Patricia Douglas

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Patricia Dorothy Douglas (March 24, 1917 – November 11, 2003) was an American dancer and movie extra. Douglas was the subject of the documentary Girl 27 documenting her 1937 rape by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) salesman David Ross and the aftermath. Douglas was one of the first people to come forward after experiencing sexual assault in the film industry, leading to a massive scandal that MGM buried by initiating a smear campaign against Douglas, and by buying-off potential prosecution witnesses. Douglas left the industry after her rape, but appeared on camera 65 years later, having been contacted by biographer David Stenn, who discovered that she was still alive while investigating the story of the 1937 rape and cover-up.

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