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As we all know, celebs are people just like us, who have their fair share of hardships in life, but this one is a shocker! Patti Labelle has said that an extremely well-known, iconic soul singer made an effort to rape her in the 60's. We thank Patti for sharing her stories around, as just about everyone has read about her pain and her struggles. Remember she distributed to us that her three sisters died of cancer while they were in their 40s. If she had neglected her sisters in her obsessive journey for music recognition, she shared with us her guilty feelings of wondering. "Don't Block The Blessings., but her story of being sexually assaulted was one that I hadn't heard her speak of before until I read her book" According to Patti, it was Jackie Wilson who attempted to rape her backstage at a theater. Here's her account of what happened that day via michronicleonline.com:

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Patti Labelle has had her share of downs, certainly one of that requires being the victim of the attempted rape by another in the greatest singers and performers in recent history, the iconic Jackie Wilson. It happened, LaBelle alleges, during the early 1960s. During the time she was with the group Patti LaBelle and also the Bluebelles. The scene was backstage with a theater and LaBelle happened to be alone. Someone, she says, came up behind her.

It was Jackie Wilson, she recalled. He was kissing my neck and that i could smell the liquor on his breath. As I struggled to free myself, Jackie's accomplice started dragging me in backwards. I was no match for him. Next thing she knew, she was locked in a room, although i was kicking with all my might.

Jackie started touching. I started screaming, but no one could hear me. I didn't have a knife, but I had my voice. I began screaming even louder, on top of my lungs, and I can scream every bit as loud because i can sing.

She continued, It worked. Suddenly they backed off. They let me go. Remembers Jackie Wilson as a perfect gentleman who always went out of his way to help Gladys Knight & the Pips in the group's early days, though i ran as fast as I could in the direction of the lights. Gladys Knight didn't deny the accuracy of Patti LaBelle's story. One man, two remembrances."

Geesh, this is deep! It's also a reminder that again, legends are people just like us- some of them flawed and some of them not so flawed, although it's extremely hard to hear stories like this about legends whom we have great respect for from an artistic standpoint. Have you been surprised by this I Adore Traditional Music family?

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