By The newspaper
Sep 29, 2023, 1:05 PM EDT
A 24-year-old woman pretended to be sleeping while traveling on a bus in Brazil to record the man who sat next to her to masturbate with her cell phone.
The events were reported on Monday during a trip on a bus on line 2334 through Recreio dos Bandeirantes, in the western area of Rio de Janeiro.
The victim told G1 that the suspect, identified as Jerson Luiz da Silva Sodré, 51, entered the bus and sat next to him. The woman found the action strange, since there were several seats available in the public transport vehicle. Initially, the man sat next to another woman, but moved to the victim’s side.
Da Silva proceeded to place his leg against the woman’s and touch her private parts over her clothing.
Frightened, the woman sent a message to her husband to inform him of what was happening. Next, the passerby pretended to be asleep and started recording without the pervert realizing it.
“It was very difficult for me because I was very afraid. She was shaking a lot; but I knew that if I didn’t record it, it would be my word against his. That’s when I pretended to be asleep,” the woman, whose name was not revealed, told the media.
As the bus approached the Nova Barra BRT station, the victim alerted the bus driver about what was happening.
When members of the Military Police arrived at the scene, the man tried to escape, but the passengers themselves helped stop him. The officers proceeded to examine the recording that the woman had taken and arrested the subject who now faces charges of sexual harassment.
“I never imagined going through this, because we see it on television, but we think it won’t happen to us. But, curiously, it happened to me and I don’t wish it on anyone,” the Brazilian declared to the aforementioned media.
The newspaper published part of the video of the incident but censored several parts for being explicit.