Mena Suvari says that an ex-partner used to “manipulate her“so he would have threesomes with other women.
The actress told The Guardian who met his ex when he washe was only 17 years old. Suvari, now 43, says the man asked her to find women to have threesomes with, including people he met on set.
Suvari says that he saw some of those women again years later and said to one of them: “I want you to know that I never wanted to do any of those things.”
She says the woman was shocked, adding “she told me you wanted to do that.”
“It was a huge revelation for me, how I was being manipulated and I had no idea. The circumstances had been created for me, and it just swallowed me up.”dijo Suvari.
the star of American Beauty She added that she also once needed medical attention after having rough anal sex with her ex-boyfriend.
Suvari says those experiences have affected her current relationship with sex.
“It’s a very complicated thing when you experience sexual abuse, because part of it is kind of satisfying. But the other part of it is an absolute nightmare, so you’re confused, you don’t know what’s right.”
Suvari previously said that her brother’s friend raped her when she was 12 years old. she told The Guardian you never had the chance “be discovered” herself sexually and missed dating in high school and chose when to lose her virginity.
“That sounds so beautiful to me. All of that was lost to me.”
Suvari is currently happily married to her third husband, Michael Hope. The couple welcomed their son, Christopherlast year.