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Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale opens up about sexual assault

The actress got candid in a recent interview

Lucy Hale has opened up about sexual assault in a candid new interview.

The Pretty Little Liars actress spoke about her past experiences in an interview with Haute Living Los Angeles.

In a tweet posted in June, Lucy suggested that she was a victim of sexual assault.

She tweeted, “I never understood sexual assault until tonight. I always sympathized, but never truly felt the pain of it until right now .. My dignity and pride was broken. I am completely at a loss for words.”

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The 29-year-old opened up about her experience saying, “I’ve experienced stuff on the small side, but assault is assault.”

“I think there are a lot of people who have been intoxicated and taken advantage of,” she said. “It’s happened to me and people I know. It’s very common. Luckily, I’ve been unscathed; nothing’s hurt me too badly.”

Lucy recently praised the #MeToo movement for helping women no longer feel alone.

She told PEOPLE, “I just feel very honoured to be around a lot of powerful women that are speaking up about it,” she said. “I think that’s where the change starts is when people start talking because you never know who’s listening or whose life you can impact.”

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