A Female Journalist doing her duty at the 2018 FIFA World Cup was subjected to harassment by a man on June 16 as she was doing a live broadcast outside the Mordovia Arena.
Ahead of the match between Peru and Denmark, the reporter was doing a live broadcast when she was groped and kissed by an unidentified man.
Without flinching, the reporter Julieth Gonzalez Theran continued with her report and completed the broadcast for Deutsche Welle’s Spanish news channel before coming out with her story later.
Gonzalen Theran took to Instagram to share a video of that broadcast in which the incident happen. In the video, while Theran is speaking, a man runs up to her and kisses her on her cheek while appearing to touch her breasts. He then immediately ran away.
Gonzalez Theran wrote on Instagram, “RESPECT! We do not deserve this deal. We are equally valuable and professional. I share the joy of football, but we must identify the limits of affection and harassment.”
“I had been at the scene for two hours to prepare for the broadcast and there had been no interruptions,” she added. “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 is based in Berlin.
According to a report in Washington Post, Gonzalez Theran told Deutsche Welle, “Lots of people think that the reporter is only there to bring some color to the picture but we want to talk about systems and strategy.”
“For me it is an isolated incident,” she added. “There are always fans that compliment you and behave respectfully. This one went too far.”