Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, has recounted her sexual abuse experiences she had in her past relationship.
The actress, in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, narrated incidents into and after her relationship with her ex-boyfriend who she described to be huge in appearance.
She recounted how the ex-boyfriend often pin her down forcefully to copulate with her and how she pleaded and cried several times while he is sexually harassing her.
According to her, there was no one she could narrate to and who could assist.
She said she had to force herself to leave the toxic relationship behind her, with the help of her sister who located her in his house after he locked her up for days.
Juliet admonished women to report cases like this as there are laws binding cruel incidents similar to such, irrespective of who the person is.
She said, “I told him what he did was raped and he said but we were in a relationship. But was I ready? That was the question. Did I say I was in the mood? I kept saying no, stop it! stop it!!
“You pin me down and you’re doing whatever you wanted to do and you’re smiling saying don’t worry. And you’re kissing whilst I am crying, that means you’re a rapist and I had to leave that relationship.
“I fought my way out of that relationship because he even locked me up in his house for days until my sister Sonia came to find me.
“I was scared, uncertain of what to do because this guy was huge and taller than me. He can raise you the wall. And just imagine that it was everyday. You can see that I’m not but everyday. Everyday he wanted something.
“You’re naive. Who do you go and tell? Who would come and fight for you?
“But ladies you can report it now, go and report. If your husband is forcing you to do when you’re not in the mood it is rape and I tell these men that you cannot force a woman.”
Juliet also talked about how her marriage ended and what led to the divorce.
According to her, her husband was caught in infidelity, adding that her husband had rented an apartment for his mistress who was at that time pregnant for him.
She said her sibling had been informed and prior to that, sources had seen her husband partying with some ladies with some of her colleagues present.
She said, “Someone close to my sibling asked him, ‘Is your sister still married?’, and he asked why and he replied, ‘because I’ve been seeing your husband in an apartment that he just rented for a lady and the lady is pregnant’, you can imagine the flair up like what!
“I think even before that story happened, there was a weekend before that or some weeks before that there was an all white party and my siblings went there.
“My siblings were out and they saw him, these girls were grinding on him and they saw him with people I knew in the same industry.
“People that I knew, knew about it and they were partying.”
She was married to Kwadwo Safo Jnr. before their divorce in 2014
