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Demi Moore says she was raped by an older man when she was 15

Demi Moore interviewed by Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America
Demi Moore interviewed by Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America

Demi Moore has said she was raped at the age of 15 in her home and claims her mother "put me in harm's way".

The actress made the allegations during an interview with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America to discuss her memoir Inside Out.

In the book, she says that she came home one night and found an older man that they knew in the apartment with the key.

She writes in her memoir: "It was rape. And a devastating betrayal."

Moore alleges that the man said her mother had sold her to him for $500.

When asked by Sawyer if she believed him, Moore replied: "I think, in my deep heart no. I don't think it was a straightforward transaction.

"But she still - she did give him the access and put me in harm's way."

The Hollywood star's mother was an alcoholic who died in 1998.

Moore said her mother attempted suicide when she was aged 12 and that she saved her life.

"I remember using my fingers, the small fingers of a child, to dig the pills my mother had tried to swallow, out of her mouth," the actress revealed.

Moore dedicated her book to her mother, as well as her three daughters with ex-husband Bruce Willis.

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