In her new memoir “A Helluva High Note” to be published April 26, DioGuardi reveals she was molested when she was 11 at the hands of a family friend’s son.
In 2000, she experienced more pain when she was date-raped by a fairly known producer. After a dinner, “he was on top of me, pumping, sweating and speaking in Spanish, not a word of which I could understand.” She was afraid to fight him off, fearing he would hurt her.
DioGuardi, whose new Bravo show “Platinum Hit” debuts May 30, also opens up about workplace harassment, revealing that she was once sent on a three-day “songwriting trip” with a “hugely successful artist.” DioGuardi said “the trip’s activities consisted of watching porn, scavenging the kitchen for food, leering at strippers as they performed sex acts in the living room.”
She ignored the inappropriate conduct… until the artist made the moves on her and forced her hand to his crotch. That’s when she said she walked out.
