Lesbian Couple Attacked By Men On Bus In London

[appalachiablue]

Source: CBS News

5 hrs. ago. London police arrested four teenagers Friday in the "homophobic" attack on a lesbian couple who were beaten bloody on a double decker bus. One of the victims, Melania Geymonat, described her harrowing experience of last Sunday's incident on social media, saying a group of young men demanded she kiss her girlfriend, Chris, for their entertainment.

Metropolitan Police said the couple was riding on a top deck of a night bus to West Hempstead when the teens, aged 15 to 18, began to harass them with "lewd and homophobic" comments. According to Geymonat, even as the couple tried to defuse the situation, the youths attacked them anyway. "They started behaving like hooligans, demanding that we kissed so they could enjoy watching, calling us 'lesbians' and describing sexual positions," she wrote on Facebook Wednesday. "Chris even pretended she was sick, but they kept on harassing us, throwing us coins and becoming more enthusiastic about it. The next thing I know is that Chris is in the middle of the bus fighting with them."

She added, "On an impulse, I went over there only to find her face bleeding and three of them beating her up. The next thing I know is I'm being punched." Geymonat said she became dizzy and fell back; later she realized police had arrived on the bus and she had blood all over her. A picture she uploaded with her Facebook post shows the two women sitting on the bus with bloodied faces and blood stains on their clothing.

The teens ran away, and a phone and bag were stolen during the assault, police said. Both women were taken to hospital for treatment to facial injuries and later released. -MORE..

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On Friday the four were arrested on suspicion of robbery and aggravated hate crime. Police said they will be questioned further and the surveillance video tape of the attack will be reviewed.

June is Pride Month when people celebrate LGQBT rights all over the world. Geymonat shared her disappointment at fearing being attacked for being gay.



Melania and Chris.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Nobody deserves this. My heart aches for them. nt

[appalachiablue]

2. Same, despicable, enough to make your blood boil.

[Phoenix61]

3. Happy they were caught. nt

[JI7]

4. trashy scumbags , i hope their names and faces are made public

[brooklynite]

5. UPDATE: Five teenage boys arrested in connection with attack on lesbian couple in London

The Hill

Five teenage boys have been arrested in connection with the violent attack and robbery on a lesbian couple riding a London bus.

London police announced Saturday that a 16-year-old boy was the fifth teenager arrested in connection with the beating.

Metropolitan Police said in a press release Friday that four alleged attackers aged between 15 and 18 years old were arrested on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm.

Ryanair flight attendant Melania Geymonat, 28, and her American girlfriend, Chris, detailed the encounter in a now-viral Facebook post.

Geymonat wrote that a group of men sitting behind them on the top deck of the bus reportedly figured out that the women were a couple and began “describing sexual positions” and tossing coins at the women.