Alexa Nikolas detailed the alleged abuse she experienced from ex-husband

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Zoey 101 star Alexa Nikolas detailed the alleged abuse she experienced from ex-husband Michael Milosh

Former Nickelodeon star Alexa Nikolas, who is the ex-wife of Rhye frontman Michael Milosh, says Milosh groomed, sexually assaulted, and physically and sexually abused her throughout their time together. The actor penned her story in an open letter published on Instagram, titled “Groomed by the Groom.”

“This is an open letter about an older male ephebophile musician that groomed a teenager for a green card, success, and sex,” she wrote in the intro. “Before I begin, I would like to take a bow to each and every human being that stood up to tell their story, even with the fear of judgement and/or persecution. I take a bow to every human being that has had to stay silent for whatever reason they felt had outweighed speaking up. Each of us heal in our own ways. We have the right to do so. As a mother I could not let my story go unheard any longer.”

Nikolas explained that she first met Milosh when she was 16. She shared a screenshot of her interview withVerse from 2018, where she divulged that she’d been the one to reach out to Milosh first, telling him she liked his music. Milosh immediately asked for her number and they began talking, finally meeting when she was 18. She also shared that Rhye’s debut album, Woman, was written entirely about her. As Nikolas explained, because Milosh didn’t want the world to know they began talking while she was underage, the musician tried to take down the interview.

But while the interview Nikolas gave played down their dynamic, making it sound like they were just friends at the time of virtually meeting, the reality was different. “It was definitely flirtatious. It did not seem like just a friendly phone call,” she wrote. “He gave me his email address and said to keep in touch. He was aware of my age.”

She continued, “Via email he checked in with me while I was working on set. I sent him a photo of me wearing a pregnancy suit in an Amish costume for Children Of The Corn and he replied along the lines ‘Why am I turned on by this right now… you look like an attractive pregnant girl.’ I remember being somewhat flattered and also found this kind of funny and weird. My role was a 14-year-old Amish girl and the wardrobe was in no way revealing.”

Nikolas also wrote that in early 2009, when she was 17, Milosh asked if he could stay at her place. She considered this a red flag and didn’t respond, finding it “creepy and uncomfortable.” He also extended the invitation to fly her to New York to meet, and she ignored him again. But they still kept contact. “A lot of our conversations were via Skype video chat,” she recalled. “They were all sexual and flirtatious. I can account on numerous occasions undressing upon his request.”

She shared that her first sexual experience with Milosh in person was at 18, when she went to visit him in Berlin. Milosh had told her he had a girlfriend, but that didn’t stop him from trying to have sex with Nikolas. He made a move on her and she said no, explaining that she was on her period and didn’t feel comfortable having sex with him at the time. But Milosh kept trying to convince her to have sex with him, telling her he didn’t mind that she was on her period and likes the taste of blood. “He got on his knees and lifted my legs up over his shoulders and told me to relax. ‘You have to relax,’ he said. He spit on his fingers and began to press his thumb into my ass,” wrote Nikolas. The actor repeatedly told him it didn’t feel good and to stop, but he didn’t. “He continued to have vaginal intercourse with me without a condom. I was silently crying. I was thinking in my head ‘Will I take this more over time?’,” she wrote.