UFC fighter Paige VanZant released a new book Tuesday in which she describes being raped and bullied as a young teen.
VanZant said at age 14 she was raped by a group of boys at a high school party after they got her drunk.
“They move me around,” VanZant wrote, MMA Fighting reported. “They change my position. I fail each time I try to resist, my limbs like wet cement on my body, my brain a heavy fog. I am awake and conscious, but my body feels dead. I know what is happening but can do nothing to stop it. I have no voice or choice but to submit and pray that it ends soon.”
VanZant also wrote about being bullied relentlessly after the rape by other high school students when rumors spread that she had willingly had sex with the boys. She said she even ate lunch in the school bathroom because of the bullying, according to Bleacher Report.
In a “Good Morning America” interview, VanZant said she thought about committing suicide after the rape and that MMA saved her life.
She had been working on the book before the #MeToo movement started and said she was glad for the timing and that she was able to share her story along with others who had similar experiences.
“It was totally coincidental and I just couldn’t be more happy with the way it worked out,” she said, MMA Fighting reported.
VanZant, 24, has a 4-3 record in the UFC, having lost her last fight to Jessica-Rose Clark in a bout that broke her arm.
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