One half of The Veronicas, Lisa Origliasso, has taken to social media to allege that for the past two years she has been harassed by a person who is hiding behind a protective veil of “celebrity and social position.”
The now-deleted post shows a censored image of a large dildo in a box with the words ‘eat a dick’. Lisa alleges the package was sent to her days after her November wedding and is just one part of an ongoing tirade of harassment.
“I am choosing to speak out & put this here in hopes to disempower the person who has continued to torment me and my family for the past 2 years,” the 34-year old captioned the post (per Pedestrian).
“This might come as a shock. But I am choosing to speak out publicly because I want other people going through anything like this to know they are not alone. Harassment, intimidation, bullying & abuse is not okay. Just because I haven’t spoken out about it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. It’s dangerous to one’s wellbeing to continue to endure private and public harassment, while being viewed as “attention seeking” for speaking out.
This package showed up addressed to me days after my wedding. And is just one of the countless ways this person has chosen to intimidate, harass (and now sexually harass) and hurt me. I want to make it clear that this has been happening exclusively over the past 2 years. Publicly & not so publicly, anonymously & not so anonymously.
From floods of abuse via texts, emails, a shocking amount of fake social media accounts having the same unprovoked episodic tirade of abuse, created purely to leave hate, spread lies about me, and defame my character and name.
My social pages and emails have been relentlessly hacked. It’s hard to fathom this type of harmful & obsessive behaviour.”
“Why am I writing this publicly? Because I won’t be compliant in silence anymore. The person knows time is up. They have taken protection in their celebrity & social platform for long enough.
I stayed quiet for concern for my sister’s safety in the presence of this person, but that is being handled on a legal platform now.
A year ago I gave legal written notice to this person to cease the harassment and defamation. It changed only to a private platform, and hidden harassment. And before anyone wants to doubt my integrity or say this is for publicity – understand I gain nothing out of this situation.
My sister, my Mum’s health, my career & my relationship deserve protection now. I will not stand by while people protect and placate an abuser’s public reputation at the expense of mine and my family’s safety & peace.
For anyone going through this too, never be afraid to speak up. And please seek help. God is watching.”
So far, no one has publicly responded to Lisa’s claims and sister Jess hasn’t spoken out on social media as of yet.
If you or anyone you know needs help or advice, please call Lifeline (131 114) or Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636).
If you are impacted by assault, domestic or family violence call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) or visit 1800RESPECT.org.au.
This article originally appeared on InStyle Australia
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