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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 claimed that a really recognized, iconic soul singer made an effort to rape her during the 60's. We thank Patti for sharing her stories around, as we have all learn about her pain and her struggles. Remember she given to us that her three sisters died of cancer while 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" It was Jackie Wilson who attempted to rape her backstage at a theater, according to Patti. Here's her account of the items happened on that day via michronicleonline.com:

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

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

She continued, It worked. Suddenly they backed off. They allow me to 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 extremely hard to hear stories like this about legends whom we have great respect for from an artistic standpoint, but it's also a reminder that again, legends are people just like us- some of them flawed and some of them not so flawed. Are you currently amazed at this I Adore Traditional Music family?

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