{"id":62643,"date":"2025-08-12T22:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/62643\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:42:14","slug":"celebrity-sas-fans-praise-brave-lucy-spraggan-for-opening-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/62643\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity SAS fans praise ‘brave’ Lucy Spraggan for opening up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan<\/a> has been praised for her bravery by Celebrity SAS fans after she opened up about being sexual assaulted.<\/p>\n

Lucy told the Celebrity SAS <\/a>staff about the attack, which happened in 2012 whilst she was taking part in the X Factor<\/a> live shows.<\/p>\n

The assault happened after a night out celebrating fellow X Factor contestant Rylan Clark\u2019s<\/a> 25th birthday, when the then 21-year-old Lucy headed back to her hotel.<\/p>\n

Lucy was then raped by a hotel porter who had used a traceable key card to get into her room \u2013 where she was passed out on the bed.<\/p>\n

The brave singer shared that the experience was part of the reason she wanted to come on the show.<\/p>\n

She started by saying: \u2018Where I, where I\u2026I\u2019ve been broken so many times.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tLucy is one of 14 brave celebs taking on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins (Picture: Pete Dadds\/Channel 4)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tYou may recognise Lucy for singing her viral original song, Tea and Toast, at her X Factor audition back in 2012 (Picture: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old broke down as she shared the version of events that occurred that horrific night, \u2018The hotel porter said, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ll give her a hand\u2019 and I was paralytic. I passed out on the bed, so I can only tell you this stuff because of the information that I have been told.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018When that hotel porter came up to my room to do what not-nice people do to vulnerable women,\u2019 Lucy added.<\/p>\n

The hotel porter was arrested, convicted of rape and sentenced to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Holding back her tears, Lucy went on to say, \u2018I woke up and I didn\u2019t really know what\u2026Well, I knew what had happened, but I didn\u2019t know what to do.\u2019<\/p>\n

The artist then pointed out that the hotel porter had used a key card to get into her room, so police were able to track him down and arrest him for raping her.<\/p>\n

During the 2012 X Factor live shows, Lucy left unexpectedly, with viewers assuming it was down to a sudden illness.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tYou may recognise Lucy for singing her viral original song, Tea and Toast, at her X Factor audition back in 2012 (Picture: Ken McKay\/Thames\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tX-Factor producers decided to tell the public Lucy left the show due to being \u2018ill\u2019 (Picture: Ken McKay\/Thames\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

After her story had come to light, many fans took to X to share their support and how they felt that X-Factor producers failed her<\/a> as a vulnerable young woman; they should have protected.<\/p>\n

\u2018This is heartbreaking to hear what Lucy went through at the X Factor!! That show big time let this young girl down!!\u2019 @triciautd said on X.<\/p>\n

\u2018Lucy, you brave lady. What a terrible experience. You are a queen,\u2019 @oohaoo added.<\/p>\n

@gemma_louise_58 shared:\u00a0 \u2018Lucy Spraggan, made of tough stuff \u2013 go all the way girl.\u2019<\/p>\n

After trying her best to hold it together whilst re-telling her traumatic memories, Lucy burst into tears, stammering to the Celebrity SAS staff: \u2018It was seven years of, like, trying to destroy myself. The amount of times I was blackout drunk, again, after that.<\/p>\n

\u2019I know that that\u2019s what that was, I was just trying to shut everything out, but it felt like everything was snatched away from me in a really brutal way,\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018And I was like \u2018I haven\u2019t done anything wrong\u2019. And so, I was angry about that, I was angry that other people had music careers that were better than mine.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Or sad that I felt like I\u2019d missed the boat. It all just got so heavy. I realised, I was like, \u2018If I carry on doing this, I\u2019m just going to die.\u2019<\/p>\n

The celebrity SAS contestant has been pinpointed as a fan favourite to win due to her tough Yorkshire girl attitude.<\/p>\n

One fan, @eloquentparrot, took to X to spread the Lucy love: \u2018They may as well just pass Lucy now and end the series.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tLucy released an honest memoir titled Process: Finding my way through, which became an instant Sunday Times best seller (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

Things are looking up for Lucy as she married her wedding photographer wife, Emilia Smith, in June of last year at a beautiful venue in East Yorkshire \u2013 where X Factor\u2019s Simon Cowell walked her down the aisle.<\/a><\/p>\n

The popular artist has continued to make music since her X Factor stint 13 years ago \u2013 with her eighth studio album, Other Sides of the Moon, being released earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

Other Sides of the Moon features brand-new songs, Heaven and The Lesson \u2013 alongside reimagined classics like Tea and Toast and Butterflies.<\/p>\n

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins continues Sunday at 9pm on Channel 4.<\/p>\n

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