Viral photo of couple engaging in public sex act actually rape, female student says
As many as 10 witnesses tweeted photos and video of a man going down on a woman outside of a bank according to students who broadcast the scene on Twitter. The woman photographed now tells police that she was a victim of sexual assault and no one intervened.
By Nina Golgowski / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 8:20 AM
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A viral photo of two people appearing to engage in a public sex act near the Ohio University campus in Athens was actually rape, according to the woman photographed.
A university student photographed while appearing to be engaging in a public sex act near Ohio University's Athens campus tells police she was being raped as fellow students watched and uploaded pictures.
As many as 10 people watched and tweeted pictures and even a video of the act while describing both their shock and humor of the scene unfolding, according to students who broadcast the scene on Twitter.
The couple, described as being in their early 20s, is seen in several shots leaning against a Chase Bank window on Court Street - just a block from the Athens police station - as the man goes down on her.
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Links to the pictures, since deleted, were immediately trumpeted on the Web, including by a university nightlife blog, Athens Tonight, and a woman who sent it to former Revenge Porn manager, Hunter Moore, while boasting of having witnessed the scene first hand.
The woman involved woke to the pictures the next day and reported the incident to police Sunday night, according to 10TV.
Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle now tells the station that the behavior by the people who saw it and did nothing to help is just as shocking, if not more.
As many as 10 people watched and tweeted pictures and even a video of the act while describing both their shock and humor of the scene unfolding, according to students who broadcast the scene on Twitter.
The couple, described as being in their early 20s, is seen in several shots leaning against a Chase Bank window on Court Street - just a block from the Athens police station - as the man goes down on her.
RELATED: MISSOURI FAMILY BECOMES TARGET IN SMALL TOWN AFTER TEEN CLAIMS SHE WAS RAPED
kal_vizuals/via Instagram
People on Twitter laughed and joked about the photos they saw — but the woman involved says it wasn’t consensual, it was sexual assault.
The woman involved woke to the pictures the next day and reported the incident to police Sunday night, according to 10TV.
Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle now tells the station that the behavior by the people who saw it and did nothing to help is just as shocking, if not more.
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