A possible sexual predator on the lookout in Magaluf is overheard saying something terrifying as he and three friends come across a “drunk” woman who appears to be passed out in a lounger.
The group are filmed on the Spanish island when they come across Ellie Flynn, an undercover journalist from Channel 4, who is pretending to be inebriated. One can be heard saying “let’s go for it” after informing his friends the woman is “wasted” in the horrifying encounter. Another man asks if she wants to “kiss a little bit” because she is his “last chance”. The men’s faces are distorted, and their voices are masked, reports the Mirror.
The frightening encounter is part of the channel’s new program, Magaluf Undercover: Predators and Parties. Ellie and her crew discreetly film at clubs, on the strip, and at the beach after dark, posing as drunk and underage to reveal predatory conduct in the party hotspot.
She said: “I go undercover in Magaluf – a party destination blighted by reports of sexual assault and rape – to expose the predatory underbelly of the tourist hotspot. We secretly film in clubs, on the strip and at the adjoining beach, after dark, with me and another member of the team pretending to be drunk or underage.
“Filmed across just three nights, I am followed, harassed, touched and targeted by men, who often appear to be working together in groups.”
An independent survey was taken as part of the show which exposed highly disturbing levels of predatory behaviour and sexual abuse – especially toward women – on party holidays. Almost a quarter of the 500 men and women polled stated they had been sexual assaulted. Almost 1 in 10 women reported experience of a sex act, such as rape, without consent.
One in five of the men (17.72%) surveyed admitting to touching a stranger in an intimate area without their consent. More than 30 % (31.22%) of the men surveyed admitted they had kissed someone without their consent during a night out on holiday.
Nearly a quarter (24.89%) of men believed someone dancing or standing alone indicated they were looking for a sexual partner. Some 33% of the women reported they had been followed whilst on a break.
In 2023, 48 rapes were reported to police in the Magaluf region. Ellie, a journalist, is followed, harassed, touched, and targeted by men who appear to be operating in groups.
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