By Helen Zhao for MailOnline. And Charisma Carpenter has faced evil during her own lifetime — attacked by a serial rapist in when she was only The year-old actress opened up again about the incident, telling Toofab , 'I had a lot of therapy,' in order to heal from the stress of the traumatic event. Scroll down for video. True confessions: Charisma Carpenter, pictured in LA in June , opened up again in a new interview about her attack by a serial rapist in Last year, her story of survival kicked off season one of the Investigation Discovery series, Surviving Evil.
Charisma Carpenter was just 21 when she escaped a brutal attack by a serial rapist who tried to murder two of her friends. The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star was swimming at a San Diego beach when a masked man appeared from the shadows and threatened her with a gun. Her friends, Arthur Gracia and Aldo Ochoa, were in the water when they heard the actress scream and ran to her aid. The quick-thinking Carpenter looped the belt loosely, giving Gracia the chance to attack the assailant. In the struggle, Gracia was shot in the chest and Ochoa was seriously wounded when a bullet went through his stomach. The gunman fled after being shot in the hand, while the blood-soaked trio fled to a convenience store and raised the alarm.
Charisma Carpenter is frighteningly qualified to host a new series about people who fought back against attackers: She escaped a serial rapist 20 years ago and gave police a key piece of evidence against him. The series will begin filming its episode first season this month. Carpenter was a year-old former San Diego Chargers cheerleader when she and two male friends were attacked by an armed police officer, Henry Hubbard Jr.
Charisma Carpenter is frighteningly qualified to host a new series about people who fought back against attackers: She escaped a serial rapist 20 years ago and gave police a key piece of evidence against him. The series will begin filming its episode first season this month. Carpenter was a year-old former San Diego Chargers cheerleader when she and two male friends were attacked by an armed police officer, Henry Hubbard Jr. They resisted Hubbard, and Carpenter's two friends were shot and seriously wounded.