Season 3 • Episode 10
LatestJennifer Holliday is driving along a Texas highway at night when she is viciously blind-sided. From out of nowhere, a shotgun blast nearly severs her arm and as she frantically tries to recover, her attacker's reign of terror is only just beginning.
Charisma Carpenter is the survivor of a real-life incident that she endured more than 20 years ago. The actress and two friends were swimming at San Diego's Torrey Pines State Beach in 1991 when they were violently attacked by an armed serial rapist. Carpenter fought for her survival after being held at gunpoint, but her two friends were both shot by the attacker. In the first episode of the series Charisma tells her story in raw emotional detail about what happened that night.
Acting
Carpenter's raw, unscripted vulnerability as host and survivor.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Carpenter's attacker was never convicted for her assault—only for the murders he committed later, making her testimony crucial public evidence.
She didn't publicly tell this story until 2013, twenty-two years later, and only after leaving Angel—her first project post-Buffy.
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