Smooth FM's mid-morning show host Brenda Obath has for the first time opened up about an ordeal that happened to her when she was just 13-years-old.
She revealed how she was raped at a party her ‘friend’ took her to.
"The post went up because of the latest wave of the 'Me Too Movement'. A lot of people I know were sharing their stories online, while others didn't want to, yet we had a similar story, so I figured, why not?" Brenda told Word Is.
"It is a fairly old story, so it was easier to tell, at least for me because I know it is different for everyone. It happened almost two decades ago," she opened up.
Brenda stated that it was over the school holidays and her friend suggested to her that they attend a party that had been organised.
"We got there and yes, there was alcohol involved, but there is so much you can drink at that age. So the girls we were with left, and it was just my 'friend' who brought us to the party and me, as she was to sleep over," Brenda continued.
The radio queen went on to reveal that she suspects that her ‘friend’ spiked her drink because she felt dizzy immediately after finishing up a drink that she handed to her.
She decided to go to the washrooms or someplace where she could lay, her ‘friend’ escorted her to a bedroom in the house.
The Star reported that she felt someone undress her but she was too weak to fight back, scream or even move.
"He goes on to rape me. Then another man comes in and this happens about five times because there were six guys involved. At that point is when I realised there is little I could do, so I just waited till they were done,” a Brenda recalled painfully.
"I heard my 'friend' argue with one of the guys, saying "you didn't tell me she was a virgin", and he was upset about it. My friends came in, got me dressed and we went home," she added.
Brenda stated that she visited a HIV testing clinic the following day where she was given Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) medication and she felt lucky that she was never infected from the horrible experience.
