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Molly Pike

Demi Moore's rapist was LA club landlord who attacked her at 15 before paying her mum £400

The man who raped Demi Moore before paying her mum £400 has been revealed as an LA club landlord, it's claimed.

Last month the Ghost star, 56, said she was attacked at the age of just 15 when the man, who had a key, got into the house before paying off her late mother Virginia King.

She has now identified him as family friend Val Dumas, who was actually Basil Doumas that ran the popular La Cage Aux Folles club.

Doumas met Demi's mum in the late 1970s and would have been 48 when he raped her. He died in in 1997 aged 68.

Demi Moore said she was raped at 15 by a man who paid her mum £400 (REUTERS)

Demi would eat at Mirabelle restaurant, which was run by Doumas, with her mother.

He soon started turning up at her school and later raped her at her flat, she said.

Afterwards he asked her: "How does it feel to be wh***d out for $500?"

It is not believed she reported the attack to the police.

Demi's late mother Virginia King (Good Morning Amercia)
Demi Moore recalls harrowing rape case when she was 15

George Germanides, who ran the Mirabelle restaurant with Doumas, told the Sun on Sunday : "His real name was Basil and his nickname was always Val. He was a sort of silent partner of mine from 1974. He had a lot of money.

"I bought him out after seven years."

He said he had "no idea" if Demi's allegations are true.

A teenage Demi (Good Morning Amercia)

Last month Demi said her mum, who was an alcoholic, started taking her out to bars to get attention from men when she was very young.

But she also said she doesn't think her mum had sold her to the police.

Speaking on Good Morning America, Demi explained: "I think in my deep heart, no. I don't think it was a straight forward transaction but she still did give him the access and put me in harm's way."

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