A video that has generated great outrage on social networks is the one that was recorded by a security camera at the gym that belongs to the Inwood Park apartment complex, in Tampa, Florida in the United States.
In the images, you can see the terrifying moment in which a brave girl repels the attack of a stalker who tried to abuse her, but with determination and courage she manages to escape to safety.
On January 22, 24-year-old Nashali Alma, who is a content creator, was doing her usual exercise routine, apparently she was alone in the gym inside the apartment complex where she lives. At one point, she saw a man trying to enter the place and opened the door for him, thinking he was another resident.
Confident, she continued concentrating on her routine, but just a few minutes later the guy pounced on her trying to grab her by the waist; Nashali recounted her ordeal in video posted to Instagram by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
As soon as he got close to me, I pushed him away. I said: brother, what are you doing? Get out of me. Stop trying to touch me. He started chasing me around the bench and we ended up on the other side of the gym.
At one point in the struggle, the attacker, who was later identified as Xavier Thomas-Jones, manages to knock her to the ground, but Nashali does not give up and continues to fight to escape.
I kept hitting him with my phone, my hands, I cut him on the ground, ripped the hair out of his beard, kept hitting and moving so he didn’t have a chance. My advice would be to never give up. My parents always told me never to give up on anything in life, and that’s something I always kept in mind when I was fighting with him.
Showing great determination, she manages to stand up, to finally get away from the attacker and run to safety; Thanks to her bravery, this criminal was arrested; just in time, because it seems that the abuser tried to attack another woman.
A woman shares her experience after fighting off a man who physically assaulted her in her apartment complex’s gym.
Nashali Alma wanted to speak out about her experience to encourage other women who’ve dealt with similar incidents to speak out. pic.twitter.com/hyTeO3quRA
— HCSO (@HCSOSheriff) February 15, 2023
A woman shares her experience after fighting off a man who physically assaulted her in the gym of her apartment complex. Nashali Alma wanted to talk about her experience to encourage other women who have faced similar incidents to speak up.