Demi Moore has said she was raped at the age of 15 in her home, by a man who claimed to have paid her mother $500.
The Hollywood star, 56, made the allegation during a candid interview on Good Morning America to discuss her memoir, Inside Out.
Speaking to Diane Sawyer, she said she came home to find the older man, who knew her mother, in her apartment.
After he had raped her, Moore alleges he said her mother had sold her to him. In the book, she writes: “It was rape. And a devastating betrayal, revealed by the man’s cruel question: how does it feel to be whored by your mother for $500?”
Moore found fame in the 1980s with appearances in films such as Blame It On Rio and St Elmo’s Fire, before her starring role in 1990 romantic thriller Ghost, opposite the late
Patrick Swayze, cemented her status as one of the world’s biggest stars.
After becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood critics gave her the nickname “Gimme Moore”, but Moore was not bothered by the jibe.
“Why shouldn’t all women be paid equal to the quality of the work they’re doing? Just treat me the same. No better, no worse,” she said.
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