‘Hunger Games’ Star Jena Malone Says She Was Sexually Assaulted By Someone She Worked With

Jena Malone, who starred in the final three movies of The Hunger Games franchise, revealed in an Instagram post on Tuesday (Feb. 28) that she was sexually assaulted by someone she worked with on the films.

Malone shared a photo of herself in the “countryside of France” after wrapping The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 in 2014. She said she asked the driver to let her out in a field so she could “cry and capture this moment.”

“Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me, was going thru a bad breakup and also was sexually assaulted by someone I had worked with, I was so full of gratitude for this project, the people I became close with and this amazing part I got to play,” Malone wrote.

She continued, “A swirling mix of emotions I’m only now just learning to sort thru. I wish it wasn’t tied to such a traumatic event for me but that is the real wildness of life I guess. How to hold the chaos with the beauty. I’ve worked very hard to heal and learn thru restorative justice, how to make peace with the person who violated me and make peace with myself.”

Malone added that it’s been “hard” to talk about her time working on the movie “without feeling the sharpness of this moment.” Although she revealed she’s ready to “move through it and reclaim the joy and accomplishment” she once felt.

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She concluded her post by expressing love for survivors and urged anyone who needs to “talk or vent” to DM her.

Malone first joined the franchise with 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Johanna Mason, before going on to reprise her role in Mockingjay — Part 1 and Mockingjay — Part 2. The actress is set to star in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Netflix films, Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas and Horizon.

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