A Brooklyn lady alleged that she was raped on Coney Island whereas celebrating the Fourth of July — and bystanders simply laughed and filmed as a substitute of attempting 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 attempting to flee a person with “dangerous vibes” marching menacingly towards her.
“He noticed that I used to be on the ground and that’s when he put his face between my legs, and I began screaming and everybody began laughing and recording me,” mentioned the Brooklyn native, who allowed herself to be recognized within the hopes of discovering her attacker.
“No one helped. No one 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, mentioned 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 mentioned.
“He bent me over over right here, and he raped me,” she instructed CBS, pointing towards a planter simply beside a number of the famed boardwalk rides.
“My face hit the bushes. I couldn’t do something … I used to be simply actually scared after which I used to be screaming for assist,” Harris mentioned.
“I used to be simply terrified, and I couldn’t struggle again,” she mentioned, saying that there have been additionally witnesses for the second a part of her nightmarish ordeal.
Harris mentioned 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 gaggle of individuals she had simply met — and the assailant was one in every of them.
After the assaults, she claims the group ran off.
She mentioned she’s sharing her story with a purpose to get the person of the streets.
The NYPD didn’t instantly reply to the Put up’s request for extra data.
