Love Island star Megan Barton Hanson reveals she was raped and fell pregnant by abusive ex who nearly killed her

Megan Barton Hanson has revealed her horrifying ordeal at the hands of an abusive ex, saying she fell pregnant after he removed his condom without her consent, an illegal practise known as stealthing.

Speaking to Paul Carrick Brunson on his podcast We Need to Talk, Megan revealed the ordeal happened before she found fame on Love Island when she was dating an older man. 

Megan revealed she opted to terminate the pregnancy but her ex fell into a violent rage on their way home.  

She recalled: ‘He was like, “You’re disgusting. You just killed our baby.” Then he’s like, “You make me sick”, then he got the seat belt, wrapped it around my neck, bit my nose – this was post nose job – and said, “Think you’re pretty with that new nose?”, bit it, started filming me and goes, “Cry, b***h. Go and tell the camera what you’ve just done”.

‘I was in so much shock, I couldn’t even have tears. I couldn’t breathe.’

Megan revealed she was then given ’10 seconds to run’ to safety as her ex threatened to kill her. 

Megan Barton Hanson has revealed her ordeal at the hands of an abusive ex, saying she fell pregnant by an older lover after he removed his condom without her consent

‘We’re on a motorway, cars are speeding past at 70mph. I thought, even if I try [to run ] it’s just going to anger him more because he’s definitely going to catch me, so I just stood there frozen,’ continues Megan, who then did her ‘best acting’ to persuade the man to ‘calm down’ before finally dropping her home.

But later that night, the ‘nightmare’ continued when the boyfriend arrived at Megan’s parents’ home armed with a crowbar.

He ‘squared up’ to her marine biologist dad Kevin then ‘strangled her mum Justine and, as the family fled in their car – with Megan on the back seat – hurled the crowbar through the rear window.

‘I thought he’d literally kill me, the way he was. He was acting literally psychotic.’ 

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