'I felt like I was dead:' Teen Mom star Kailyn Lowry reveals she was raped in new book Hustle And Heart
Reality star Kailyn Lowry has revealed she was raped at a very young age.
The 24-year-old opened up about one of the darkest moments in her past in her new book Hustle And Heart.
An excerpt from the Teen Mom 2 star's forthcoming book, which will hit shelves on November 22nd, reveals her horrific and traumatic experience that happened before the age of 16.
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Tragic: Teen Mom star Kailyn Lowry opened up about one of her darkest moments in her past in her new book, Hustle And Heart
In her book, excerpted by Radar Online, she recounted how a guy who had been pursuing her for a while showed up at her apartment, belligerent, asking to talk to her, and then forced himself on her.
Though she tried to fight back, he was 'too strong,' and 'too rough.'
She added: 'I bled. I screamed. And when he left me, my body torn and my sheets stained with blood, I felt like I was dead.'
Describing her unbearable pain from getting stitched at the hospital, she admitted to still refusing a rape kit, saying: 'I was shaken and afraid and overwhelmed by chaotic ideas of what would happen if I accused Caleb of rape. I couldn't stand to think about the consequences.'
Traumatic memoir: The new book hits the stands on November 22
'I felt like I was dead:' The 24-year-old revealed details about the horrific incident, hoping to prevent situations happening to young girls
The mother-of-two explained how she wanted to pretend the reality never occurred, allowing the attacker to get away with the crime, and later regretted her decision.
'If only I had stood up for myself, raised my voice and backed up my beliefs,' she said. 'If only I'd been living proof of the fact that no victim should live in shame...I could be looking back now and feeling proud of myself.'
Kailyn's unfortunate childhood didn't end there as she also wrote about her father's absence in her life and mother's alcohol abuse saying her want of 'love and stability' forced her 'into the arms of boys.'
First love: Kailyn posed with her ex-boyfriend Jo Rivera at the April MTV Movie Awards; together they have six-year-old son Isaac
Double the fun: Despite her unfortunate past, Kailyn has Isaac and two-year-old Lincoln Marroquin by her side; here she is with her sons and estranged husband Javi in September
'In the eighth grade, I lost my virginity on a sidewalk,' she wrote. 'At fifteen, I was pressured into sex by a boyfriend who promised to wear a condom, and then took it off without telling me.'
On her sixteenth birthday, she claimed her mother and his parents forced her into getting an abortion. When she became pregnant again only a year later with her ex-boyfriend Jo Rivera's child, she chose to go through with the pregnancy and 'didn't care who said what about it.'
Currently filming season 8 of Teen Mom 2, Kailyn is raising her six-year-old son Isaac Elliot Rivera and two-year-old son Lincoln Marshall Marroquin from estranged husband Javi Marroquin.
Precious: The reality star is currently filming season eight of Teen Mom 2
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