Wonderful Women of The World
Posted by Michelle Moquin on May 30th, 2016
Happy Memorial Day!
This day is to honor and remember those fallen soldiers who have given their time and lives to serve and protect us in times of war and in peace. And a time for us to thank them for doing all that they have done in service and in sacrifice to ensure our safety and protection. I give a tremendous amount of gratitude.
For me personally it is also a time to remember and thank some very special ones in my life. Madaline and the Girlz who died in combat. Knowing Maddie and the Girlz they would have gone out saying, “It’s a good day to die.” And although Memorial Day is to remember those that are no longer with us, I cannot leave out Anonz who continues to serve, sacrifice, and be a hero to the world.
I found this write and decided it was a good day to post it since so many women of the world are fighting their own personal wars (Many they aren’t even aware of) when it comes to protecting themselves from the men of this world. I love to give kudos when I see other women stepping up and protecting their fellow sisters.
Here’s the write:
How 3 Badass Women Stopped An Alleged Rape Attempt
“Don’t roofie someone on our watch!”
People of the internet are celebrating a tale of three women who allegedly headed off an apparent rape attempt, according to a viral Facebook post by one of the women.
Sonia Ulrich wrote that she and two other women — Monica Kenyon and Marla Saltzer — were at the Santa Monica, California restaurant FIG Thursday night when Kenyon witnessed a man placing a suspicious-looking substance in his date’s drink while she was in the bathroom.
Posted On Facebook:
GUESS WHO STOPPED A RAPE LAST NIGHT?! THESE GALS!
Ok, so we’re still recovering from the events, but we wanted to tell the story. And if it seems like the photo is making light of a heavy situation, it’s because we know FB prioritizes pics AND we needed to get your attention. This is no joking matter.
Monica, Marla, and I were at Fig at the Fairmont for their delicious happy hour (“Fig at 5.” Treat yourself). I was going on about something and saw Monica staring behind and making a funny face. I stopped. “What’s going on?” After a few second she said “That guy just put something in her drink.”
Now, Fig is a nice restaurant. We were enjoying our charcuterie platter and some fancy cheeses. That type of place. They had a bottle of wine they were splitting. It seemed like a first or second or third date. After a few “Oh god. What do we do”s, I got up to find her in the bathroom to tell her. Warn her. Tell her to get up and leave this creep. Make him drink it. Something.
So, after feeling awkward hanging out by the sinks in the bathroom til she was done, I approached. “Hey! Um, this is kind of weird, but, uh, we saw the guy you were with put something in your drink.”
“Oh My God.” She said. Shocked, kind of numb, so I babbled “Yeah, my girlfriend said she saw him put something in your drink and we had to say something. Woman to woman…you know. We had to say something. How well do you know that guy?” I was expecting to hear “We just met,” but I got:
“He’s one of my best friends.”
Shit. Yeah. One of her best friends. They had known each other for a year and a half. They worked together.
I continued to talk for a bit and said she could ask “the one with the short blond hair” any questions since she was the one who saw it and then left her to return to the table.
When I got back, Marla was talking to the server about what happened. Seeing if he or the manager could do anything. Monica filled us in on more of what she saw.
“He pulled her glass toward him, kind of awkwardly, then he took out a little black vial. He opened it up and dropped something in. Then he tried to play it cool, like checking his phone and hiding the vial in his hand and then trying to bring it back down slyly.” He apparently saw Monica looking. Marla said she was just going to lean over to Monica and say “that guy is acting really creepy” when she saw Monica already looking. Witnessing.
It only took a minute for the manager to walk to their table, see if everything was ok, allowed the girl to order a sparkling water. All super cool. He stopped by our table and said he couldn’t do much because he didn’t see it. But he did let security know.
The poor woman had to sit through 40 more minutes, sitting across from “one of her best friends” knowing that he was trying to drug her. Marla noticed him several times chinking his glass to hers to get her to drink. She played it cool. Mostly, I believed, just stunned. The staff wanted to jump in and dump the glass, dump him, do something! I was going through fantasies of walking up and demanding he drink the tainted glass of wine. Eventually, they finished up dinner. There was a delay getting their bill “The computer is down” is what the waiter kept saying to him. Then, in walks Santa Monica PD. They say “Come with us” and he doesn’t protest. Doesn’t ask why. Doesn’t seem surprised.
