David Bowie's ex-wife Angie reveals she was raped in a hotel room by two men during the 1970s - but never told the star as he 'couldn't deal with that type of thing'
- Angie Bowie, 69, said her drink was spiked on a night out in New York in 1974
- She came to as two men towered over her and she punched each of them
- She never told David as she 'never gave him bad news'
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Angie Bowie, 69, has revealed how she was raped in New York by two men in 1974
David Bowie's ex-wife Angie has revealed how she was raped by two men but never told the singer.
Angie, now 69, said she woke up in a New York hotel room in 1974 covered in blood after her drink had been spiked.
Finding two men standing over her, she quickly rose and punched the two men before calmly leaving.
Speaking for the first time about the horrific ordeal, Angie told The Mirror: 'My dad was a US army colonel. I just remembered his advice and beat them up. But I didn't go to the police. They wouldn't help you.
'And I never told David. I never gave him bad news. That wasn't my job. He wouldn't have been able to deal with that kind of thing. I just learned to block it all out. I ignored it.
'I'm not a survivor. I'm a warrior because that's what you have to be.'
She had only been drinking a Coca Cola when someone slipped something into her drink and she passed out.
Angie says she is still bothered by the incident but felt 'sheer joy' when she punched her attackers.
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David Bowie's wife didn't tell the singer about the horrific ordeal because she 'never gave him bad news'
Angie is credited as being one of the driving forces behind Bowie's rise to stardom after they met in 1969.
But the star has said she was hated for being his manager, particularly as a powerful woman.
Angie has revealed all about her life with David Bowie and their open marriage in a new book Lipstick Legends.
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