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(New York, NY) — A woman says she was raped twice on Coney Island on the night of July 4th, and she claims that no one came to her aid. Instead, the 20-something-year-old victim says onlookers took out their phones and shot video and pictures of the sex assault on the beach. The NYPD says they have a report of a rape taking place over the holiday weekend.
The victim says her attacker first assaulted her on the beach and then followed her onto the street where she was raped a second time. She says she has been in contact with the NYPD’s special victims unit, and that they are helping her process what took place.
The victim is begging anyone who took pictures or video of her sex assault to come forward so the rapist can be tracked down.