Fitness influencer Anna Clara Rios took to her Instagram profile today to counter criticism from her followers after being victim of harassment while traveling by plane🇧🇷 She shared a series of posts where she was accused of using the case as a way to get “five minutes of fame”.
“A lot of people said I had to wear the burqa if I didn’t want to be photographed, there were people saying I didn’t know how to be praised, that I did it for the fame or for the cookies. No one wants to have the image associated with violence, a crime. I don’t need to,” said the influencer, who has over 600,000 followers on Instagram.
A few hours ago she had told on social networks that she had been the victim of harassment during her journey from SĂŁo Paulo to Belo Horizonte. She even shared a video of the federal police approaching the man who was harassing her.
“Do not i’m about to leave feel guilty about reporting. No i’m about to leave feeling guilty about sleeping on the plane, wearing a dress yesterday, and not even bringing it up. I felt insecure and helpless, which is how I found out to stand up for myself, no i’m about to leave feel guilty too,” he concluded.
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Anna said on video footage that she slept during the journey and was woken up by an airline professional who changed seats. “I didn’t understand why, but I was a bit sleepy, by default, and swapped with a guy behind me. I sat next to a woman. I don’t know the relationship between them, but I understood that she knew him, they were together, “she said she..
She confirmed that she found the exchange strange and decided to ask the passenger next to her why. Then the girl explained that she had caught a man photographing Anna from the very beginning of the trip. “He pointed at a gentleman and my first reaction was, ‘I work with the internet, he must have recognized me. He said, ‘I don’t think so. While you were sleeping, he was zooming in. and try to see what was under your dress “said the influencer.
The young woman decided to look for a flight attendant, who advised her to contact the police. On her Instagram, the young woman even shared a photo in which a Federal Police agent is chatting with a gentleman still on the plane. She also shared a WhatsApp photo of the man, where she had forwarded a photo of Anna to someone. “I’m going to Brasilia with this plane behind me,” she reads the post.
According to the influencer’s report, she even confronted the man and asked him to delete all the photos. “I went to him, told him that I knew he took the pictures, that I felt invaded, and that it could be his mother, his sister, his daughter, and that doesn’t happen. He didn’t know me. he said. that he was embarrassed, he apologized and said he would delete the photos,” he said.
