Today, Saturday, a video clip spread widely on social media in Egypt, showing the Brazilian tourist accused of harassment while on a tourist trip in Cairo with the girl, the victim of the incident, as he apologizes to her.
The Brazilian young man, a doctor named Victor Sorrentino, appeared with the girl and in the presence of an interpreter, as he apologized to her for what he had done in the verbal harassment incident that he had published earlier on the communication sites and led to his arrest later by the Egyptian authorities.
اعتذار المتحرش البرازيلي للفتاة المصرية التي تحرش بها
The Brazilian harasser's apoligy to the Egyptian girl he harassed
A apolígie do assediador brasileiro à garota egípcia que ele assediou pic.twitter.com/xendhr3hYC
— Abdelrahman ElGendy (@El_Gendy_95) June 5, 2021
According to the video, the Brazilian offered his apology, saying: “The mistake I made was that I recorded the video without obtaining permission from the girl Reem, and I spoke in offensive words, and he explained that I have all respect for the Egyptian people in general and especially for Egyptian women, and I did not mean to offend, for this I ask A sincere apology from Mrs. Reem.
In turn, the Egyptian girl responded to his apology by saying: “I was surprised by Victor’s publication of the video, which included offensive words to me during my work. We are by nature a tolerant and hospitable people to all people from all over the world.
The Brazilian doctor’s wife had previously published an apology in Arabic and English through her personal account on the “Instagram” website, in which she said, “Our sincere apologies to the victim, her family, and anyone else who may have been offended. From the bottom of your heart, forgive us. Miguel needs to His father, I forgive you, and pledge to compensate all material and moral damages.”
And the beginning of the story, when the doctor published a video clip, asking several questions to the Egyptian girl, and took advantage of her lack of knowledge of the Portuguese language, and he kept asking her a number of questions that contain sexual overtones, but the girl thought he was talking to her about the papyrus, so she continued talking to him.
After the video was published through his account on “Instagram”, the Brazilian doctor was severely attacked by his followers, and then came out to justify that what he had done was just “fun and used to use this kind of talk to joke with his friends,” and that he continued to talk because he felt that the girl You want to agree to continue talking.
Immediately, pictures of the harassing Brazilian doctor spread on social media, accompanied by comments calling for his arrest.
Indeed, on Monday, May 31, 2021, the Egyptian Public Prosecution announced his arrest and detention. On charges of “verbally assaulting the Egyptian girl with sexual innuendo”, she banned him from traveling, after the victim insisted on filing a lawsuit against him for the damages he sustained.