Reacher star Alan Ritchson was sexually assaulted by a 'very famous photographer' and says models are sexually trafficked to photographers.
star Alan Ritchson reveals that he quit modeling after being sexually assaulted by a “very famous photographer” and says that models are routinely “passed off to a photographer to be trafficked.”
“I was booked for a shoot for this very famous photographer. I was sent into a hotel room to do nudes with the promise that if I did the shoot, he would offer me a very lucrative campaign for a magazine and a clothing line,” Richardson tellsRitchson says that he immediately left the photo shoot, drove to the modeling agency’s office, and told them to never call him again. The actor did not name the photographer.
“I swore it off and thank God acting found me at the exact same time, so I was able to make a switch to a new career, but it left some scars.”In the interview, Ritchson compared modeling industry to human sex trafficking, saying the industry “is not regulated” and models are routinely sexually assaulted by photographers.
“The number of times and situations where I was put in horrific environments where sexual abuse was the goal and the paycheck that you were desperate for in order to survive was the carrot, I can’t count on two hands. It was quite often.
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