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Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale took to Twitter on Thursday to share a message about sexual assault. She didn't reveal if she was abused in the post, but she felt strongly enough about the subject to write an emotional message about it.
"I deleted it from Instagram. But this needs to be heard," she started. "I never understood sexual assault until tonight. I always sympathized, but never truly felt the pain of it until right now. My dignity and pride was broken. I am completely at a loss for words. I feel for anyone that has felt this pain that I feel right now. But I promise. I will not let a moment go by that I don't try to make a difference."
Hale, 28, soon deleted the tweet. Newsweek obtained a screenshot of a message before it was taken down.
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The tweet and message came more than a week after Hale's San Fernando Valley home was robbed. TMZ reported on January 9 that someone entered the house by breaking a window, then stole at least $15,000 worth of jewelry and purses. Hale wasn't present when the burglary occurred.
She took to Twitter to thank her fans for their support. "Thanks for all the kind words about my house. Luckily no one was hurt," she tweeted earlier this month. "Sad to lose some sentimental items, but thankful to be safe."
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Hale is far from the only celebrity in Los Angeles to be burglarized over the last year.
The home of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards' house was burglarized weeks ago. She was on vacation when the incident occurred. Mariah Carey had a reported $50,000 worth of handbags and sunglasses stolen from her house back in October. Hilary Duff suffered the same fate over the summer when her home was targeted while she was on vacation with her son, Luca. In March, burglars made off with $200,000 worth of items from Kendall Jenner's home.
As of 2 p.m. Thursday, Hale had not shared any more information on her social media accounts about her sexual abuse message.
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