X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has claimed that her 'music team' stopped her from having cancerous cellls removed from her body because the recovery time was too long.
The 35-year-old singer, who shot to fame on the ITV singing contest in 2010, has made a series of bombshell allegations on Twitter about her experience of the dark side of the music industry.
Among her latest claims, Rebecca alleges she was only allowed to sleep for three hours a night, survived on limited amounts of food and drink and was told when she could speak to her own children.
Speaking out on her social media page, the mum-of-three began: "Thread* * I was forced into a contract despite running away from the solicitor and insisting I did not want to sign.
"'* I lived on limited food a day I was told when I could eat and drink * I was allowed 3 hours of sleep per night! * I was placed on a constant course of antibiotics because my body was so run down...
"* Calls to my children were limited if they called me staff were told not to tell me or to ignore! * My personal relationships were dicatated staff were told to ruin my relationships Or face being sacked!!...
"'* I was told that I have to do as I’m told because of the money I make! * I was placed on sleeping pills and pain medication. * If I collapsed due to extreme exhaustion an ambulance would NOT be called...
"* when I lost a baby I begged for time off. I was told no! * I was classed as unfit to fly Airplane however my team asked me to fake looking well so that the airline would allow me to fly!...
"* My team were told by doctors if I did not rest I would be permanently disabled!
* I was not allowed to have cancerous cells removed My team said there is no time too because I needed 10 days recovery!."
Rebecca went on: "When my mother was very ill and I needed to go home I was told 'When we tell you to do something you do as we f**king say' I was forced to have intense media training so that I never said anything negative it was like being brainwashed...
"I had my company files stolen and alot of money stolen so that I could not fight against them. Witnesses heard them say “We need to crush her spirit”...
"They employed 7ft men to look after me and said it was because they wanted me to be intimidated and put in my place!...
"My story is one of many the many victims deserve to have their stories aired not blocked and not silenced! I don’t care who they are or what legacy they want to maintain their victims deserve to have their voices heard!! #justiceforartists' [sic]" she concluded the thread.
After making the allegations, Rebecca then tweeted to fellow X Factor contestant Lucy Spraggan who she described as 'another absolute warrior.'
"Again it isn’t my place to tell anybody’s story but what a strong, amazing female she is!!! One day her story will be aired!! Lucys album by the way went TOP TEN!! She did that!! Despite all obstacles," praised Rebecca.
The allegations come after Rebecca previously informed fans she is working on a documentary about the music business in light of her own experiences.
In May she revealed she suffered a miscarriage early on in her music career and claimed she'd been 'forced to work' through the ordeal.
"You will see more in my documentary... but these people forced me to work through a miscarriage despite me pleading to them that I was too ill to work and needed to rest!" she tweeted.
"They need to be stopped! Exploitation at its absolute worst! modern-day slavery," alleged Rebecca.
As well as a documentary, Rebecca is also campaigning for a parliamentary inquiry to be held into the music industry to offer better protection to artists.
Rebecca found fame on the X Factor in 2010 where she lost out to Matt Cardle in the final.
