“Reacher” star Alan Ritchson said he was sexually assaulted as a model, and after the alleged attack occurred, he quit the business for good and “acting” found him.
In a lengthy interview for The Hollywood Reporter, the 41-year-old actor talked about the early days of his career as a model, comparing the industry to nothing but “legalized sex trafficking.”
“The industry is not regulated, and it’s a widely known secret that if you’re hired on a job, you’re basically being passed off to a photographer to be trafficked,” Ritchson said.
“The number of times and situations where I was put in horrific environments where sexual abuse was the goal and the paycheck that you were desperate for in order to survive was the carrot, I can’t count on two hands,” he added. “It was quit …