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Blondie star Debbie Harry has opened up about being raped at knifepoint in her new autobiography.
The iconic 70s star, who previously spoke about almost being a victim of serial killer Ted Bundy, bluntly spoke about the moment before she was famous where she was attacked.
With boyfriend Chris Stein at the time, thought to be in the 70s, the pair were tied up in her New York home as it was ransacked by an unknown assailant.
In an excerpt from autobiography Face It, acquired by The Sun, Debbie wrote: ‘He poked round searching for anything worth anything.
‘He piled up the guitars and Chris’s camera and then he untied my hands and told me to take off my pants.
‘He f***ed me. And then he said, “Go clean yourself”.’
‘The stolen guitars hurt me more,’ she added.
Debbie’s colourful life as the leading lady of the punk genre will be put down in her own words in the new autobiography.
Now 74, the star reflects on the trials and tribulations of her hey day, where the band’s songs including Dreaming, Call Me and Heart Of Glass became era-defining.
Debbie will also discuss her heroin misuse in the 80s and experimentation with bisexuality.
Her claims that she was kidnapped by Ted Bundy in the 70s have since been contested, as he was not known to be near Manhattan at the time of the attack.
The open star has never been short of a story or two over the years, and tends to brush off the darker topics with a cutting sense of humour.
Previously discussing living with stalkers and her history with drugs, she simply said they were just a ‘real drag’.
Debbie Harry: Face It is available from 1 October .
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