A model claims she has been sexually assaulted three times while cycling through her home city.
Daisy López said all three men “used the same modus operandi” – slowing down and grabbing her bum as she they passed her on a motorbike.
“They do it just to touch me, to abuse me, to remind me that, for some, my body isn’t mine,” the model, 35, told Need To Know.
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Daisy said she managed to get the first three letters of the licence plate during the third incident, but it wasn’t enough for the police to go on.
She decided to go public with her story as she has “never felt so sad, so frustrated, so helpless”.
She said: “I hated the way these guys touched me and thought they could just do it.”
The model, who is also a nutrition coach, said two of the attacks took place on Las Palmas Avenue in her home city Medellín, Colombia.
The road is considered one of the safest for cyclists to use in the city.
Daisy, who creates content related to sports and a healthy lifestyle, said: “The last time it happened was on 16 May.
“I was riding along Las Palmas Avenue as I regularly do here in Medellín, and someone on a motorcycle attacked me from behind and grabbed my buttocks.
“The second time was along the same route, up through Palmas, which cyclists consider one of the safest routes.”
Daisy – who has nearly 100,000 Instagram followers – said the first encounter was the most dangerous because it caused her to fall off her bike and suffer minor injuries.
She added: “I don’t understand why women can’t exercise, walk alone, or simply exist without fear.
“Why do we normalise this? Why do we let it happen?
“This can’t be normalised, we can’t feel vulnerable just for wanting to go out on the street.
“Let’s make some noise, women!
“I dream that one day women will be able to walk the streets in peace while alone, regardless of what clothes we wear, confident that there are many men on the streets who want to take care of us and respect us.”
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