Tunisia: A British woman has alleged, that she was sexually assaulted mid-air while parasailing during a vacation in Tunisia. 52-year-old Michelle Wilson said the incident occurred off the beach in Sousse when she was harnessed with a parasail operator. Wilson described the operator as a young man in his twenties.
"I could feel the back of my bikini bottoms being pulled and he was pulling the strap. He must have been tightening the harness to get me closer. His legs straddled around me, he had one hand up on the parachute, the other wasn't. Then I felt him touch my leg," the woman was qouted as saying by The Sun.
Wilson said she had initially wanted to parasail with a friend, but staff told her that, due to the weather conditions, both women would have to go separately with an operator.
Further narrating the ordeal, she said, "He was groping me and moving back and forth into me and talking to me in Arabic. I felt him pressing against me. I kept arching my back."
After landing to the ground, Wilson said she was shaken and reported the incident to local police.
Wilson was on a vacation with her 17-year-old daughter, her friend, and her 16-year-old twin sons on a trip that cost around $8,000.
She believes the operator involved has been arrested. British authorities and her insurance company are assisting with the case. The travel company EasyJet, with whom Ms Wilson booked her trip, is probing the incident.
