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A stunning testimony was anonymously posted by Beirut Immediately by a girl sharing an expertise and revelation of how her, now ex, boyfriend and feminine good friend residing in Canada allegedly sexually abused her.
The girl reported that after an evening along with her then-boyfriend, Karl Bou Rjeily, she was on his telephone to order meals. Whereas doing so, she noticed Snapchat open. She opened the app curious as she didn’t know he even had an account.
She noticed an odd saved dialog between her boyfriend and Melissa Samaha, an outdated college good friend that now resides in Canada.
After seeing the dialog between the 2, she remembered the night time earlier than, when Karl woke her as much as blindfold her, regardless of telling him that she didn’t prefer it. As she seemed by the dialog, she realized that there was a photograph that Melissa was referring to – which was taken whereas she was blindfolded and unaware.
She requested Karl concerning the photograph. After hesitating, he revealed that he and Melissa deliberate on “utilizing her physique for his or her sexual needs.”
The sufferer reported that Melissa would give him directions to be abusive and violent in the direction of her and doc it in order that Melissa can stay her fantasies by them.
After processing the truth of the scenario, she realized that she had been manipulated and sexually violated. Asking him concerning the cause he did this, Karl stated that he “needed to expertise being evil as a result of unhealthy individuals get what they need.”
“Speechless, harm, disgusted, and numb, I attempted to succeed in for any sharp object to finish my very own life. I had by no means seen Karl extra indignant and violent; throwing me throughout the room, I fainted from numbness and shock numerous occasions in 3 hours,” the sufferer reported on Beirut Immediately.
Listed below are some elements of the Snapchat dialog she managed to take:
961News tried reaching Karl Bou Rjeily and Melissa Samaha however each have been unavailable for remark on the time of publishing.
Melissa’s Instagram was deactivated. Her LinkedIn account was renamed and data was eliminated.
Lebanese social media customers rushed to point out assist for the sufferer and converse out in opposition to each Karl and Melissa. Karl’s public Instagram posts are stuffed with hundreds of feedback condemning his alleged actions:
Others additionally blamed Melissa, calling her the mastermind behind Karl’s actions.
Lebanese legal guidelines not often defend cyber victims of sexual abuse. It’s already arduous sufficient to carry a sexual assaulter accountable legally, regardless of legal guidelines slowly enhancing. The primary sexual harassment trial solely occurred in November 2021.
Nevertheless, the distinctive side of that is that Melissa Samaha is in Canada in the course of the abuse. Cyber crimes, together with and particularly sexual crimes, are taken significantly beneath Canadian jurisdiction.
Though it isn’t unlawful but in Canada to obtain “revenge porn” (a time period used to seek advice from intimate photos/movies of others which might be shared by somebody) it’s felony to share them. However Melissa’s alleged function in actively encouraging the crime might expose her to persecution beneath Canadian legal guidelines.
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