Brit, 19, mobbed in 30-man sex assault hell as she was groped in ‘dehumanising’ ordeal by gang who threatened rape
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A BRITISH 19-year-old has revealed she was mobbed and groped in a 30-man sex attack who threatened to rape her. The victim of the horror ordeal in Milan said she was targeted by an "organised" group of men she didn't know as she celebrated New Year's with friends.
![[Video of a large crowd celebrating New Year's Eve in Milan.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/video-shows-new-years-eve-961924613.jpg?strip=all&w=766)
The teen had spend the evening with two male friends from England and a group of six Belgian students they had met in Italy. They headed to the Piazza del Duomo for the fireworks, when what should have been an evening of celebrations turned into a heinous sex attack.
![[Crowd watching fireworks display in front of Milan Cathedral.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/police-force-checks-new-red-960907281_18c1b5.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
In a harrowing testimony, the Brit describes being "grabbed and pulled back" as she passed through a busy crowd surrounded by roughly 30 men she didn't know. She said: "They held my arms, my hands. I couldn't defend myself.". The teen recounted how "several men, at the same time," began to grope her "while another tried to pull up my dress".
![[Italian police officers in riot gear stand guard near a cathedral.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/epa11801188-italian-police-stand-guard-960903573.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
She added: "I was struggling to get free, and they were enjoying my distress.". The 19-year-old said that one man tried to sexually assault her with his hands and claims another said about raping her. She chillingly revealed that the attackers "enjoyed" her distressed as she "panicked and fought for freedom," - which "only excited my attackers".
![[Police vehicles near a crowd of people in Milan, Italy.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/epa11801187-police-vehicles-stand-near-960903581.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The Brit explained the how she had to "fight to survive" in the "dehumanising" ordeal, adding that she escaped and was saved by her friends when she started screaming. After returning safely back to the UK, the 19-year-old said she is struggling to regain her confidence and her faith in humanity after experiencing the feeling she was going to be killed or raped in a country she thought was safe.
![[Crowd gathered around a large Christmas tree in Duomo Square, Milan.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/epa11801190-spectators-gather-duomo-square-960903582.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
