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Celebs are people just like us, who have their fair share of hardships in life, but this one is a shocker, as we all know! Patti Labelle has stated that an extremely well known, iconic soul singer attempted to rape her back in the 60's. We thank Patti for sharing her stories along with us, as just about everyone has learn about her pain and her struggles. Remember she given to us that her three sisters died of cancer while they were inside their 40s. If she had neglected her sisters in her obsessive journey for music recognition, she shared with us her guilty feelings of wondering. "Don't Block The Blessings., but her story of being sexually assaulted was one that I hadn't heard her speak of before until I read her book" According to Patti, it was Jackie Wilson who attempted to rape her backstage at a theater. Here's her account of what happened that day via michronicleonline.com:
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Patti Labelle has already established her share of downs, one of which involves being the victim of the attempted rape by another of the greatest singers and performers in recent history, the iconic Jackie Wilson. It happened, LaBelle alleges, during the early 1960s. At the time she was using the group Patti LaBelle as well as the Bluebelles. The scene was backstage at a theater and LaBelle happened to get alone. Someone, she says, came out behind her.
It absolutely was Jackie Wilson, she recalled. He was kissing my neck and that i could smell the liquor on his breath. Jackie's accomplice started dragging me in backwards, as I struggled to free myself. I was no match for him. Next thing she knew, she was locked in a room, although i was kicking with all my might.
Jackie started touching. No one could hear me, even though i started screaming. I had my voice, although i didn't have a knife. I began screaming even louder, near the top of my lungs, and that i can scream every bit as loud because i can sing.
She continued, It worked. Suddenly they backed off. They let me go. Remembers Jackie Wilson as a perfect gentleman who always went out of his way to help Gladys Knight & the Pips in the group's early days, though i ran as fast as I could in the direction of the lights. Gladys Knight didn't deny the accuracy of Patti LaBelle's story. One man, two remembrances."
Geesh, this is deep! It's extremely hard to hear stories like this about legends whom we have great respect for from an artistic standpoint, but it's also a reminder that again, legends are people just like us- some of them flawed and some of them not so flawed. Are you amazed at this I Really Like Old School Music family?
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