Hayden Panettiere Recalls Being Lured Onto Boat at 18 With Naked Actor
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Updated · Complex · May 12
Hayden Panettiere Recalls Being Lured Onto Boat at 18 With Naked Actor
3 articles · Updated · Complex · May 12
Summary
Panettiere said a trusted industry associate led her below deck at 18 and physically put her into a bed beside an undressed, "very famous" actor.
On Jay Shetty’s podcast, the 36-year-old said the outing had seemed normal until the setup, then she bolted from the room and hid elsewhere on the boat.
She said the most frightening realization was that others on board appeared unsurprised, leaving her feeling trapped, unsafe and betrayed while out at sea.
The account appears in her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning, which Panettiere said reflects how she only later understood the danger she was in; it is due May 19.