Crime | Woman accuses housemate of sexual coercion

A 26-year-old woman of Filipino nationality is accusing her housemate, a 27-year-old man, also from the Philippines, of sexual coercion, the Judiciary Police (PJ) informed yesterday during the regular joint press conference of the police forces.
According to the woman, the case occurred in the early hours of Sunday, July 18 after she had returned home from a house party with friends.
The woman told the police that after arriving home, she went to rest in her bedroom. A few minutes later, the suspect entered her room offering to massage her.
She refused, but he insisted and started to touch her. She said she became scared and asked him to leave. He refused and attempted to forcibly kiss her while inappropriately touching her.
She finally managed to get away from him and ran from the apartment where she called the Public Security Police Force (PSP) for help. The PSP subsequently transferred the case to PJ.
Taken into questioning by the PJ, the man initially refused to cooperate but later admitted to trying to coerce the woman into having sex with him.
The PJ has already forwarded the case to the Public Prosecutions Office for further investigation and accusation of the suspect.