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Reporter Maria Fernanda Morawas assaulted by afootball fanduring a live broadcast of the celebrations for Mexican club Chivas.
After being touched, the Fox Sports reporter turned around and struck the man with her microphone.
The man then backed away and raised his hands as if to suggest he had done nothing wrong.
one user wrote in a post that received 87,000 likes.
They will always tell us that we are exaggerating, said another woman.
If it had been accidental, hed apologize, it wouldnt go any further.
It wasnt, commented someone else.
And there are still people who dont understand that we must respect other people.
stated a separate user, while another said, Women should be able to go wherever they want.
Men shouldnt assault anyone, period.
The reporter later addressed some users who downplayed or mocked the assault.
Im telling you what happened to me, so you dont start talking nonsense.
I was groped several times while I was on camera.
Thank you for your unsolicited opinion, she wrote on X.
Every so often, these types of accounts re-viralize the s*xual assault I suffered 7 years ago.
They want to revictimize me, she wrote.
Im not ashamed of my reaction either, she went on to say.
Im grateful that instead of being paralyzed, I managed to do something, she added.
This has long since ceased to be a weapon that can be used against me.
But Maria wasnt the first female reported to beassaultedwhile doing her job.
French journalist Marina Lorenzo experienced a similar situation during Spains Copa del Rey final.
Dont touch me, she told a supporter of FC Barcelona who was celebrating outside a stadium.
The same month, Renata de Medeiros was reportedlyattackedwhile working for BrazilsRadio Gaucha.
A football fan yelled, Get out of here, b*tch!
and, according to Medeiros, he attacked her when she asked him to repeat the insult on camera.
The football fan kissed the ESPN broadcaster without her consent.
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