Shailene opens up about her strip search

Shailene opens up about her strip search
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Shailene Woodley has opened up about the emotional toll that her arrest at the Standing Rock protests had on her. She says she was strip-searched and felt like a caged animal.

Shailene Woodley has opened up about the emotional toll that her arrest at the Standing Rock protests had on her. She says she was strip-searched and felt like a caged animal.

"The Fault in Our Stars" star was arrested in October 2016 while participating in a protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

"I was strip-searched. Like get naked, turn over, spread your butt cheeks, bend over. They were looking for drugs in my a**," Woodley told.

"When you're in a jail cell and they shut that door, you realise no one can save you. If there's a fire and they decide not to open the door, you'll die. You are a caged animal," she added.

Woodley turned off her phone for three months this year due to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms she and her friends had after the protests.

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