Amelle Berrabah Speaks About Sister's Rape Claims
Sugababes Star Amelle Berrabah experienced a "nervous breakdown" after her younger sister accused her boyfriend of rape.Freddie Fuller was arrested in January (07) along with several of his friends in relation to the alleged sexual assault of the singer's 20-year-old sibling, Samiya - a claim he strenuously denied.The 24-year-old was eventually released from the police investigation without charge after Berrabah's sister admitted she must have "dreamt" the whole incident.And Berrabah admits the affair has scarred her for life.She says, "I feel like I have had a nervous breakdown. I just shut off like a switch, my whole body. Sometimes I'd have panic attacks. I physically and mentally couldn't handle it. I just wanted to go into a room and never leave.Freddie and me feel like we are the shadow of the people we were. "It is horrible hearing what people have to say. Hearing your boyfriend being called a rapist is awful. It makes me feel sick, people whispering about us. It has really messed up both of us in the head. "We're almost scared to go out - the funny looks, people looking down on us for something we hadn't done, for something he hadn't done".
But the singer insists that she has been able to forgive her sibling.
She adds, "To turn around and say, 'I must have been dreaming', I need more than that. She was like my best mate, we'd do everything together. I feel I've lost a piece of me.
"I still love her to bits you know - she is still my sister. I know Freddie doesn't like to hear it".
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