Joshua Bassett, star of Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, has revealed that he suffered sexual abuse as a teenager by "a much older man".
The 20-year-old actor and singer, who came out as being part of the LGBTQ+ community earlier this year, made the revelation during a profile interview with GQ.
"I experienced sexual abuse a lot in my childhood," he told the magazine. "I didn't remember that until last year, which is pretty insane. I buried it so far.
"And when I was a teen, a much older man routinely abused me, and I wasn't able to see it for what it was at the time."
Bassett's new three-song EP is out now.
Neil Wilkes
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