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‘The Biggest Loser’ Alum Ali Vincent Recalls Sexual Assault Encounter
Ali Vincent made headlines earlier this year when she revealed she gained back all the weight she lost during The Biggest Loser — and she just provided insight as to why she believed this happened.
Ali — who won the weight loss competition series in 2008 — said during Oprah: Where Are They Now that a sexual assault which took place during 2015 sent her in a downward spiral.
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“I was getting a massage and I fell asleep, as I often do in massages, and I felt so safe in this place, I had no guard up. And I woke up to — I woke up to someone feeling in my vagina,” the 41-year-old explained. “And I was just like in shock, like what’s going on, what’s happening? And then I just jumped up and I ran out and just hid. And I was sitting there in a ball and I was just shaking, and I don’t know how to explain it. But I just was so afraid. I was scared.”
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She then added, “The manager came, and he was like, ‘Well, it’s not like he raped you.’ And he was right!”
Catch Oprah: Where Are They Now on Saturdays at 10 p.m. EST on OWN and watch the video below:
