Jena Malone took to social media to share that she was sexually assaulted in the course of the time she was filming The Starvation Video games.
The star joined the franchise in The Starvation Video games: Catching Hearth in 2013. Malone posted a photograph on Instagram after she wrapped filming The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay – Half Two, which was in 2015.
“This photograph was taken proper after I wrapped mocking Jay half two and I needed to say goodbye to everybody on set. We have been taking pictures in an exquisite property within the countryside of France and I requested the motive force to let me out on this area so I might cry and seize this second,” Malone shared. “Even tho this time in Paris was extraordinarily arduous for me, was going via a nasty breakup and likewise was sexually assaulted by somebody I had labored with, I used to be so stuffed with gratitude for this undertaking, the folks I turned shut with and this superb half I obtained to play.”
Malone continued, “A swirling mixture of feelings I’m solely now simply studying to kind via. I want it wasn’t tied to such a traumatic occasion for me however that’s the actual wildness of life, I assume. Tips on how to maintain the chaos with the sweetness. I’ve labored very arduous to heal and be taught via restorative justice, find out how to make peace with the one that violated me and make peace with myself.”
The Stepmom actor added, “It’s been arduous to speak concerning the Starvation Video games and Johanna Mason [her character] with out feeling the sharpness of this second in time however I’m prepared to maneuver via it and reclaim the enjoyment and accomplishment I felt. Numerous like to you survivors on the market. The method is so sluggish and non-linear. I need to say I’m right here for anybody who wants to speak or vent or open uncommunicated areas inside themselves. Please dm me for those who want a protected house to be heard.”
Following her testimony, a consumer replied by saying that her assailant “obtained to stroll away with no repercussions,” to which Malone replied, “That’s not true. I used restorative justice to permit therapeutic and accountability and development with the opposite particular person. It was a tough course of however one I imagine actually helped me transfer via a few of the hardest components of the grief.”
In an extra response, Malone mentioned that she didn’t title the individual that assaulted her on account of “cancel tradition” and doesn’t “absolutely see how the legal justice system might absolutely restore my therapeutic.”