Season 3 of ‘Special Forces’ began with 16 contestants, including Stephen Baldwin and Denise Richards, but several have since exited the show

Celebrities endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process in a new season airing on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

Denise Richards is opening up about a painful time in her life. In the Season 3 premiere of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, the Wild Things actress emotionally recalls the time she was sexually assaulted when she was 15.

Trista Sutter & Denise Richards get us ready for the new season of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test. The 5-Week event begins TONIGHT (January 8) on FOX4 @ 7PM

World's Toughest Test' season 3, which puts celebs like Denise Richards, Stephen Baldwin, Kyla Pratt, Bachelor Nation's Ali Fedotowsky and Trista Sutter, and more through grueling physical challenges.

World's Toughest Test, the celebrity contestants have to go through rigorous training to prove themselves, but it's not about winning a prize or eliminating the weaker players. Instead, it's about showing that these cast members are more than what some may perceive them as.

World's Toughest Test season 3, which sees a new crop of celebs push themselves to the limits in some of the most grueling mental and physical obstacles of their lives. As in past seasons, the cast is made up of actors,