Know, How Female Reporter In Russia Fondled During Live World Cup Broadcast?

A female reporter who reports about the game Soccer and talks about the “systems and strategy” was assaulted, fondling and kissing by a man last week when she attempted to do a live World cup broadcast.

Despite of facing assault, reporter Julieth Gonzalez Theran continued with her reporting on Friday from Saransk for Deutsche Welle’s Spanish news channel but later blasted the fan.

“RESPECT! We do not deserve this treatment,” she wrote in Spanish on an Instagram post that contained video of the incident. “We are equally valuable and professionals. I share the joy of football, but we must identify the limits of affection and harassment.”

¡RESPETO! No merecemos este trato. Somos igualmente valiosas y profesionales. Comparto la alegría del fútbol, pero debemos identificar los límites del afecto y el acoso.

A post shared by Julieth Therán (@juliethgonzaleztheran) on Jun 15, 2018 at 8:20am PDT

In the video, the man, who has not been identified, literally runs up to Gonzalez Theran when she is speaking, appearing with intention to touch her breast as he swoops in to kiss her on the cheek, and then runs off.

She further commented that “I had been at the scene for two hours to prepare for the broadcast and there had been no interruptions, When we went live, this fan took advantage of the situation. But afterwards, when I checked to see if he was still there, he was gone”.

According to her Instagram profile, Gonzalez Theran, who is from Colombia and is based in Berlin who has worked for ESPN as a freelancer, providing soccer reports from Germany.

“Lots of people think that the reporter is only there to bring some color to the picture,” she told Deutsche Welle, “but we want to talk about systems and strategy.”

Bibiana Steinhaus, Germany’s first female referee in the Bundesliga, called the man’s behavior “unacceptable.”

“I feel for her, because this type of attack has happened several times in the past,” Steinhaus told Deutsche Welle. “Don’t kid yourself that similar misogynist things do not happen.”

Gonzalez Theran said she just wants to keep doing her job.

“For me it is an isolated incident,” she said. “There are always fans that compliment you and behave respectfully. This one went too far.”