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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Ramon Antonio Vargas

Bella Thorne accuses Mickey Rourke of bruising her genitals on movie set

a woman in strapless beige dress smiles on red carpet
Bella Thorne in 2020. Photograph: Michael Tran/AFP/Getty Images

Bella Thorne has accused fellow US actor Mickey Rourke of bruising her genitals with a metal grinder on the set of a movie that they filmed together during what she described as “one of the all time worst experiences” of her career.

In a story on her Instagram account on Friday, Thorne alleged that the episode was part of a broader campaign to humiliate her while they collaborated on the 2020 thriller Girl. She wrote: “This fucking dude. GROSS” and relayed the account in writing over a copy of a BBC article reporting that Celebrity Big Brother’s producers had reprimanded him for aiming homophobic comments at the singer JoJo Siwa while they competed on the reality show.

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