Pamela Anderson’s shock rape revelation

Pamela Anderson shocked guests at a star-studded Cannes Film Festival event by revealing she was molested as a child, raped at the age of 12 and gang-raped in her teens.

The Baywatch star, pictured at Cannes, spoke on Friday night at the launch of The Pamela Anderson Foundation.

In a moving speech, she told her 200 guests: “I did not have an easy childhood. Despite loving parents, I was molested from age six by a female babysitter.

“I went to a friend’s boyfriend’s house and his older brother decided to teach me backgammon which led into a back massage, which led into rape. My first heterosexual experience. He was 25 years old and I was 12.”

The Playboy cover girl, 46, added that a school boyfriend: “... decided it would be funny to gang-rape me with six friends. I wanted off this earth.” A guest said: “No one was expecting a speech like that. Pamela was so brave.”

The Pamela Anderson Foundation funds animal, environmental and human rights groups.