It wasn't until a few weeks later when he was chatting to friends that he realised that what he experienced was actually sexual assault.Ĭiaran, who waived his right to anonymity to speak to ITV News, is sharing his experience because he believes that if the conversation around sexual violence was "talked about from a male perspective" as well as a female perspective, he would have known how to deal with the situation.Ĭurrently, the government classes sexual violence against men and boys under the category of 'violence against women and girls'. This led to Ciaran being threatened with violence, being told to "get into the room, or I'm gonna punch you in the face."Ĭiaran felt he had no other option but to allow "him just to get his pleasure in" and for him "to unfortunately suffer." Ciaran assumed that what had happened was just "a really bad experience with a guy". He initially enjoyed his date's company but as the evening progressed, the date made a number of sexual advances towards Ciaran, which he rejected. After chatting for several weeks and having numerous phone calls, Ciaran decided it was a good time to meet up. Video and words by Sam Leader, ITV News' Here's The StoryĬiaran was 21 when he was sexually assaulted by a man he'd been talking to on a gay social app. Ciaran shares his experience of being sexually assaulted by another man and why he is speaking out about it.
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