In a new documentary, Jagged, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, Alanis Morissette says she was the victim of multiple statutory rapes when she was a teenager. The Washington Post first reported that the musician broaches the topic of sexual assault about three-quarters of the way through the film.
"It took me years in therapy to even admit there had been any kind of victimization on my part," Morissette says in the documentary. "I would always say I was consenting, and then I’d be reminded like 'Hey, you were 15, you’re not consenting at 15.' Now I’m like, 'Oh yeah, they’re all pedophiles. It’s all statutory rape.'"