The head of security came by and said that because we notified them immediately, they were able to go back and review the footage from the security camera.
They got him on tape. They had proof of him drugging this girl. They took the glass away as evidence. They kept us for statements. We asked the girl if she had a ride home. “My car is at his place. In his building. We came together.” Part of a plan. We were blown away. She was still in shock.
But it wasn’t over.
From every table In our section, from through out the restaurant, people came by to thank us for taking action.
“It happened to my sister…I’m glad I was there to take her home.”
“It happened to my roommate at a producer’s party. He’s still messed up from it.”
“It happened to me. At a backyard barbecue.”
“It happened to me. At a bar I worked at.”
“Some Heroes don’t wear capes. Thank you. It happened to me. Thank you.”
“Fuck yeah you guys! You fuckin rock!”
At least 10 stories of being personally affected buy someone like this. Something like this. Those were only the ones who knew what went down. I am sure there were tons more stories through out the restaurant and the hotel.
We kept thanking the manager for taking action. We are well aware how many people would not have taken what we said seriously. Not taken action. Said their hands were tied.
So thank you, everyone at Fig and Fairmont in Santa Monica for keeping this guy from harming someone.
And thank you in advance to everyone who sees this and shares this and reminds each other that yes, you SHOULD say something. Even if it’s awkward or weird or just uncertain if anything can be done.
Know that YOU did something. And that it helped.
Santa Monica Police Lieutenant Saul Rodriguez confirmed to The Huffington Post that they arrested 24-year-old Michael Hsu on charges of intent to commit rape and drugging with the intent to commit rape. He is being held on $1 million bail, and his arraignment is on Tuesday, Rodriguez said.
He said that three witnesses reported seeing the man put an unidentified substance in a woman’s drink.
“We appreciate those witnesses came forward,” Rodriguez said. “It could have prevented a serious crime from taking place.”
A woman who answered the phone at Fig said she was not allowed to comment on the Facebook post. But earlier on Saturday, a woman at Fig told Jezebel that everything in the post was true.
People can be weirdly hesitant about intervening in a potential assault — partially because they misunderstand rape.
“Sexual assaults and rapes are often not considered ‘real rapes’ by victims, friends, family, or the criminal justice system unless they involved force, violence, and were committed by a stranger with a weapon,” criminal justice professor Sarah Nicks told HuffPost last year. “So when a bystander is aware of a sexual assault, they may not see it as a problem or an emergency, due to the social norms of their group and setting. They may look around for cues to see if others define it as an emergency, and seeing none, do nothing.”
That’s part of the reason why many colleges are increasingly focused on bystander intervention as a means of preventing rape. But in the meantime, know that stepping in if you see something suspicious can really make a huge difference.
*****
It’s thrilling to post a news story that has a great ending to something that would’ve been horrific if these three Badass Sheros hadn’t noticed this sick fuck’s behavior and stepped in.
Love it when girls support girls. Wonderful women of the world they certainly are. Pass it on.
xox
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May 30th, 2016 at 3:49 pm
My love goes out to our service men and women and to the Girlz also Michelle. Wow, that article says a lot about trusting men. I will be a lot more careful in the future.
May 30th, 2016 at 3:50 pm
Why would a man what to have sex with a comatose woman? Insanely sick.
May 30th, 2016 at 3:54 pm
I am from Sevastopol. We are not too fond of Putin. But it is sad to say he is better than your Donald Trump.
May 30th, 2016 at 3:58 pm
Zen Lill#34; Why would anyone but a white boy even consider Trump for the office of POTUS? If the country is more sane than looney, this should be a time to reject that concept.
May 30th, 2016 at 4:05 pm
Men will stoop to any low to take advantage of a woman for sex. Last year, my BFF was date by her ex husband’s best friend while his wife was asleep upstairs. She stayed over because she and his wife and a few other girls had had too much to drink to drive home.
