A Brooklyn lady alleged that she was raped on Coney Island whereas celebrating the Fourth of July — and bystanders simply laughed and filmed as an alternative of making an attempt to save lots of her.
Melissa Harris, 25, instructed CBS Information she tripped over a strolling mat on the seashore at round 3 a.m. that night time whereas making an attempt to flee a person with “bad vibes” marching menacingly towards her.
“He saw that I was on the floor and that’s when he put his face between my legs, and I started screaming and everyone started laughing and recording me,” stated the Brooklyn native, who allowed herself to be recognized within the hopes of discovering her attacker.
“Nobody helped. Nobody stopped.”
At one level, a light-weight from a golf cart shined on her and her attacker — however the driver simply drove off with out intervening, stated Harris, who has reported the assault to the NYPD, The Put up confirmed.
When she managed to free herself and go away the seashore, her assailant adopted her down Stillwell Avenue and raped her, she stated.
“He bent me over over here, and he raped me,” she instructed CBS, pointing towards a planter simply beside a few of the famed boardwalk rides.
“My face hit the bushes. I couldn’t do anything … I was just really scared and then I was screaming for help,” Harris stated.
“I was just terrified, and I couldn’t fight back,” she stated, saying that there have been additionally witnesses for the second a part of her nightmarish ordeal.
Harris stated she had arrived on the boardwalk round 11 p.m. Friday after the fireworks had completed. She shared video with CBS Information exhibiting a crowd of individuals standing round a bonfire earlier than the assault.
She instructed News12 Brooklyn that she had been hanging out with a bunch of individuals she had simply met — and the assailant was considered one of them.
After the assaults, she claims the group ran off.
She stated she’s sharing her story in an effort to get the person of the streets.
The NYPD didn’t instantly reply to the Put up’s request for extra data.
