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Woman calls police on boy, 9, after accusing him of sexual assault


A woman has called the police on a nine-year-old boy after accusing him of sexually assaulting her.

Passerby Jason Stovetop Littlejohn shared a video of the ensuing argument on Facebook reportedly outside the Sahara Deli in Flatbush, New York on Wednesday.

“Meet Cornerstore Caroline. White Woman calls police on a kid, saying he sexually assaulted her,” he wrote.

“As I walked up I noticed the argument, apparently, the kid brushed up against her and she said he touched her and decided to call police on a nine-year-old child.

“As you can see the kid is crying and the mom is upset.”

A woman has been filmed appearing to call police on a nine-year-old boy in New York. She claims the boy who is pictured on the right with a backpack sexually assaulted her. Source: Facebook/Jason Stovetop Littlejohn
A woman has been filmed appearing to call police on a nine-year-old boy in New York. She claims the boy who is pictured on the right with a backpack sexually assaulted her. Source: Facebook/Jason Stovetop Littlejohn

In the video, the woman says to the 911 operator “the son grabbed my a**”.

She also offers to “submit the security tapes for evidence”.

The boy and, presumably, his sister cry and wail in fear while standing next to their mother as a crowd gathers in defence of the family.

A passerby confronts the woman who’s been dubbed ‘Cornerstore Caroline’. Source: Facebook/Jason Stovetop Littlejohn
A passerby confronts the woman who’s been dubbed ‘Cornerstore Caroline’. Source: Facebook/Jason Stovetop Littlejohn

On Friday, Pix11 journalist Andrew Ramos tweeted a surveillance video from the store, depicting the boy walking by the woman unaware of her presence, with both his hands in plain view.

His oversize backpack appears to make contact with the woman, who becomes visibly upset.

After exchanging heated words with the boy’s mother, she whips out her phone and starts dialling.

CCTV footage shows the boy's backpack appearing to graze the woman inside the Flatbush store in Brooklyn.
CCTV obtained by Pix 11 shows the boy’s backpack appearing to graze the woman as she stands with her back to him at the counter. Source: Pix 11

The New York City Police Department told Yahoo Lifestyle no related complaint reports were filed, although according to Pix11, officers did respond after the crowd had dispersed.

Yahoo Lifestyle could not reach a representative of Sahara Deli for comment, but the owner told Pix11 “the woman has a history of being ‘unwell'”.

On Friday, a Pix11 news crew visited the woman’s apartment, but she refused to speak instead calling 911 on the reporters.

Ms Klein told the New York Post she’s not a racist and wanted to say sorry to the woman’s two children.

“I would like to apologise to her daughter and her son but not to her,” Ms Klein said.

“She could have walked away, but she didn’t. I’m also a Buddhist, [but] I let my temper show.”

She also acknowledged the boy touched her accidentally.

The New York boy's mum speaks with the woman who then pulls out her phone. Source: Pix 11
The boy’s mum speaks with the woman who then pulls out her phone. Source: Pix 11