Newly elected Labour MP Natalie Fleet has bravely revealed how she was raped at the age of 15.
In a harrowing GB News interview to be broadcast this Sunday (July 21), Fleet says she still has “weekly nightmares” about what happened two decades on from the attack. After being raped, Fleet fell pregnant but says the daughter she gave birth to is now the “love of her life”.
Sitting down with GB News’ Gloria De Piero in an exclusive interview, she explains that she’s decided to speak about what happened because the actions of her attacker - who told her to have an abortion - were “not ok”.
Fleet also fears many women are suffering and unable to get the support they need. That’s why she plans to use her platform in Parliament to use her teenage experiences, which also saw her spend a period homeless, as a catalyst for change.
Reflecting on what happened to her two decades ago, Fleet, now a mother-of-four, said: “Today, 23 years later, I look back and I think, it wasn’t ok. That was an older man. I didn't know we were having unprotected sex. I was a child and (it) is statutory rape. At the time this isn't something that we were talking about. It's not how I saw myself. I still have weekly nightmares about it.
“I have a huge privilege and advantage to be in Parliament and I'm thrilled to be here. But what happened in my childhood still has a massive impact on me, which is why I'm so excited about what the next Labour government is going to do.
"At 15, you definitely think you're old enough to do all these things. I wanted to give my daughter the best life. But another thing that I can do now I'm in Parliament is I want to be a voice for all of those people, all of those women that have children in far from ideal circumstances."
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