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<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://buzz-caribbean.com/app/uploads/2019/09/Camila-Mendes.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8202" /><figcaption> Camila Mendes </figcaption></figure>
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<p>Camila Mendes was drugged and sexually assaulted during freshman year at college. </p>
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<p>The 25-year-old actress has revealed that someone slipped the date rape drug Rohypnol - known as a "roofie" - into her drink when she was studying at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and he went on to do stuff to her that she didn't consent to. </p>
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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>"I was roofied by someone who sexually assaulted me." </p><cite>—  Camila Mendes </cite></blockquote>
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<p>Speaking to Women's Health magazine, she said: "I had a very, very bad experience. I was roofied by someone who sexually assaulted me."</p>
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<p>After the dark period of her life, the brunette beauty got the words "to build a home" etched on her ribcage as a reminder to "strengthen her sense of self and the environment around her" - especially as she had spent most of her life moving house. </p>
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<p>She explained: "Whenever I feel like I'm going through something difficult, I think about what I can do physically for myself."</p>
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