Demi Lovato Says She Was 'Violated' By Drug Dealer The Night She Overdosed

Demi Lovato's promise for transparency in her new YouTube documentary has held up.

Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil premiered on Tuesday (March 16) at the SXSW Film Festival and saw the pop star, 28, reveal that she was sexually assaulted by her drug dealer the night she overdosed in 2018. "I didn't just overdose. I was taken advantage of," she bravely confessed during the film. "When they found me, I was naked, blue. I was literally left for dead after he took advantage of me. "When I woke up in the hospital, they asked if we had had consensual sex. There was one flash that I had of him on top of me. I saw that flash and I said yes. It wasn't until a month after the overdose that I realized, 'You weren't in any state of mind to make a consensual decision.'"

Lovato’s friend, Sirah Mitchell, explained that the star had been given heroin "laced with fentanyl" that evening. "He also ended up getting her really high and leaving her for dead," she added of the dealer.

Lovato's reveal arrived with an emotional retelling of the trauma that she faced with another sexual assault. "When I was a teenager, I was in a very similar situation. I lost my virginity in a rape," she admitted. In the scene, Lovato shared that she and her alleged attacker had been "hooking up" at the time, but the star made it clear that she was not ready to lose her virginity. "I was part of that Disney crowd that publicly said they were waiting until marriage,” she continued. “I didn't have the romantic first time. That was not it for me — that sucked. Then I had to see this person all the time so I stopped eating and coped in other ways."

Lovato went on to admit she shared the assault with adults at the time but the alleged attacker "never got in trouble for it." "They never got taken out of the movie they were in. I always kept it quiet because I've always had something to say. I don't know, I'm tired of opening my mouth. Here's the tea," she continued. "I called that person back a month later and tried to make it right by being in control. All it did was make me feel worse. Both times were textbook trauma re-enactments, and I really beat myself up for years which is why I had a really hard time coming to terms with the fact it was a rape when it happened."

Among the folks featured in the four-part project include Elton John and Christina Aguilera. On the personal front, the docuseries sees commentary from Lovato's friend Matthew Scott Montgomery, as well as her mother, Dianna De La Garza, stepfather, Eddie de la Garza, and sisters. Expect more transparency when Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil premieres on YouTube on March 23.

If you or someone you know is experiencing abuse please contact RAINN at (800) 656-HOPE (4673) where you'll be routed to a local sexual assault service provider in your area.

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