BOOMERANG! Woman Who Filmed Man Masturbating May Be Punished

In France, a train passenger who filmed a man who was masturbating while looking directly at her could be fined £40,000 for invading his privacy.

Natacha Bras, 37, claims the alleged pervert moved seat to sit close to her before performing the sex act on the journey from Paris to Poitiers.

Natacha alleges that man made eye contact with her while performing the sex act. 

She alleged that the man began masturbating while making eye contact with her - an ordeal which lasted for most of the 75-minute journey.

The distressed French woman posted the video online, which has since gone viral, without blurring the man's face.

However, in a drastic turn of event,  Ms Bras, vice-president of MoiAussi Amnesie which supports victims of sexual assault, has revealed she could face a bigger punishment than the man as France has strict privacy laws which make it illegal to publish information about a person's private life without their consent.

Ms Bras revealed that she could be jailed and fined £40,000 for breaching the man's privacy because she did not ask for his consent to be filmed.

She tweeted: "I can be sentenced to a heavier penalty.

"Do you think it is acceptable?"

Ms Bras also claims that the man followed her to the bathroom, insisting she filmed him because she was worried about her safety.

She wrote: "I thought it might be my only way to defend myself."

According to French magazine L'Obs, the perpetrator could be jailed for up to one year and receive a fine of £13,000.

The rail operator SNCF replied apologizing for the "difficult conditions" and advised her to report such incidents to authorities.

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