Lucy Spraggan reveals she was raped by hotel worker during X Factor

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan has revealed she was raped by a hotel porter while competing on the ITV talent show in 2012. “How can you fulfil your duty of care when free alcohol is involved?” Detailing the rape in her new memoir, Process: Finding My Way Through, the singer – who was 20 at the time – said she fell unconscious and was escorted back to the hotel by a member of the production team, where a porter offered to help get her to her room. “In an event of such a distressing nature, welfare and support towards the victim would always be of the utmost priority.” A spokesperson for Fremantle, the British TV company that produced The X Factor for ITV under its Thames TV entertainment arm, said: “The serious sexual assault suffered by Lucy Spraggan in October 2012 was a truly horrific criminal act for which the perpetrator, who was not connected with the programme, was rightfully prosecuted and imprisoned. “Whilst we have worked hard to try and protect Lucy’s lifetime right to anonymity, we applaud her strength and bravery now that she has chosen to waive that right.” X Factor creator Simon Cowell, who was not a judge for the 2012 UK series, said in a statement: “What happened to Lucy was horrific and heartbreaking.