Maura Higgins returns to Instagram after opening up about horror sexual assault

MAURA Higgins has made a defiant return to Instagram after opening up about a horrific sexual assault incident.

The former Love Island star – who rose to fame on the ITV2 show back in 2019 – had been missing from her social media since July.

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Now, Maura, 31, has returned to Instagram with a stunning selfie, as she gave a pun-filled shout-out to her social media fans.

The bombshell star struck a pout towards the camera as she showed off her cleavage in a tight plunging white corset top.

Maura revealed her glamorous make-up look, which included a fox-style smoky eye and a nude lip gloss, with chiselled cheek bones.

Looking tanned, the influencer let her long brunette hair flow down her chest and shoulders in blow-dried waves.

“In this heat, I’ve just got to give a shout-out to my fans,” she joked in the comments of the upload – after two weeks of Instagram silence.

It comes after Maura revealed she was sexually assaulted while ASLEEP in a taxi after her fans asked her about her “worst encounter”.

Model Maura shockingly told she isn’t ready to reveal the details of her most horrifying experience, but opened up about an incident with a taxi driver.

She said: “The worst one I’ve never ever ever opened up about and don’t think even think I’m ready yet. It was one of the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me.

“I had an incident with a taxi driver a long time ago in Ireland.

“Silly me, I fell asleep. My friends were dropped off before me and I was dropped off alone because I lived alone at the time.

“I woke up and his hand was right up my skirt. Honestly, I sobered up so quickly. I mesmerised his taxi number so quick and still remembered it the next day.”

Previously, Maura showed off her VERY toned abs in a workout snap as she gave fans a sneak peek at her gym routine.

It comes after Maura sizzled in a barely-there bikini during a sun-soaked holiday in July – as she posed on a boat.

Maura teased fans that she was returning to Love Island as a bombshell, saying she “may as well” go back into the villa after she admitted she was looking for a man.