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Originally posted by FeeFee
Gabrielle Union's Survival Story
Gabrielle Union co-stars with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in "Bad Boys II," which has already grossed over $91 million at the box office. But before she hit Hollywood, Gabrielle lived a story movies are made of -- a story of fear, of tragedy, and ultimately, one of survival.
"Back in 1992 you had something very horrible happen," said Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson. "Yeah. During a robbery at a store where I worked at my summer job, I was raped and beaten and actually had a real gunfight for my life. Fortunately, I survived and the man was convicted and is in prison now," Gabrielle revealed.
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This story was published in Honey mag a few months ago when she was on the cover. She was an employee at Payless back then. It seems as though there was a "Payless rasist" on the loose. I believe that it was a former employee and he knew how to get into the stores through back entrances and stuff. He had previously raped an employee at another store, but the company didn't warn the other female employess about it. I don't remember anything about a gunfight. I don't know where that came from. I just it was added for good measure. However, since Payless failed to warn and protect her, she got a sizeable settlement from Payless, thus enabling her to move to LA and get her acting career kicked off.