Tostee weighs in on groping of topless woman
GABLE Tostee, who was acquitted over the death of his Tinder date, has said a US woman groped at a New Zealand festival was “looking for a fight”.
Madeline AnelloKitzmiller, 20, from Portland, Oregon took revenge on a man who grabbed her glittered breasts at Rhythm and Vines Festival on New Year’s Eve in Gisborne.
The man ran off but Ms Anello-Kitzmiller and her friend Kiri-Ann Hatfield chased him down. She slapped his head several times as he cowered on the grass with friends.
Video of the incident went viral after it was posted to Facebook.
Mr Tostee, using his alias Eric Thomas, said on Facebook on Tuesday night that Ms Anello-Kitzmiller and the man who groped her should be charged.
“Let me say that everyone, no matter how they are dressed (or not dressed), has the right to not be groped or sexually assaulted, and that all blame for unprovoked assault should lie solely on the assailant,” he wrote.
“But at the same time (cue the outrage), can anyone honestly tell me that this girl wasn’t expecting attention by going to a public festival full of crowds of intoxicated people, wearing nothing but glitter on her tits?
“I personally don’t have a problem with the way she was(n’t) dressed, but I honestly think she was out looking for a fight, because what she did to the guy after wasn’t simply self-defence, it was also assault.
“I think it would only be fair if both the guy as well as glittertits (sic) were charged with assault.”
NZ woman Warriena Wright fell from the balcony of Tostee’s apartment in 2014.