Mischa Barton Recalls Being a 'Strange Sex Symbol' at 13 Years Old
in 2006. The star was arrested for driving under the influence in December 2007 and became a prime paparazzi target. The constant photographers and tabloid covers affected her so much, she recalled, that at one point, she didn't feel safe leaving her house, which led to a decline in her mental health.
"The constant feeling of being hunted affected me entirely. I had a few breakdowns," said Barton, who wasin the subsequent years. "What happened gave me PTSD. In the years afterwards, cameras would bother me; any noises that sounded like a shutter would give me a panic attack and make me extremely paranoid. I‘d have full blown panic attacks. I went to very dark places."
In 2017, after years of acting in small films and largely remaining out of the public eye, Barton found herself back in the spotlight when she filed a "revenge porn" lawsuit against an ex-boyfriend who filmed an explicit tape of her without her consent and was trying to sell the images. They later reached a settlement under which he agreed not to distribute the images and to turn them over to her.
Her hope is that the next group of actresses don't share her same experience. "The more we talk about what we've done to generations past, whether it be
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