Bethany Platt

[swmc66]

I definately have stopped watching and will just follow on soapboards until she is out of there!

[Perdita]

I definately have stopped watching and will just follow on soapboards until she is out of there!

I think it might be a while yet ..

[Perdita]

CORONATION Street fans disturbed by the ongoing Bethany Platt sex ring storyline have been warned things are going to get worse for the character before they get better.

However a slither of light has been offered by actress Lucy Fallon – as she explains her character is going to wake up to what’s really going on soon.

Corrie fans have been gripped and distressed by the current storyline which has seen Bethany groomed by her boyfriend Nathan Curtis (played by Chris Harper) to engage in sex with different men.

The manipulative scenes have made for uncomfortable viewing – with scenes due to air in tonight’s episode showing Nathan convince 16-year-old Bethany to sleep with his friend Neil.

Actress Lucy, 21, says that Bethany will start to question Nathan following further scenes due to air next week when he introduces her to more ‘friends’.

Lucy says Bethany sleeping with Neil is a turning point for her character and she begins to wonder why her boyfriend Nathan would let her do that.

“There’s a scene where she says, ‘You’re supposed to love me so why are you OK with me sleeping with someone else?’

“He says it turns him on when she’s with other men, it makes her more desirable when other men want her,” the actress told The Mirror.

“From that point on there’s little things when she realises it’s not right, because she’s not stupid. But because his influence on her is so big that outweighs her concerns,” she said.

Bethany’s journey will only just start at that point, Lucy says, and she reveals it will still be some time before she escapes the dangerous relationship.

The star says Bethany will go through a phase of blaming everyone else – including characters Sarah, Gary and the Platts, before finally realising Nathan should be the focus of her anger.

But chillingly, Lucy says her character is going to have to deal with worse situations before things will improve for her.

“I know where it’s going because [boss] Kate Oates and I have regular chats about what’s going to happen,” she said.

"The content of the story is quite horrid so she wants to keep me in the loop, so I know where it’s going and I’m happy about where it’s going to go. I do know where it gets to but not what happens after that. I know as far as September time,” she explained.

And it seems there is another victim of Nathan’s in Weatherfield, as actress Julia Goulding says her character Shona Ramsay also suffered at Nathan’s hands – but that she could be an ally to Bethany.

“Nathan and Shona used to go out and obviously we’ve seen what he’s doing with Bethany at the moment and because Shona’s a bit older, he tried to do it to Shona but she said, ‘No way’," she said.

“Hence why she ended up homeless on Christmas Day because he’d kicked her out.

"So when Nathan came to the street it was to follow Shona, to try and get her back,, and then he found Bethany which is awful. She's got cigarette burns on her shoulder that he inflicted on her. She has no idea that Bethany's Nathan is the Nathan she used to go out with."

The Sun

[swmc66]

She is just a very bad actress and they are making her exceptionally dumb. I mean she was worried about a starnger taking the equipment and was unsure so she offered him the laptop as well. Kate plans to make her a successful business women but the foundations are not obviously there so i expect another personality transplant soon

[Perdita]

She is just a very bad actress and they are making her exceptionally dumb. I mean she was worried about a starnger taking the equipment and was unsure so she offered him the laptop as well. Kate plans to make her a successful business women but the foundations are not obviously there so i expect another personality transplant soon

She is very young and does not really know Nathan well and sure does not know his friends or business associates ... she is only 16 and she was confused being on her own when the equipment was taken .. maybe this experience will make her a successful businesswoman because she sure had steep learning curve in relationships

[swmc66]

She has had to deal with a lot so far prior to this storyline so you would have thought she would be a bit more grown up by now.

[lizann]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...lot-twist.html

Bethany is raped by Nathan's friend

was it rape, did she ever say no, of course we know she didnt want it but she didnt put up a fight or call out no or call out for nathan, mel or anyone unless we are to assume she did and it wasnt shown, over watershed time

it is a storyline i hope isnt played out long with bethany sleeping with a few of nathan's mates/clients/business colleagues aka all dirty sleaze bags

[Kim]

was it rape, did she ever say no, of course we know she didnt want it but she didnt put up a fight or call out no or call out for nathan, mel or anyone unless we are to assume she did and it wasnt shown, over watershed time

it is a storyline i hope isnt played out long with bethany sleeping with a few of nathan's mates/clients/business colleagues aka all dirty sleaze bags

I think it was deliberately done like that to raise awareness that being coerced like that is wrong, and to encourage anyone who might be in a similar relationship to get out.

They might've wanted to prompt discussion as to whether it qualifies as rape or not (I'd imagine it's something that there would be differing opinions about, with the way it was shown.)

[Perdita]

Terrified Bethany Platt is burnt with cigarette by twisted groomer Nathan in shocking Coronation Street scenes
Corrie's Bethany Platt screams in agony as vile groomer Nathan Curtis burns her with a cigarette in shocking scenes filmed this week.
Meanwhile twisted Nathan (Chris Harper) stood by, ignoring her pleas for help.
And these images show that things are set to get worse for the vulnerable teenager.
One source said: “Bethany at first couldn’t see how dangerous a situation she was getting into.
“But when Neil rapes her – with Nathan – standing by, she realises the truth in the worst way possible.
“And Nathan soon makes it clear that he will hurt her physically if she tries to stop him.”
We on Sunday revealed Corrie’s plans to air the shocking storyline - inspired by horrors such as the sex ring in Rochdale - in December.And the decision to highlight the dangers of grooming has seen the ITV soap praised for raising awareness amongst young female viewers.

[swmc66]

In a court of law it would be classed as rape would'nt it if it was part of a sex ring and all about manipulation and fear. Neil and Nathan knew exactly what they were doing. It was against her consent at the end of the day.