One of the girls woke up and discovered him holding a pillow over her head while he was raping her. She smashed a lamp over his head and my best friend jumped up and shot him with her legal carry.
She shot him once in the stomach and once in his private parts. We laughed about it when she told his wife she didn’t mean to shoot him in the stomach she aimed both shots for his privates.
His wife said it was understandable since they were such a small target. She said if he had been soft she never would have hit it.
May 30th, 2016 at 4:06 pm
Where is Anonz, Michelle? I thought he was having fun with you on some private island.
May 30th, 2016 at 4:18 pm
I never trust my drink after I leave it unless one of my girlfriends is watching it. Men know that the law is way too lax on their behavior.
May 31st, 2016 at 6:49 am
So true Michelle about women being willing to step up and help each other.
May 31st, 2016 at 6:51 am
Let’s hope the day will come when it will not be needed but for now if women don’t accept the fact they need to be each other’s sister we will just be used as sex toys by men.
May 31st, 2016 at 6:59 am
Those three ladies saved that girl from a horrible experience. I hope the creep gets jail time.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:00 am
I hope the creep gets his rape in jail. Perhaps being on the receiving end of that type of violence will give him pause the next time he thinks of doing that to a woman.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:01 am
When will men learn that rape isn’t right?
May 31st, 2016 at 7:04 am
I think my friend did the same thing to me. I woke up In his apartment when I got home my panty was on backwards.
When I confronted him, he said you have known me for 8 years, would I do something like that. This article has convinced me that he did.
Girls be careful of your male friends. Don’t take for granted you can leave your drink alone in their homes.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:16 am
This was not his first time. A friend of mine was caught when the victim’s Nanny Cam recorded him raping her while she was out at her home.
He was such a trusted friend he had a key to her house. When he was arrested he claimed that he knew she wanted him and he just put something in her drink to make her feel more relaxed.
The jury 7 men, 5 women accepted his logic a bit and only gave him 2 years in the county jail. While he was there though, I had his cell phone. I discovered 29 videos of him raping other drugged women. He posed them afterwards and made all sorts of obscene pictures.
I turned it over to the DA. He will not be getting paroled and he will face charges when he gets out. The DA is trying to locate the women. I gave them the names of 6 I knew. I couldn’t believe some of them hadn’t spoke up.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:21 am
I’m a Latina and in my circles we know the men will take advantage of any of us who get intoxicated, so we look out for each other. We double date or tell each other over the phone where we are at and keep time intervals that if we don’t call in they should investigate.
Even with that some of our sisters have been raped. Men are animals who stalk women like a pack of horny dogs.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:22 am
Herbert#14, I agree the piece of work has done it before. When one is that brazen, he has gotten away with it before.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:32 am
Michael Hsu, now we know you. More names of creeps like you should be posted so that you lowlifes will be outed. Too often the victim’s name is posted and the criminal gets to remain anonymous.
Thank you sheors for being stand up sisters.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:36 am
I had it happen to me when I was on a fishing trip with some friends. Mine didn’t get stopped because the girls that witnessed it said they thought I was okay with it because he was my date.
During the trial he said he didn’t know the drug would knock me out he just wanted me to relax. He lied and said that we had sex all the time.
The jury didn’t believe him. He got 10 years for rape.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:37 am
In my country Brazil it is legally okay for a man to feel up a woman with out her permission. The men here are animals.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:49 am
My sister was drugged and raped by one of my basketball buddies. She hid it for years. She told me about it four years ago. She broke down at her wedding when he showed up because we were still very good friends and I invited him. We gave him a private bachelor party.
He admitted it, but said he didn’t mean her any harm. He was 9 years older than she was. She was 16, he was 25. We took him on our annual hunting trip. Tied his ass to a tree and use pliers to remove his penis and balls. Then we smeared honey on parts of the trail leading up to the cabin. We watched a bear maul his ass.
May 31st, 2016 at 7:50 am
Men should also speak up when they see shit like that occurring.