Welsh singer Duffy reveals rape

The Welsh soul singer Duffy on Tuesday attributed her long musical hiatus to a violent assault that saw her "raped and drugged and held captive over some days". The Grammy winner, who in 2011 said she was "going for a break" from the general public spotlight, said within an emotional Instagram post that "I am ok and safe now" but that recovery "took time". "There is no light way to say this

But I can tell you within the last decade, the thousands of days I focused on wanting to feel sunlight in my own heart again, sunlight does now shine," the 35-year-old posted. "You wonder why I did so not tend to use my voice expressing my pain? I did so not want showing the world the sadness in my eyes. I asked myself, how do i sing from the heart if it's broken? And slowly it unbroke."