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Brit says she called off sting operation when man found her ‘drunk’ on beach and said ‘Let’s go’ – TV
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Brit says she called off sting operation when man found her ‘drunk’ on beach and said ‘Let’s go’ – TV

Warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault that some readers may find distressing.

An undercover reporter who visited Magaluf beach as an undercover and “drunk” party girl has explained why she pulled the plug on a specific part of the operation after a man was filmed saying “ Let’s go.”

Ellie Flynn, a journalist who has made several documentaries in which she infiltrates, has produced a new documentary called Magaluf Undercover: Predators and Parties.

THE Channel 4 The documentary is a shocking look at the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault in Magaluf.

Documentary highlights number of women harassed while on holiday abroad (Channel 4)

Documentary highlights number of women harassed while on holiday abroad (Channel 4)

As part of the documentary, they organized a survey among young people who had visited the island, known for its festive culture.

Shockingly, almost a quarter of those surveyed said they had been victims of sexual assault.

Horrible clip of man saying ‘let’s go’ after finding her ‘overwhelmed’

A particular clip from the documentary went viral this week.

Flynn walked the strip and beach in Magaluf throughout his time there. pretend to be “drunk”filming how men would act when they found a drunk woman alone.

In the clip in question, she is sitting, clearly “drunk”, on a deck chair by the beach, and several men approach her.

A man approaches her and tells her that she is his “last chance”, before saying: “Want to kiss a little?”

One in particular goes back to her friend and tells her “here we go” after being told she was “completely drunk”.

In the clip, Flynn describes why she had to call undercover work earlier there, with security coming to get her out of the situation.

Flynn said in the documentary that although she was aware of the first two men who came towards her, when a third from the same group came to talk to her, she was shocked, not having realized he was there .

Why the sting operation was called off

In an exclusive interview with LADbible, she said of the clip: “It really, really surprised me, because I didn’t see where the first two had gone.

“I didn’t know if they were behind me. I didn’t know if they were all surrounding me. It’s really very dark. You can’t really see anything on this beach.

“There’s no light, you know, there’s no light in this area. Suddenly I felt like I was outnumbered.

She went on to say that it was the scariest experience of a trip, during which she was sexually harassed multiple times.

One of the men approached her and asked her to

One of the men approached her and asked her to “kiss him a little” (Channel 4)

“Even though I have security, even though I have a team around me, to feel like there are potentially three men working together around you, it makes you feel so vulnerable and it’s really, really intimidating.

“That’s why, you know, I got up and canceled it right away.”

Where Ellie’s Red Lines Were During Filming

Later in the interview, Flynn said that she had extensive discussions with the production team regarding her “red lines” while undercover, and that these included anyone touching her in a situation where she did not couldn’t escape, or if she was stuck at any point.

If any of these points were crossed, remote security would intervene immediately.

Other than that, it was entirely up to her, using signals such as suddenly standing up to let security know she wanted them to intervene.

Although it was difficult for security services to ignore instincts to intervene, she said it was essential to “make sure of people’s intentions”.

She said: “Ultimately it had to be up to me to say where I felt comfortable and where I felt like a line had been crossed, or where I wanted something ends so that on the last day, the signal is just for me to get up.

“If I stood up, I had a word I could say if I wasn’t able to get up, and that’s what I did as soon as I could no longer see where the other two men were. and I didn’t know how many there were around me, I got up straight away.

Magaluf Undercover: predators and parties is available on YouTube here.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this article and would like to speak to someone in confidence, contact The Survivors’ Trust free of charge on 08088 010 818, available from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.