Maura Higgins has revealed her ex-boyfriend blamed her when she instructed him she was sexually assaulted by a taxi driver at the back of his cab after an evening out.
The Love Island star, 33, was assaulted ‘a few years’ in the past after she fell asleep in a taxi experience residence in Eire.
When she woke, she discovered the motive force together with his ‘hand proper up her skirt’.
Bravely opening as much as Paul Carrick Brunson on his We Want To Discuss Podcast, she revealed that when she instructed her ex concerning the traumatic occasion, he blamed her.
She mentioned her former boyfriend, who she left unnamed, instructed her that she mustn’t have drank a lot on her night time out along with her pals.
Maura Higgins revealed to Paul Carrick Brunson on his We Want To Discuss Podcast that her ex blamed her when she instructed him she was sexually assaulted by a taxi driver at the back of his cab
The Love Island star, 33, was sexually assaulted ‘a few years’ in the past after she fell asleep in a taxi experience residence in Eire. When she woke, she discovered the motive force together with his ‘hand proper up her skirt’
Rising tearful, Maura mentioned: ‘We bought in a taxi, coming residence from an evening out and my pals bought dropped off earlier than me.
‘I fell asleep and I awakened and his hand was up my skirt.
‘My companion on the time blamed me for that.
‘He mentioned you should not have drank that a lot. He mainly instructed me it was my fault.’
Maura first opened up concerning the traumatic occasion throughout a stay Q&A on Instagram in 2022.
She was requested by a fan for her ‘worst expertise with a person’, to which she answered bravely and truthfully.
Maura, who admitted she had additionally had a worse expertise she wasn’t prepared to speak about but, detailed how the assault occurred when she fell asleep at the back of the taxi.
When requested the query, Maura defined that she had sadly had ‘a couple of’ dangerous experiences with males, earlier than occurring to debate one explicit ordeal.
She opened as much as relationship professional Paul Carrick Brunson (pictured) concerning the traumatic occasion
She mentioned her former boyfriend, who was left unnamed, instructed her that she mustn’t have drank a lot on her night time out along with her pals
She mentioned: ‘The worst one I’ve by no means ever, ever opened as much as any of you about, and I do not even assume I am prepared but.
‘It was like in all probability one of many scariest issues that is ever occurred to me.’
She then went on to say: ‘I had an incident with a taxi driver earlier than, a very long time in the past in Eire.
‘And foolish me, I fell asleep. My pals had been dropped off earlier than me and I used to be being dropped off alone as a result of I lived alone on the time.’
Maura added: ‘And I awakened and his hand was proper up my skirt.
‘Truthfully, I sobered up so rapidly. I memorised his taxi quantity so fast and nonetheless remembered it the following day.’
Maura did not supply any additional particulars about whether or not she reported the incident or what occurred to the person following the assault.
Maura shot to fame on ITVBe present Love Island in 2019, the place she completed in fourth place alongside her ex-boyfriend, dancer Curtis Pritchard, 28.
The couple break up round six months after leaving the Mallorcan villa, calling time on the romance in early 2020.
She then stunned followers when she entered right into a relationship with Love Island co-star Chris Taylor, 33, former finest pal on the time, in November 2020.
However the romance wasn’t to final and the couple referred to as it quits just some months after going public.
Maura first opened up concerning the traumatic occasion throughout a stay Q&A on Instagram in 2022
The Irish magnificence then loved a whirlwind romance with Strictly Come Dancing skilled Giovanni Pernice, 33, in the summertime of 2021, however break up a couple of months later.
The truth star’s candid chat comes after she and footballer Connor sparked relationship hypothesis as soon as once more final month as they shared snaps from the identical barbeque.
The rumoured couple, who additionally reportedly made issues official and jetted to Paris collectively on a break, didn’t work out as Maura confirmed her single standing.
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