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The 38-year-old actress, star of movies such as Bad Boys II and Bring it On, was raped herself when she was younger and dismissed the critics' opinion of the new music video.
She wrote on Twitter: 'Saw 'Man Down' by @rihanna. Every victim/survivor of rape is unique, including how they THINK they'd like justice 2 be handed out.
'Durin my rape I tried 2 shoot my rapist, bt I missed. Over the yrs I realized that killin my rapist wouldve added insult 2 injury.
'The DESIRE 2 kill someone whose abused/raped u is understandable, bt unless its self defense n the moment 2 save ur life, just ADDS 2 ur troubles #mandown.
'I repeat SELF DEFENSE 2 save urself/protect urself, I'm ALL 4. Otherwise victim/survivor takin justice N2 ur own hands w/ violence=MO trouble 4U!!
'#mandown video did a GREAT job of getting the ENTIRE world TALKING abt RAPE. I hope that it leads 2 HEALING & PREVENTS RAPE.'
When one follower asked her about her ordeal, she said: 'Stranger who robbed the store I worked at. He put his gun dwn during the rape & asked me 2 had it 2 him.'
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| 1 |  | Gabrielle Union Defends Rihanna's 'Man Down' Murder And Rape Scene Actress Gabrielle Union has defended Rihanna's controversial new video for 'Man Down'. The video, released earlier last week, was criticised because … | June 8, 2011 |