After audio was leaked where Donald Trump talks about taking advantage of women, Amber Tamblyn was having none of it. The 33-year-old actress took to Instagram to talk about how it’s never okay to grab a woman without her permission.
In the Instagram post, Tamblyn shares a terrifying story of sexual assault that occurred when her friends were watching a DJ perform in L.A. Here’s her story:
“A very long time ago I ended a long emotionally and physically abusive relationship with a man I had been with for some time. One night I was at a show with a couple girlfriends in Hollywood, listening to a DJ we all loved. I knew there was a chance my ex could show up, but I felt protected with my girls around me. Without going into all the of the details, I will tell you that my ex did show up, and came up to me in the crowd. He’s a big guy, taller than me. The minute he saw me, he picked me up with one hand by my hair and with his other hand, he grabbed me under my skirt by my v*gina— my p*ssy?— and lifted me up off the floor, literally, and carried me, like something he owned, like a piece of trash, out of the club. His fingers were practically inside of me, his other hand wrapped tightly around my hair. I screamed and kicked and cried. He carried me this way, suspended by his hands, all the way across the room, pushing past people until he got to the front door.”
She continued, “My friends ran after him, trying to stop him. We got to the front door and I thank God his brothers were also there and intervened. In the scuffle he grabbed at my clothes, trying to hold onto me, screaming at me, and inadvertently ripped off my grandmother’s necklace, which I was wearing. The rest of this night is a blur I do not remember. How I got out to the car. How I got away from him that night. I never returned for my necklace either.
That part of my body, which the current Presidential Nominee of the United States Donald Trump recently described as something he’d like to grab a woman by, was bruised from my ex-boyfriend’s violence for at least the next week. I had a hard time wearing jeans. I couldn’t sleep without a pillow between my legs to create space.
To this day I remember that moment. I remember the shame. I am afraid my mom will read this post. I’m even more afraid that my father could ever know this story. That it would break his heart. I couldn’t take that. But you understand, don’t you? I needed to tell a story. Enjoy the debates tonight.”
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Amber’s bravery comes in the light of Donald Trump’s 11-year-old comments that shocked and horrified American when they were leaked by The Washing Post. In the audio, the presidential candidate brags about kissing and groping women saying “when you’re a star, they let you do it” and, much like Amber’s terrifying story, “Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
Our thoughts go out to Amber and we commend her for sharing her story in hopes that people will understand the severity of Trump’s comments.
