‘General Hospital’ (GH) spoilers confirm that during a recent State of Mind with Maurice Benard, actress Sarah Brown, who played the first Carly Spencer on GH from 1996 to 2001, was a guest on his podcast.
As Brown struggled with emotion, she revealed a horrifying story in the hopes of helping others who may have gone through the same and possibly helping prevent more young women from the same predicament. She said this is happening to women at an alarming rate, and it needs to be stopped.
‘General Hospital’ Spoilers: Brown Allowed A Stranger To Buy Her A Drink
Brown was sexually assaulted in Brooklyn, New York, in 2016.
“Something happened in 2016, and it blew up my life. I struggled with my mental health as a result of it for years,” she said. “I was roofied, and I was raped violently, from what I could tell. I don’t have a memory of it.”
She had just spoken to her best friend, who told her to call her if she got into trouble. She laughed it off, believing she was tough and could handle Brooklyn.
Brown was waiting to meet a friend in a bar, and a man offered to buy her a drink. Sarah hesitated but agreed. She walked outside with him to sit on the patio, and that’s the last thing she remembers.
Sarah woke up the following day wearing someone else’s clothes. She was in bed, looked outside, and saw a brick wall, and she started to panic.
Brown had no idea what she was doing there and didn’t recall how she got there. Her head was pounding, and she went to get her bags.
That’s when she saw a 30-year-old man who exclaimed,
“You’re wearing my girlfriend’s pants.”
She felt a sense of relief when he said that, and she commented that he appeared very genuine and kind.
‘General Hospital’ Spoilers: She Woke Up With Her Head Pounding
When she asked what happened and how she got there, he told her that she needed help because he saw her talking to a “guy” who had bought her a drink, and he said that she was sobbing. He claimed that when he asked her if she was okay, she said,
“No, I’m not okay, get me out of here.”
Sarah immediately sensed he was lying. He insisted he would get her an Uber, and he called her phone so she presumably would have his number. The Uber dropped her off nowhere near her hotel when the driver ordered her to leave the car.
Brown got out and immediately started to vomit white foam, which is essential to note because she had been drinking red wine.
She went to the closest hotel and realized she had been assaulted. Upon leaving the hotel, she went to a private doctor. She was bruised with broken capillaries around her neck and a broken toe.
When she went back to LA, she synched the number of the man’s phone into her computer, and within two minutes, he texted her and admitted that “something happened” and he used a condom.
She talked about why people are often hesitant to try to pursue justice against their attacker. She said she told the special victim’s unit in Brooklyn over the phone a statement and was told she had to return to New York to do it in person.
General Hospital Spoilers: Brown Has the Courage To Tell Her Story
Brown got a Freedom of Information Act to see everything the police did. First, the cops investigated the wrong date. Then, the D.A.’s office lost her case, and the confusion lasted for three months, with them messing around with the case. They asked the man if he had sex with her, and he denied it. They showed him the text messages in Brown’s phone, which got him to admit he did.
The police never followed up on the case. The police claimed there wasn’t enough evidence to pursue the case. The bar owner, who had surveillance, waited to call them back until it had been deleted.
She asked the police for the report and was told it would cost her 5150, which is a veiled threat because 5150 is code for someone being detained against their will in a mental health facility for 72 hours.
Brown felt powerless because the police did nothing to help her. She never got justice for what happened to her.
Sarah was brave enough to share this story with the public, hoping that by sharing what happened, she could warn others never to allow someone they don’t know to buy them a drink. She’s working on an app to help women in cases like this.
If you or someone who has been a victim of sexual assault, contact the National Sexual Assault Helpline at 800-656-HOPE.
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