Kara DioGuardi Reveals History Of Molestation, Date Rape
Posted on Tue Apr 19th, 2011 9:22am PDT By X17 Staff
Ex-American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi reveals a harrowing past that includes not only sexual abuse she suffered as a child, but a date-rape incident she experienced as an adult in her new memoir, Helluva High Note.
DioGuardi writes of her childhood nightmare at age 11, "On one particular day, he took me into the the back shed of his house and put his hands all over my [body]. I remember freezing and not knowing what to do."
And then in 2000, the songwriter found herself in an unwanted position with a powerful producer who forced himself on her after dinner.
"[W]ithin a few hours, he was on top of me, pumping, sweating, and speaking to me in Spanish, not a word of which I could understand," she remembers.
But now Kara is happily married, and although no longer on Idol, she's about to launch a new series, Platinum Hit, debuting May 30th on Bravo.
Kara, 40, also reveals that she was struggling to get pregnant via IVF while working on Idol."I wanted a child and there was no way I could get pregnant under the stress of eighteen-hour work days and live TV. . . My desire to be in control of my destiny was larger than my need to be a household name," she says.
DioGuardi writes of her childhood nightmare at age 11, "On one particular day, he took me into the the back shed of his house and put his hands all over my [body]. I remember freezing and not knowing what to do."
And then in 2000, the songwriter found herself in an unwanted position with a powerful producer who forced himself on her after dinner.
"[W]ithin a few hours, he was on top of me, pumping, sweating, and speaking to me in Spanish, not a word of which I could understand," she remembers.
But now Kara is happily married, and although no longer on Idol, she's about to launch a new series, Platinum Hit, debuting May 30th on Bravo.