Evan Rachel Wood reveals that she has been raped twice and can’t ‘stay silent any longer’

Evan Rachel Wood has revealed that she has been raped twice.

Saying that she doesn’t want to ‘stay silent’ any longer, the Westworld actress has said that she was sexually assaulted on two occasions.

As part of an interview with Rolling Stone, the 29-year-old revealed that she was once raped by a partner and another time by a bar owner.

In an email she sent to the magazine, included in their interview with her, Wood wrote:

“Yes, I’ve been raped. By a significant other while we were together. And on a separate occasion, by the owner of a bar.

“I don't believe we live in a time where people can stay silent any longer. Not given the state our world is in with its blatant bigotry and sexism."

Talking about her bisexuality, she continued: “It was always talked about like a phase or something stupid, or something you were doing for attention.

“You know, bisexuality is worthy of eye rolls. And I didn't realize how damaging that was until I tried to have healthy relationships as an adult and realized that there was still all this shame and conditioning and stigma around my sexuality that was really affecting the way I related to people.

“I think I was taken advantage of because someone knew there was something about me that they could exploit.”

In the candid interview, Wood, spoke about her attempted suicide attempt at the age of 22.

The actress described it as “weirdly the best-worst thing that has ever happened to me. ‘Cause it didn’t work.”