RAPE – Cops in Paris are investigating the alleged sexual assault of an American woman who says that she was ‘raped and left at the side of the road’ while visiting the city to attend Fashion Week.
‘An American tourist said she was raped after a party in a hotel bar,’ in capital’s northwestern 17th district, the public prosecutor’s office said.
How it Happened
French daily Le Parisien said that the American tourist, who had come to the French capital to attend shows during this month’s Fashion Week, was raped by two men after taking drugs that one of them had given her.
According to the newspaper, the assault happened in a house that the woman was subsequently unable to locate. The woman said that the two men brought her to that home.
Reports in France say that police were called to a street around 20 minutes drive from the Four Seasons around 8:30pm local time on Saturday night.
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The woman was with others who said that she had described them being raped earlier that evening.
The Le Parisien report said that she was ‘raped and then left by the side of the road.’
Victim Impact Statement
The woman said that after the assault, she was forced back into the car that took her to the home, and then forced out a few minutes later.
At the time of writing, there are no suspects in custody.
