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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 very well known, iconic soul singer tried to rape her back in the 60's. We thank Patti for sharing her stories around, as most of us have find out about her pain and her struggles. Remember she distributed to us that her three sisters died of cancer while they were in their 40s. She shared with us her guilty feelings of wondering if she had neglected her sisters in her obsessive journey for music recognition. "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 that day via michronicleonline.com:

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

It absolutely 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 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 had my voice, although i didn't have a knife. I started screaming even louder, at the top of my lungs, and that i can scream every bit as loud as I can sing.

She continued, It worked. Suddenly they backed off. They let me go. 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, but 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. 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. Are you currently amazed at this I Adore Old Fashioned Music family?

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