mobanmarketDubai: The Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday cleared a coffee shop supervisor who was accused of sexually abusing an employee several times inside the shop.
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According to official records, a 26-year-old Filipina, who was working in the shop at Jumeirah Lake Towers since 2018, had alleged that a 31-year-old Egyptian molested her several times for about one year until she reported him to the police in September 2019.
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“He used to pull me towards him and touch my body. Once he sat me on his legs. I was afraid and didn’t report the incidents because I was new at work and he threatened to terminate me from my job,” the Filipina said in records.
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She claimed that there was no dispute between the two and she had not provokes him at any time.
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Finally, she reported the incidents to the head of human resources at the shop who informed the management and drew on surveillance camera footage before reporting the incident to Dubai Police.
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Dubai police arrested the man and checked the surveillance camera footage which showed him touching the victim several times inside the shop.
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The defendant was charged with sexually abusing the Filipina. But he denied the charges in the courtroom.
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He was cleared of the charges, but the verdict is subject to appeal.
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