Duffy

[Bubblegirl]

Read it again from the point of view of it being a live-in partner who did it. Friends or family would not necessarily notice anything amiss if she's trapped with him and he's taken her phone etc. Coercion and intimidation are ways to get someone on a plane, and a partner would have access to her passport.

This. Much more likely than some Taken scenario.

 

[freda19]

Oh my word. Poor girl. One sexual assault is hard enough to deal with but hers was compounded and multiplied.
I just hope she's had legal closure as well as healing her heart.

 

[Itsjustwhatithink!]

She was amazing, I think her album is my favourite from a female artist.

 

[Thetruth123]

Well to me this just proves celebs can keep their private lives private!!!!! I’m (speculating ) and hoping that the perpetrators have been brought to justice , if this is the case then it does show if you keep yourself to yourself and don’t invite trolls, the media and general public Into your life by throwing the line then reeling them in .....anything is possible!!

 

[UsernameBlank]

I somehow just learned the story about Duffy’s abduction and rape. Now I’m completely intrigued. So she went out for dinner for her birthday, was drugged, flown abroad and kept in a hotel where she was raped for several weeks. I have so many questions….
Unless she went out for dinner with her actual passport, the abductor had access to her passport, how did she get out the country? If say it was a private jet do you need a passport?
Where did her family, friends or management team think she was for weeks on end? Did nobody report her missing?

 

[TeaPotTattoo]

There is obviously information she is holding back but that doesn’t make what she has shared to be implausible or unbelievable.

Agree with this! There's an awful lot that she hasn't told us, for whatever reason. She also doesn't come across as a reliable narrator but that looks very much like trauma to me.

I don't now what happened to this poor woman, but undoubtedly *something* did, and something really bad. I wish she had PR handling this for her because she's obviously fragile and she's too exposed.

 

[Instamoron]

Oh my word. Poor girl. One sexual assault is hard enough to deal with but hers was compounded and multiplied.
I just hope she's had legal closure as well as healing her heart.

100% agreed. I definitely hope whoever did this to her has been suitably punished and she really is ok now - or as “ok” as somebody can be after something so awful.
What a brave woman for speaking out!

 

[Sven]

Definitely somebody rich. Probably with a private jet. What an awful thing to go through !

 

[PoleStar]

I read Duffy's full statement and I agree that it is bizarre. Like others I wonder how it would be possible to get someone onto a plane if they were drugged without anyone noticing - not only airport staff but other passengers too, especially as she was very recognisable at the time because her face was everywhere due to the videos for her songs and the Coke advert she'd done. I asked my husband to read her statement in his professional capacity as a criminal intelligence analyst and he agrees. He believes she was probably dabbling with drugs, willingly went off with someone on a private plane and got in too deep, ending up in the rape. The sort of person I'm thinking could be the perpetrator is a powerful industry bigwig, someone along the lines of Harvey Weinstein.

 

[Dotty Merton]

She's been the main story of the Mail today. Has a documentary coming on Disney+ and is starting to do live performances again (understandably to just small audiences for now).

Is it me or is there an undercurrent of skepticism in the way the kidnap/rape is written about? Not that I give it importance, gutter press are gonna gutter press but it's a vibe I feel is there.

Maybe the documentary will make Duffy's story clearer. I just wish her well.

I've just read it too. Theres a sweet pic pf her in a welsh cafe. I am looking forward to hearing her new music. She doesn't owe anyone any more of an explanation and says that the name of the kidnapper is between her and the police.

 

[Tangerine Dream]

Awful, awful comments on the Daily Mail.

It's madness how much people can hate a woman for her appearance not being pleasing to them, it's really grim how bad it is and getting worse all the time thanks to the normalisation of surgeries, treatments and digital filters.

I hope her gig went well.

 

[bubbletea123]

Could have been a private jet- maybe an Arab guy, which supports the fact she mentioned ‘walking behind him’ . Saudi maybe? Rape is a funny subject there? Who knows, so very traumatic though poor love

I think more likely Dubai or somewhere in the UAE if of that ethnicity. Saudi is really hard for people to get into without the correct visa.

 

[Intriguedfromafar]

This was on AGC blinds yeaaaars ago! Horrific story. Always wondered whether it would come out.

 

[bah bah]

Truth is stranger than fiction..

 

[HotesTilaire]

I always thought that her original explanation sounded so odd because she was traumatised and for whatever reason didn't want to give very full details. Which is fair enough.
I feel like there might have been a rumour about it being a manager or record company type?
To be fair the way she told her story puts me in mind of Michaela Coel who was drugged and grasped, and that young girl who was a model who was lured abroad and drugged for weeks by the fake photographer.

 

[Yel]

Horrific, I'm not sure I even want to watch the interview when it comes out.

I thought she just retired after that coke advert and the comeback single didn't perform. I don't think she liked the entertainment industry, she hated that Welsh pop idol that aled from radio 1 was a judge on.

I hope there's some positivity out of it all and she's well on her way to recovery

 

[Redblueyellow8]

Wow! what a brave lady to come out and share this

 

[JulieScoobyDoo]

How long before the media outlets are hounding her, camping outside her house and demanding interviews with her? Generally making her life hell and making her wish she had never said anything. Vultures.

I adored Mercy, it was one of my favourite songs when it was first released.

 

[Tangerine Dream]

It kind of bothers me the way she is drip feeding this story. Sorry, I have to say it.

I don't disbelieve that something really horrible happened to her and she's had a shitton of trauma because of it but I'm getting a whiff of using it to sell her comeback and it's a bit suss to me when people do that kind of thing, especially when it appears to be there are big chunks of the story they aren't including so stuff doesn't quite join together but we're demanded to accept without question.

 

[PineappleQueen19]

She’s back on social media. Great to see all the love and support for her in the comments