Rome, 19-year-old boy sexually raped in Monteverde
Andrea, a real name, a 19-year-old boy who last May 1st reported having suffered sexual violence in Rome is in shock. Chased by a man who has just got off a bus in the Monteverde area, the young man was also threatened with a knife and then abused by his tormentor. Back home he told everything to a friend and a relative of his, denouncing what he had experienced also to the carabinieri who are now investigating.
The facts, according to the story of the 19-year-old student, took place at 5 am: “I was returning home on the N8 bus and I got off at the stop in front of the San Camillo hospital. On my way home I saw a man about six feet tall, bald, bearded and about fifty. He crossed the street and started bothering me in via Ramazzini. ”
Andrea is afraid, that man hooks him with an excuse. “He wanted to know what I was studying – he tells RomaToday – Then he started offering me money, up to a thousand euros, for sexual intercourse”. Arrived almost in front of the house, the boy accelerates his pace convinced that he is safe, but so he is not. “As I was about to call that man blocked my way, I screamed but no one started me. At that point he started groping my private parts and told me he wanted to have oral sex.” When the boy refuses, the thug takes out a knife.
“He aimed it at my abdomen – he says – then he dragged me again into another more hidden way. I thought I was announcing myself. There he lowered my pants and he went down”. He sharpens it, threatening him, starting to engage in oral sex. The 19-year-old is petrified. “Shortly after he got up and ran away.” Back home, the boy tells everything and in the afternoon he presents a formal complaint to the Monteverde Nuovo carabinieri for sexual violence. The story of him is being examined by the investigators who are now investigating. Meanwhile, the rumor in the neighborhood of is widespread: “I reported because I wish it would no longer happen to other boys or even girls”.