Brooklyn Woman Alleges Rape At Coney Island, Says Bystanders Laughed, Filmed Her

Last Updated:July 10, 2025, 20:22 IST

A Brooklyn woman alleged she was raped on Coney Island during Fourth of July celebrations while bystanders laughed and filmed. She hopes to identify her attacker.

Brooklyn Woman Alleges Rape At Coney Island, Says Bystanders Laughed, Filmed Her. (Representative Image)

A woman from Brooklyn alleged that she was raped on Coney Island while celebrating the Fourth of July — and bystanders just laughed and filmed instead of trying to save her.

The victim told CBS News that she tripped over a walking mat on the beach at around 3 a.m. that night while trying to escape a man with “bad vibes" marching menacingly toward her.

“He saw that I was on the floor, and that’s when he put his face between my legs, and I started screaming and everyone started laughing and recording me," said the Brooklyn native, who allowed herself to be identified in the hopes of finding her attacker. “Nobody helped. Nobody stopped."

The victim told the NYPD that a golf cart’s headlights briefly illuminated her and her attacker, but the driver inexplicably drove away without helping.

She said that after she managed to free herself and leave the beach, her assailant followed her down Stillwell Avenue and raped her.

“He bent me over over here, and he raped me," she told CBS, pointing toward a planter just beside some of the famed boardwalk rides.

“My face hit the bushes. I couldn’t do anything … I was just really scared and then I was screaming for help," she added.

“I was just terrified, and I couldn’t fight back," she said, saying that there were also witnesses for the second part of her nightmarish ordeal.

According to the victim, she reached the boardwalk at approximately 11 p.m. on Friday, after the fireworks had ended. A video she shared with CBS News shows a crowd of people congregating around a bonfire before the assault occurred.

She told News12 Brooklyn that she had been hanging out with a group of people she had just met, and the assailant was one of them. After the assaults, she claims the group ran off.

She said that she is speaking out about her story in hopes of bringing the perpetrator to justice. The NYPD has not yet commented on the case, and The Post’s request for more information remains unanswered.

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