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Published 12:58 21 Dec 2022 GMT
An influencer has shared a video confronting a man on a plane after claiming that he tried to take pictures of her while she was sleeping.
Fitness content creator Anna Clara Rios - who boasts 644K followers on Instagram - took to the social media platform to share a video explaining the incident late last week.
The alleged incident took place as Rios was flying home to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from a work-related trip to São Paulo on December 14, per Daily Mail.
In the clip which was initially posted on her Instagram Story, Rios can be seen standing in the aisle describing the incident next to the alleged culprit - who is seen in his seat, nonchalantly looking at his phone.
Translated from Portuguese to English, in the video, Rios said: "I am shaking with rage. This gentleman here was taking photos of me while I was asleep, they had to let me know to move me."
Cited by the outlet, the influencer claims that she was warned of the man's alleged actions by a flight attendant, saying: "My first reaction [to the flight attendant] was, 'I work on social media, he must have recognized me.'
"But she said to me, 'I don't think that's it, while you were sleeping, he was zooming in and trying to see what was under your dress,'" she continued.
The content creator decided to confront the man and urged him to delete the pictures from his phone. She also revealed that the alleged culprit sent the snaps to someone on WhatsApp, per the New York Post.
"I felt very vulnerable and insecure so I told the flight attendant that I was going to confront him because I wanted him to delete the photos from his mobile phone," she said.
"I went to him feeling that my privacy had been invaded, I said this was not right, that I could be his mother, sister, or daughter," Rios added.
According to Daily Mail, the influencer took a screenshot of the message to later share with authorities. After the alleged incident, she said that officers were waiting to accompany the guy off the plane at Belo Horizonte International Airport.
In the footage, a police officer can be seen speaking to the man, before he is led off the plane to the sound of passengers applauding the woman.
Furthermore, Rios also gave a statement to the police and said the man was taken to a nearby police station to give a statement as well but was not placed under arrest.
