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Journalist accuses mascot of sexual harassment
…in a huge rivalry game
February 28, 2024 6:50 a.m. Pacific Time
A soccer reporter who was covering a game between the famous rivalries in Brazil over the weekend said he was forced to go to police after the game, claiming he had been sexually harassed by one of the team's mascots.
Canal Monument Journalist Gisele Kumpel The cheating, she claims, happened on the sidelines of Sunday's tilt between Gremio and Sporting Club Internacional (a game football enthusiasts refer to as the “Grenal”).
Kumpel said in an interview. globo sports At several points during the match, Internacional's masked cheerleaders, Sashistarted gesturing to her… He bent down and looked down at her phone.
Then, according to Kumpel, after Internacional's big goal in the second half…Sasi grabbed her and made kissing noises.
“He stopped next to me and just hugged me,” she told GE. “He hugged me. Even though he was wearing a mask, he pushed my head and made me kiss him. I could hear the kiss and feel his sweat.”
Kumpel went on to say that she was the only female reporter in attendance and the only one who hugged Sasi.
“Yet again women who want to do their jobs in football suffer for these criminal idiots,” she wrote in a post on X, along with a photo of her reporting the incident to local authorities. Attached. “I will do my best to prevent other women from experiencing this.”
This was announced by Internacional officials in a statement. us sun They announced that the person wearing the Sashi costume has been suspended as they and law enforcement continue to investigate the allegations.
Meanwhile, Kumpel said he was fine despite the incident, writing on his social media page: “Everything is fine.”
“I took away the fear, the shaking, the crying and the disbelief of that moment. You can't take away the facts, so I did everything I could,” she said.
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