Woman Escapes Gang Rape By Biting Attacker’s Penis

One of the most terrifying situations you can find yourself is being the victim of an attempted gang rape, because there are often too many attackers to make self-defense a possibility. But one 30-year-old woman in France took a bold chance as three men attempted to gang rape her, managing to fight off the attack by biting the penis of her attacker until she drew blood. Though she was severely injured from the incident, the suspects are now in custody and the victim of the gang rape has filed a complaint.

A regional daily newspaper in France, the Courrier Picard, reported that the attempted gang rape took place on Saturday, January 16, in a small apartment building on the avenue de Gouges Olympe in Amiens, a town in Northern France. The victim has not been identified.

Three men were involved in the attack, but it appears that only two of them actually attempted the gang rape. The men were reportedly under the influence of alcohol when they attacked the woman.

It’s unclear why the men were in the apartment with the woman, but Le Parisien reported that the woman was also drinking alcohol with the intoxicated men. At some point during the encounter, two of the men attempted to rape her. The 30-year-old woman resorted to biting down hard on the penis of one of the rapists until it bled. This prompted the second attacker to strike her so hard that she was later hospitalized.

Reports say the victim was in “serious condition” immediately following the gang rape. But she is seemingly well enough now to report the crime and open an investigation. Two of the three men have been taken into custody, including the man who was bitten on the penis and the one who struck the victim in response. One of those men has been charged with rape, while the other has been charged with assault.

The prosecution has requested that the alleged rapist be kept in custody until he is indicted and imprisoned. The man facing rape charges is 22-years-old, while his partner-in-crime is 31.

According to the Huffington Post, the third man who simply observed the gang rape has also been arrested and charged with complicity to the crime. However, Naij reports that the second man was charged with complicity while the third suspect is still at large. Clearly, the details of the story are not perfectly understood, but it does appear that one man attempted to rape the victim, while a second assaulted the victim after she bit the rapist’s penis. The involvement of the third man is still under investigation.

How do you think the men involved with the gang rape should be punished?

A similar incident to the Amiens story took place several months ago when a man attempted to rape a Nigerian lady. In self defense, the victim bit the rapist’s penis, completely detaching it from his body. The man raced to the hospital, forgetting a piece of his genitals at home.

While not every woman has the opportunity to bite the penis of her attempted rapist, a South African doctor came up with an invention that allows the victim to bite the penis of her attacker internally by inserting a condom with teeth.

Another horrifying gang rape did not end as well for an 18-year-old woman who was walking with her father in a Brooklyn playground. Five teenagers appeared, held a gun to the father’s head and forced him to leave so they could gang rape his daughter. Four of the five suspects were arrested and charged. Read more here.

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