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Celebs are people just like us, who have their fair share of hardships in life, but this one is a shocker, as we all know! Patti Labelle has said that a really well known, iconic soul singer tried to rape her during the 60's. We thank Patti for sharing her stories with us, as most of us have find out about her pain and her struggles. Remember she shared with us that her three sisters died of cancer whilst they were inside 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 the items happened that day via michronicleonline.com:

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Patti Labelle has experienced her share of downs, among which involves being the victim of your attempted rape by another in the greatest singers and performers ever, the iconic Jackie Wilson. It happened, LaBelle alleges, in early 1960s. At the time she was with all the group Patti LaBelle as well as the Bluebelles. The scene was backstage in a theater and LaBelle happened to become alone. Someone, she says, came up behind her.

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

Jackie started touching. No one could hear me, even though i started screaming. I didn't have a knife, but I had my voice. I began screaming even louder, at the top of my lungs, and I can scream every bit as loud as 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 really 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. Are you surprised by this I Really Like Old Fashioned Music family?

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