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Jena Malone says she was sexually harassed by a colleague from “The Hunger Games”

Los Angeles premiere of "Adopt Audrey" – Photo credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images

Los Angeles premiere of “Adopting Audrey” – Photo credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images

Jena Malone said that she was sexually harassed by a colleague during filming The hunger Games.

On Instagram yesterday, Malone shared a photo of her in a field in the French countryside, taken after she finished work on the last Hunger Games Movie, Mockingjay – Part 2Malone said she asked her driver to let her out so she could “cry and capture this moment.”

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She continued, “Even though that time in Paris was extremely hard for me, I went through a bad breakup and was also sexually assaulted by someone I worked with, I was so grateful for this project, the people I got to be close to and this incredible role I got to play,” Malone said. “A swirling mix of emotions that I’m only just learning to process. I wish it wasn’t tied to such a traumatic event for me, but I guess that’s the true wildness of life. How to endure the chaos with the beauty.”

Malone did not name the person she said attacked her or provide any further details. In response to one person’s comments that her attacker “got away without consequences,” Malone said, “That is not true. I used restorative justice to facilitate healing, accountability and growth with the other person. It was a hard process, but I believe it really helped me get through some of the hardest stages of grief.”

In her first comment, Malone wrote more about working on “healing and learning through restorative justice, how to make peace with the person who hurt me and how to make peace with myself.” She also noted that it was difficult to talk about The hunger Games and her character, “without feeling the intensity of that moment,” but added: “I am ready to go through it and regain the joy and fulfillment that I felt.”

In closing, Malone wrote to other survivors: “Much love to you survivors out there. The process is so slow and not linear. I want to say that I am here for anyone who needs to talk or vent or open up uncommunicated spaces within themselves. Please DM me if you need a safe place to be heard.”

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