Actress Jessie Cave was raped aged 14 by tennis coach

Actress Jessie Cave has spoken about being raped aged 14. The 33-year-old has launched a podcast, We Can’t Talk About That Right Now, with her actress sister Bebe, and shared that she was raped by her tennis coach as a teenager. 

The sisters were discussing Bebe’s journey into adulthood in comparison to Jessie’s, with Bebe saying: ‘I remember we had a really, really bad fight once when we tried to work out who had a harder teenager-hood.’

Jessie Cave best known for playing Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter series, said: ‘I mean, come on, I was raped. I get the trump card.’ Bebe, 23, said: ‘That’s kind of a trump card at this point and you do pull it out a lot’, with her sister agreeing: ‘I do pull it out a lot.’

Jessie Cave burst out laughing as her younger sister continued: ‘I had braces for five years, I had acne when I was finishing my adolescence… I had clear skin all the way through school, and just when things are supposed to be getting good, then I got it really bad.’

The actress, who is expecting her third child with comedian Alfie Brown, said: ‘To be fair, acne and braces are bad, but I think rape at 14 is pretty bad. By your tennis coach, who you trusted, a position of power.’

The actress and artist has spoken previously about being raped in her stand-up shows, and told The Times in 2018: ‘I had to really consider whether it was worth it, whether it was necessary and if it was going to be good for me. And weirdly, it has been cathartic.’

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