A Maryland mom claimed she was attacked, drugged and kidnapped throughout her trip at an African resort, earlier than she fought again and escaped her captor.
Jameka Ivy, 31, jetted off to the North African nation of Tunisia for a week-long journey along with her greatest good friend, Queen, staying on the Penthouse Suites Lodge, the place she was allegedly assaulted by an unknown man on Sept. 20.
The chums had returned to the resort within the capital metropolis of Tunis after an evening out on the membership when Ivy headed downstairs to the lodge’s foyer as she appeared for tissues and encountered a random man, she informed Fox 5 DC.
“I awakened in a scenario I by no means imagined I’d face, and to today I’m nonetheless processing the trauma and dealing to collect the details of what occurred,” Ivy wrote on GoFundMe.
Ivy stated she doesn’t keep in mind a lot from the foyer assault, claiming she was “drugged and kidnapped.”
“I don’t even know what occurred to me,” Meka informed the outlet. “Simply know I used to be combating for my life at a grown ass man. I used to be combating for my life.”
“The subsequent factor I keep in mind, I’m at the back of a automotive, and I simply begin opening doorways, I begin panicking,” she recalled to the outlet.
Ivy says an unidentified male driver grabbed her from fleeing, coated her mouth together with his hand and punched her to smother the distressed lady’s cries for assist.
“It’s a grown man. He’s punching me in my face or my brow and each of my eyes,” Ivy stated. “So I’m like, I simply maintain pondering I obtained to get again residence to my children.”
Queen was left again on the lodge and pleaded with the employees to assist save her good friend, however wasn’t given any help.
Lodge staff claimed Ivy had “made a good friend” and left the resort, which left Queen confused as a result of language barrier between her pal and the locals.
“And I’m like, ‘How can she make a good friend? She doesn’t communicate these languages,” Queen informed Fox 5 DC, upset she didn’t get assist from anybody.
“I’ve movies, they’re like strolling away. They’re like, ‘This didn’t occur right here. We don’t know what you’re speaking about.’”
Ivy miraculously escaped her abductor and managed to get again to the lodge.
She suffered facial accidents, together with a number of scratches and two black eyes, in the course of the assault.
She additionally left the African nation with bruises and wounds to her legs, in accordance with images she shared on GoFundMe.
“To today I’m nonetheless processing the trauma and dealing to collect the details of what occurred,” she wrote on the fundraiser aimed toward gathering $5,000 for remedy, authorized bills and journey lodging for future litigation.
“Nobody ought to face this alone. Your assistance will enable me to entry the authorized sources and psychological well being care I would like so I can heal and pursue accountability,” she wrote.
Ivy reported the assault to the US Embassy in Tunis and had met with State Division officers and native police in regards to the alleged assault.
“Since that evening, I’ve been doing all the things I can to remain secure and to begin the lengthy technique of restoration. I’ve reported the incident to native authorities and I’m pursuing authorized motion, however I need assistance overlaying the prices of that course of in addition to the rapid helps I require to heal,” Ivy stated.
