Demi Lovato’s docu series just premiered at South by Southwest and Demi didn’t hold
back revealling her heartbreaking alleged sexual assault the night of her overdose,
and how she relapsed again.
Let’s get into it.
Demi Lovato’s docu series ‘Dancing With The Devil’ is set to be released on YouTube
next week, but it premiered on Tuesday night at South by Southwest’s virtual festival.
And like Demi has been teasing up to this point, she really doesn’t hold back in this
docu series.
Before we get into some of the biggest revelations from the series, I just wanted to give a trigger
warning that we will be discussing heavy topics like alleged sexual assault and drug use,
so please only continue watching if you feel comfortable and safe doing so.
Also, spoiler alert if you don’t want to know anything until watching the docu series
for the first time.
In the doc, Demi shared new details about the night of her 2018 near fatal overdose.
Page Six reported that Demi claims she was sexually assaulted and “left for dead”
by the drug dealer who delivered her the “dangerous cocktail of heroin and other drugs.”
On the night of her overdose in July 2018, Demi recalled going to several bars with her
friends and they all went to her house afterwards.
She said that once everyone left, at around 5:30 a.m., she drunkenly called one of her
drug dealers, who allegedly gave her oxycodone, that she now believes was laced with fentanyl.
According to USA Today, Demi alleged that quote, “I didn't just overdose – I also
was taken advantage of.
I've had my fair share of sexual trauma throughout childhood, teenage years.
And when they found me, I was naked, I was blue.
I was literally left for dead after he took advantage of me.”
Demi recalls being forced to face what happened when she woke up in the hospital after the
incident and her doctors asked her if she had had consensual sex.
Demi said quote, “I remembered him lying on top of me, so I said, ‘Yes.’”
But she later realized that due to the highly inebriated state she was in, she was in no
condition to consent to sex.
According to Page Six, Demi said quote, “It wasn’t until maybe a month after my overdose
that I realized, ‘Hey, you weren’t in any state of mind to make a consensual decision.’
That kind of trauma doesn’t go away overnight.”
Demi also detailed the aftermath of her near fatal overdose and looked back on what it
was like waking up in the hospital after suffering three strokes and a heart attack.
USA Today reported that Demi suffered brain damage and said she was quote, “legally
blind when I woke up.”
And Demi still suffers with these overdose side effects to this day.
She said quote, “I can't drive anymore and I have blind spots in my vision.
So sometimes when I go to pour a glass of water, I totally miss the cup because I can't
see it anymore.”
Even after her overdose, Demi admitted that she relapsed again.
According to USA Today, Demi revealed that quote, “I wish I could say the last night
that I ever touched heroin was the night of my overdose, but it wasn't.
I wanted to rewrite his choice of violating me.
I wanted it now to be my choice, and he also had something that I wanted, which were drugs.
I ended up getting high.
I thought, 'How did I pick up the same drugs that put me in the hospital?'
I was mortified with my decisions.”
She said this only made her feel worse, but in her head, it was her way of taking her
power back.
Demi has come a very long way since the 2018 incident.
In the fourth episode of the docu series, USA Today reported that Demi receives Vivitrol
injections to help curb cravings for alcohol and opioids.
And while she is in a better place, she also revealed she is no longer sober.
According to the outlet, Demi now “chooses to smoke weed and drinks in moderation, which
admittedly worries some members of her team” like Scooter Braun.
Demi said quote, “I have full faith you're not going to open up TMZ and see another overdose
headline.
But I also say this with humility that this is a very powerful disease.
I'm not going to pretend like I'm invincible.
I have to work every day to make sure that I'm in a good place so I don't go to those
things.
Time and trust is the only thing that will work for people, and over time you'll see
that I'm good.”
We’re are so happy Demi is in a better place now and it’s incredible how honest and open
she is with sharing her story.
Her candidness can certainly help others that are going through something similar.
We will link some resources down in the description below if you or someone you know needs them.
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Also, feel free to leave Demi some love in the comments and let us know if you’ll be
watching her docu-series when it comes out next week.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!