And as soon as I knew what it was that was--
he was pouring all over me, it was--
I can't even--
I don't know what to say.
I mean, it was disgusting.
And it was-- it was an assault. But
it was an assault that was--
sorry.
It was just really-- it was horrible.
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I was at dinner at my favorite Thai restaurant
on Hollywood and Bronson.
And I came walking out to my car,
which was only like 10 steps away from the actual place.
And I went to open up my car door.
And all of a sudden, I hear this, like, this--
this swishing sound.
And I looked up.
And the guy was right there.
And he was about 6 foot 2.
He was really-- he was big.
And he looked at me.
And I had no time to do anything.
He pushed me in my car twice.
And then he pulled me out by my shirt,
pulled me out into the street and poured a huge,
like a like a Folgers can of his feces all over me.
And when he did it, I thought it was hot, and it burns.
I thought it was like an--
like, I didn't know what it was.
And then the smell.
And then it was running down my eyelashes into my eyes.
And he ran away.
He poured it all over me all in my car.
And he ran away.
And I was--
I couldn't see.
So I was stuck in the middle of the road
on Hollywood Boulevard.
And nobody would stop.
It was crazy.
This couple stopped and helped me.
They were from out of town.
And they walked me to the corner of the curb.
And the police came.
And they got the feces out of my eyes so I could sort of see.
And the guy was across the street.
And he had no shoes on.
And he was staring at me.
And I said that that was him.
And the cops went over there and detained him.
Meanwhile, the firemen come.
They have to peel off all of my items of clothing
because I'm soaked in his feces.
They throw it in a bag.
They wrap me up.
And then they set up a sort of like a half moon thing
around their truck.
And they hose me down on Hollywood Boulevard.
And I've made a joke that I was Meryl Streep in "Silkwood"
as I'm, like, crying.
And it was-- it was awful.
Then they took me into the ambulance.
I had to identify the man first.
And they arrested him on battery charges.
And, yeah, I got tested at the emergency room for all,
like, the infectious like, hep V, hep A. And yeah, that's--
it was awful.
He was arrested.
And I just found out a few weeks ago
that he was let out, because he wasn't fit to stand trial.
So they let him go, asked him where he wanted to go.
They dropped him off.
And now he's in around the same spot.
So he's schizophrenic.
And he's just not mentally stable, obviously.
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My first reaction was is that I thought I was going to die,
because he didn't say anything.
So the look in his eyes was, I thought
he was going to murder--
I thought he had a knife.
I didn't know.
That was my first reaction.
I always thought I was a tough person.
I've lived in Hollywood for a very long time.
And I thought I would, you know, I'd be tough and scream.
And I couldn't do anything.
So-- and as soon as I knew what it was-- it was he
was pouring over me, it was--
I can't even--
I don't know what to say.
I mean, it was disgusting.
And it was-- it was an assault.
But it was an assault that was--
sorry.
It was just really-- it was horrible.
And I didn't--
I mean, there was no--
nobody there to help me.
And I'm screaming, I remember.
It's Hollywood Boulevard.
Like, I was--
I think I was just shocked.
And it was disgusting on top of everything.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
For sure.
And I thought that--
I thought I would be done with it.
Like, PTSD to me, I was like, oh, I'm fine.
I'm going to be good.
I have a sense of humor.
Thank god.
But it's affected me in so many ways--
just mentally, emotionally.
After that happened, I did research on the homeless in LA.
I've actually gone to a couple shelters.
And it's the-- I don't understand it.
It's where the very wealthy stayed.
And I just don't understand where all the money--
I don't understand where the millions of dollars
that are going into the city where it's going.
This is Hollywood.
There's tourists.
There's-- it's just--
I don't know.
And as a victim, I don't have--
I don't have insurance.
But, you know, Mr. Newsom has the bill
for illegal immigrants, which is great.
It's fine.
But I don't have--
what about the victims of these attacks?
That's where I'm at.
Like, I just--
I need help.
I need medical care.
And I don't have it.
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Oh, for sure worse.
Not at all.
In fact, one of the first responders--
I don't want to say, like, who it was.
But they had told me, pretend like I'm not who I am.
And Los Angeles loves homeless people.
I know I didn't understand what he meant-- what he meant.
And he said because they're getting so--
they're getting paid a lot of money for the homeless people.
And I still didn't understand.
And then I did more research.
And it's true.
They're getting millions of dollars.
And there's nothing being done.
There's tents.
I always thought the tents were the homeless people's tents.
But they're not.
They're actually given to them.
I think it's got--
it's getting worse.
And I think that I think the numbers I think have doubled
this year for homeless people.
And I think there's more than half are mentally ill.
So there needs to be some sort of help with that.
But where's the money going to that they're getting?
And they're dropping them back off.
I mean, they let him go because he wasn't fit to stand trial.
To me, that doesn't make sense, though.