Paige VanZant reveals she was gang-raped as a teenager

VanZant reveals gang rape drama in biography (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC)

Beautiful, full of fans, famous inside and outside the octagon. These could be some of the 'princess stories' found in the fighter's biography paige vanzant. But the book 'Rise: Surviving The Fight of My Life' – Ascensão: Surviving the fight of my life – brings a story of the blonde's traumas and battles. In one of the passages, VanZant reveals that she was gang-raped in high school.

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The publication, launched this Tuesday (10), in the United States, Paige reports on all the dramas suffered in her life. She tells of being bullied at school until the night she says she was drunk and sexually assaulted by a group of teenagers at a school party.

“They carry me, change my position. I fail every time I try to resist. My arms are like fresh cement on my body. My brain is in a heavy fog. I'm awake and conscious, but my body feels dead. I know what's happening, but I can't do anything to stop it. I have no voice or choice. I can only surrender and pray for it to end soon”, says VanZant, in an excerpt from the biography reported to the North American website MMA Fighting.

After the rape, the fighter was bullied by her schoolmates, who claimed that she had sex with several boys consensually. Paige even had to change her surname – Her given name was Sletten, but it was changed due to its proximity to the slang 'slut' ('slut'). In another episode, she found condoms hanging from trees in her backyard 'like Christmas decorations'.

Despite bringing traumatic memories in the book, VanZant says that the publication can help other girls going through the same situation.

“A huge reason I'm releasing the book is because I want to be an anti-bullying activist. This is the main wave I want to start with the book. The worst part for me were the bullies. It really made me feel a lot worse, that no one was there to support me.”

paige vanzant

paige vanzant has a professional record of seven wins and four losses. The blonde debuted in the UFC at just 19 years old, in 2014, and comparisons soon came with Ronda Rousey. Blonde, beautiful and good at fighting, she scored three consecutive victories and was invited to participate in 'Dancing With The Stars', a show that inspired Brazil's 'Dança dos Famosos'. In the attraction, Paige was one of the finalists and finished in second place.

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