Bay City Roller victim of teen 'gay rape'

Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown has revealed that he was raped by another man at the age of 19.

The star admitted that he was drugged and sexually abused while touring with the band in America 30 years ago.

"Date rape is the best way I can think of to explain how I was cajoled into a situation through drugs into having sex with another man," he explained in a new documentary for Living TV.

"It happened in America in a hotel room. I was given Quaaludes, a drug for lowering your inhibitions and making you horny.

"Afterwards I felt really used and abused. I never told anybody about it, not even the other guys in the band, because I was ashamed."

McKeown, who is the only original member still in the band, admitted that the experience made him question his sexuality.

"Maybe part of the shame was that I actually enjoyed it. Before that, I always thought I was straight, but what was happening to me was very erotic and I felt pleasure from it," he said.

"Now I think a lot of the shame I've felt ever since has to do with the person who did that to me. I hated him. I tried to drink it away and push that memory into obscurity."

The Bay City Rollers sold over 300 million albums worldwide after rising to fame in the 1970s with hits including 'Shang-A-Lang' and 'Bye Bye Baby'.