Brittany Hockley reveals she’s had her drink spiked three times on nights out

Brittany Hockley has spoken of her terrifying experiences having her drink spiked, saying it has happened to her three times – and once by a barman.

The influencer said on KIIS FM’s The Pick Up on Friday the use of date-rape drugs is ‘much more prevalent’ than people may realise.

She discussed the topic with her co-hosts Laura Byrne and Mitch Churi after actor and singer Hugh Sheridan opened up about being drugged five years ago. 

Brittany Hockley has spoken of her terrifying experiences having her drink spiked, saying it has happened to her three times – and once by a barman

Hugh, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, said they were drugged with by a couple – one of whom was his friend – and were left incapacitated for eight hours at an unfamiliar apartment. 

Brittany said she’d had her drink spiked three times, once by a barman serving the drink, and stressed that sometimes there is no way to prevent it from happening.  

‘I’ve been drugged three times by the way. I know Laura’s had a situation. I have so many female friends who have been in this situation too,’ she said. 

She discussed the topic with her co-hosts Laura Byrne and Mitch Churi after actor and singer Hugh Sheridan (pictured) opened up about being drugged five years ago 

‘One of mine was on a date [and] one of mine was a barman, so that made me very worried because you can be as careful as you want covering your drinks and walking around a bar, but if it’s come from behind the bar when you ordered it, it’s out of your control.’

Brittany said she suspects many cases of spiking are not reported to police, because victims can’t remember the details of what happened to them. 

‘It is so problematic but it’s so prevalent and I think a lot people don’t know how prevalent it is because it’s not widely reported,’ she said. 

Brittany (left, with Mitch Churi and Laura Byrne) said on KIIS FM’s The Pick Up on Friday the use of date-rape drugs is ‘much more prevalent’ than people may realise 

‘I know when it happened to me I didn’t because there was a part of me that was like, “Well, what are they going to do about it anyway? How are they going to prove it?” And you just think that and I think most women think that unless there is a way for them to feel they can 100 per cent be heard then something can be done about it.’

Laura added that she hopes everyone is ‘really conscious’ of the fact people aren’t just spiked by strangers in nightclubs.

‘It doesn’t just happen when you’re at a nightclub or your out with strangers,’ she said. ‘Like, my experience was with someone who I thought was a friend.’

‘And in this situation with Hugh Sheridan it was someone [they] thought was [their] friend. It was someone [they] knew and I think that is something that’s very underrepresented and not talked about enough.

‘It is so brave of Hugh to come forward and share this story.’

Brittany said she suspects many cases of spiking are not reported to police, because victims can’t remember the details of what happened to them