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Alan Ritchson, star of the TV series "Reacher," revealed during an appearance at FAN EXPO Canada that he was threatened by a former business partner who demanded he meet her in a hotel room in Cannes or face false rape accusations. This alleged extortion attempt led Ritchson to experience severe depression and even contemplate suicide. He refused the threat, took legal action, and settled the issue but described enduring significant emotional trauma as a result of the uncertainty it created about his life's achievements.
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Story summary
Alan Ritchson, star of the "Reacher" series, recently disclosed at FAN EXPO Canada a deeply personal experience where he became suicidal due to an alleged extortion plot. He claims a former business partner threatened to accuse him of rape in Cannes, France, if he refused to meet her at the Hotel du Cap when selling a successful film for her company there. Ritchson says this blackmail attempt left him severely depressed and uncertain about his future. "I'm a suicide survivor," Ritchson emphasized, highlighting the traumatic impact of the alleged threat on his mental health during his mid-30s. He urged anyone struggling with suicidal thoughts to contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 for help.
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This story discusses suicide.
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If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988.
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Alan Ritchson is sharing an intensely personal account of a period when he says his life began to unravel.
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The "Reacher" star said a former business partner threatened to accuse him of rape if he refused to meet her at a hotel in Cannes, France – an alleged threat he says left him overwhelmed by uncertainty and depression.
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"I'm a suicide survivor," he said during a recent appearance at FAN EXPO Canada.
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I was depressed for the first time, and I was depressed because I had done everything right, and I had a falling out with a business partner that threatened to … if I didn't go up to her hotel room, at the Hotel du Cap in Cannes when I was selling a film there, great success for her company that I was running, that she would call TMZ and tell the reporter that I raped her in Cannes, and she would ruin my life
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," Ritchson claimed.
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He continued, "So it was like she was blackmailing me to come up, and I was like, 'No, I'm not doing that.'
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I didn't want to do that."
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Ritchson did not identify the woman by name during his remarks.
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The actor said he refused to go to the hotel room and instead took legal action, hiring a litigator to fight the alleged threat.
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He said the business fallout was severe and that he ultimately reached a settlement — but walked away feeling that something much harder to recover had disappeared.
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"I lost everything in that relationship; she was a billionaire, and she actually tanked every bit of our business and cost me a lot, and also the threat of that looming over my head – I hired a litigator to fight back and make sure that couldn't happen," Ritchson said.
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"I ended up winning a settlement, but I didn't win anything because what I was left with was this uncertainty about what happens in life when you do good, you know, and like when you try your hardest."
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The actor said he "felt helpless," and said the situation left him "really broken and depressed" and feeling like it would be "a gift" to his family if they didn't have to deal with the fallout of the alleged scheme.
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Ritchson’s comments come as he navigates a significant new chapter in his personal life.
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Earlier this month, Ritchson and his wife, Catherine, announced they were ending their 20-year marriage.
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In a joint Instagram statement shared this month, the couple said they had "decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way."
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The two first met as teenagers and later reconnected before marrying on May 12, 2006.
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They share three sons — Calem, Edan and Amory.
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Ritchson is best known for roles in "Smallville," "Blue Mountain State," "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and "Titans."
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He landed the title role in "Reacher" in 2022, which helped establish him as a leading Hollywood action star.
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