• Julia was filmed without her knowing it on June 21 on the Champs-Elysées.

    She is seen briefly in a man's lap.

    As revealed by

    20 Minutes

    , the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation for rape on June 25.

  • The young woman, who has no recollection of these facts, "collapsed" upon discovering the video and the reactions it arouses.

  • Today she wants to "bounce back" and help other women.

The black hole.

When she wakes up on June 22, Julia *, 21, has no memory of her evening the night before.

His phone is overflowing with notifications.

A video, filmed without his knowledge, is broadcast and shared in a cascade on social networks.

We see Julia, the day before, the evening of the music festival, on the Champs-Elysées.

She is in a man's lap for a few seconds, until a friend comes to pull her out, as a crowd surrounds them.

Quickly, Internet users report the video and speak of a rape.

Others, many, relay the images and overwhelm Julia.

Her boyfriend leaves her.

After the discovery of these messages, the young woman is hospitalized: “I woke up the day after the music festival without remembering anything.

A lot of people called me and said, "Be careful, we caught you on video, there are people touching you everywhere".

I collapsed.

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may happen to anyone"

Internet users have multiplied the hostile comments towards the young woman: "I had a lot of messages from people who said to me" Hold on "but, on Twitter, they were fierce.

"Some accuse him of wanting to" make the buzz ", others deny the aggression or blame him for his behavior or a lack of modesty.

The whole embellished, most often, insults.

Julia wonders: "Why are there people who persevere, who insult, instead of supporting each other?

I don't even understand that some girls laugh about it when it can happen to anyone.

This is really the message I want to get across.

"

A man even posted a video on a site when Julia “doesn't know [him].

He was not even there at the time of the incident.

I tell myself that everyone is making videos about me, while it is me who is concerned.

"

"We do not touch a woman"

This June 21, Julia was to go “to a party in a hotel in Neuilly, but it could not take place because of the Covid.

The young woman begins to drink, with two friends, but she "felt good".

They then arrive on the Champs-Elysées.

There, she accepts drinks from strangers.

Has she been drugged?

For Julia, the black hole and its behavior on the video leave little doubt on this point.

The young woman has done toxicological analyzes but does not yet have the results.

"Drugged or not, you don't touch a woman!"

», She hammers.

"I was not in my normal state, in fact I should have been told 'Go to sleep, get some rest'.

"

The Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation on June 25 for rape.

The young woman also plans to file a complaint against the person or people who filmed her and those who relayed the images.

Today Julia wants to "bounce back" and help other women.

“There are still horrible comments on Twitter that hurt me, but I have treatment, I am going to see a psychologist, I feel a little better.

It gave me the idea to help women who are victims of what I have experienced.

"

* The first name has been changed.

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