The former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan has revealed she was raped by a hotel porter during the production of the ITV show in 2012. In her new memoir, Process: Finding My Way Through, Spraggan details the devastating impact the assault had on the subsequent decade of her life, and how she felt let down by ITV. She said the rape took place after a night celebrating fellow contestant Rylan Clark’s 25th birthday at the Mayfair nightclub Mahiki, which was attended by X Factor crew. “It was inappropriate for anybody – including contestants – to be drunk,” she said in an interview with the Guardian. “How can you fulfil your duty of care when free alcohol is involved?” Spraggan said she passed out and was escorted back to the hotel by a member of the production team, where a hotel porter offered to help get Spraggan to her room. As they left, the porter flipped the security latch on her door to prevent it locking behind them. Some time later, Clark checked in on an …

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