Lebanese woman sexually harassed in service-taxi

Lea Khayata is a 25-year-old Lebanese woman who lives abroad and comes back for the holidays. Last summer, she was in Beirut for an internship and wanted to catch a service early in the morning. She was in a hurry and didn’t think twice when the driver flung open the door next to him for her to get into the front passenger’s seat. “I know you're never supposed to sit next to the driver, but he was so old, and I was in such a hurry, I thought it would be ok.” First, he heavily brushed his arm against her breasts by pretending to reach for the door because it wasn’t closed properly. “It was until he put his hand on my thigh and started stroking it that I realized what he was doing,” she said. Khayata opened the door and got out of the service right away.