'Floribama Shore': Kortni sobs as she reveals the sexual assault by friends that left her a wreck
(Trigger warning: The article contains potentially distressing conversation about sexual assault)
The Floribama house has some crazy memories with the cast but it looks like things are getting hard for Kortni Gilson to manage. Kortni was back in the house and was hoping to have some fun and keep her mind away from things but things took a different turn when she suffered a panic attack.
After carefully thinking, Kortni decided it was best to walk out of the show and seek help. However, many people did not know what exactly had happened. After her exit from the show, Kortni sat down with Dr Drew Pinsky and revealed that one of the reasons for her panic attack was all the things that she had bottled up inside her. Talking to him she revealed that she was sexually assaulted at the age of 16. She further added that she could not open up about it in the interview while adding that she felt it was rape. "They were the guys I knew that's why I felt stupid to feel that I trusted somebody," she said in the interview.
"They ripped my shirt off and I only had one arm because one of them was on top of me. It was awful. I also had a boyfriend at that time and he would call me a hoe and a s**t" Kortni revealed that she could not tell her mother because it would break her heart.
Dr Drew asked Kortni to be strong because she was not alone. Kortni explained that the crew members did not know until she broke down in the car as she got the flashbacks of the incident that took place. She further explained that she took meth and alcohol in an attempt to forget about everything.
She further revealed feeling angry and ashamed for what had happened. Kortni felt that if she did not talk about it, it would almost be like it never happened. But she soon realized that if she kept bottling it up it would just burst out one day. She remembered she would cry all the time and realized that she needed help and learning more about mental health helped her. She knew that if she didn't go at that point of time then she would never be able to help herself. But now, Kortni is grateful for things in her life and is working on herself.
Kortni decided to open up about the incident because she wanted people to know that it will be alright and she wanted to be the strength for someone who went through the same thing.
Her talk with Dr Drew drew a lot of reactions online as viewers flocked to support her and tell her how brave must have been and some also shared her pain.