I was ‘gang raped’ in the Metaverse — the attack may have been virtual but my trauma is very real

A tech executive is warning of the dangers of the Metaverse after claiming she was “gang raped.”

Nina Patel, a psychotherapist and start-up co-founder of Kabuni, an educational web site, said she was targeted by four anonymous and supposedly male attackers, merely for appearing online with a female avatar — just 60 seconds after signing up for the first time.

One, she recalled, even said, “Don’t pretend you didn’t love it.”

“They relentlessly harassed me and then proceeded to (what can only be described) as the sexual assault of my avatar,” the virtual victim told the Daily Mail, describing the violent encounter as “surreal” and “horrible.”

Read more at: nypost

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