Author Jessica Knoll opened up about the true story that inspired 'Luckiest Girl Alive.'
Warning: The story contains spoilers for the movie"Luckiest Girl Alive."
One night at a party, Ani is gang raped by three of her male classmates. In the aftermath, Ani's experiences are downplayed by her peers and doubted by the adults in her life. She was left alone to question what really happened to her, and whether she somehow bore responsibility.As a student in a private school, Knoll experienced a similar gang rape, and turned her experiences into a"Luckiest Girl Alive" plot point.
While watching the scene during playback, Knoll said she was unable to do what she often does, still: Minimize what happened to her.Jessica Knoll on watching the sexual assault scene in "Luckiest Girl Alive" Jessica Knoll attends Netflix's "Luckiest Girl Alive" premiere at Paris Theater on September 29, 2022 in New York City.Knoll was in high school when the mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado took place, an event she said always stuck with her — but that's not why she included the sequence in her book.
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