while making movies Special Forces, Alexia Umansky He said to his father: Mauricio UmanskyShe talks about her past sexual assaults on the big screen for the first time.
In the episode of the show that aired on Thursday, October 8, 30-year-old Alexia was grilled, where she told the Director Staff how she wanted to prove that she had courage “after everything she’d been through.”
DS asked Alexia to explain what she meant by this, and she said: “Seven years ago I was on a trip with some friends and I was with people I trusted. I was put to bed because I drank a little too much. And I woke up and could tell something was going on.”
Alexia recalled that she “didn’t even have the strength or consciousness to say no” to the person who attacked her.
“I felt completely objectified. And so I went through a lot of pain and anger. During my freshman year, I decided that happiness was a choice, and I was going to choose to set it aside,” she said. “But it still hurts.”
Alexia was asked to use pain and anger in a positive way in the competition. She opened up more about how she has coped with sexual assault in the years since the incident.
“I was taken advantage of. To this day my family doesn’t know about it,” he added in a confessional. “When you get other people involved, it becomes more of a conversation. And maybe the conversation was what I needed. But I wasn’t ready yet.”
Alexia finally found the courage to speak to 56-year-old Mauricio in front of the other recruits.
“You don’t know [this]. “A friend of mine took advantage of me,” he said. “Not knowing is not something I want you to know, but I wanted to protect you in a way.”
Mauricio, who shares Alexia with his estranged wife Kyle RichardsHe told his daughter that she shouldn’t feel the need to protect them while they’re going through trauma. (The exes also share daughters Sophia, 26, and Portia, 18. Kyle is also mom to daughter Farrah, 37, whom she shares with ex Guraish Aldjufrie.)
“Once you bring it to others, it’s hard to do…not just yours,” he continued. “I feel like it’s not just your own concern, you know? It just becomes everyone else’s concern. But I’ve definitely recovered. I’ve come a long way since then.”
Mauricio told Alexia that he loved her while she received lots of support from the other recruits.
Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Challenge Season 5 will air Thursdays at 9pm ET on Fox.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).