Alanis Morissette says she was victim of statutory rape
“I would always say I was consenting, and then I’d be reminded like ‘Hey, you were 15, you’re not consenting at 15.’ Now I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It’s all statutory rape.”
“I would always say I was consenting, and then I’d be reminded like ‘Hey, you were 15, you’re not consenting at 15.’ Now I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It’s all statutory rape.”

Singer Alanis Morissette, most famous for "You Oughta Know" and "Ironic," alleges she was the victim of statutory rape in a new documentary which fell "on deaf ears" when she would attempt to confide in others about the horrifying allegations.
The documentary, Jagged, is set to premiere on Tuesday in Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival which features Morissette's allegations that she was a victim of statutory rape with multiple men at the age of fifteen.
"It took me years in therapy to even admit there had been any kind of victimization on my part," Morissette said, according to Washington Post.
"I would always say I was consenting, and then I'd be reminded like 'Hey, you were 15, you're not consenting at 15.' Now I'm like, 'Oh yeah, they're all pedophiles. It's all statutory rape."
According to Washington Post, Morissette failed to go into detail about the abuse she experience to shield her loved ones from pain and didn't name her abusers in the upcoming film. However, Morissette, 47, faulted the music industry for being complicit in frequent sexual advances on women and for turning a blind-eye when she attempted to disclose her experiences.
"I did tell a few people and it kind of fell on deaf ears," Morissette said. "It would usually be a stand-up, walk-out-of-the-room moment."
In an interview last year with The Sunday Times, Morissette alleged that "almost every woman in the music industry has been assaulted, harassed, raped," and that this is "ubiquitous — more in music, even, than film." She added that women fear speaking out because they "face the threat of losing their job, reputation, or not being believed."
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