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Published 14:55 30 Sept 2014 BST
Updated 14:59 30 Sept 2014 BST

The brave actress has since emailed a friend of the man in question explaining how what happened has affected her.
“As I said to this old friend in an email, I said I spent so much time scared. I spent so much time ashamed, I don’t feel that way anymore. And it’s not because of my job, it’s not because of my boyfriend, it’s not because of feminism – though all those things helped – it’s because I told the story. And I still feel like myself and I feel less alone.
“The chapter about date rape in the book was a really, really terrifying thing for me to put into the world ..we are also having this massive moment of cultural awareness about campus assault, which is a very gratifying thing to see and I hope it leads to incredible change. “But at the same time, I think I knew that sharing that experience was – I not only felt it was important because of what I was seeing other young women go through, I felt it was important because of what it was going to give me spiritually to not be hiding that anymore."
The Rape Crisis centre states that: “If you have been raped the most important thing to remember is that it was not your fault. It is irrelevant what you were wearing, how much you had to drink or whether you were in your own home or out for the evening – you did not ask to be raped. The blame is entirely with the perpetrators."Explore more on these topics: