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   A man has been arrested after an alleged sexual assault at an Atlanta   
   nightclub was streamed on Facebook Live, according to police.   
      
   Dominique Williams, 34, turned himself in Tuesday after police obtained a   
   warrant for his arrest on a charge of aggravated sodomy, Atlanta police said   
   in a statement.   
      
   According to a police report dated January 20, the alleged assault was   
   reported by a woman who said she had seen an incident streamed on Facebook   
   Live which showed “a black female being groped on her chest and possibly   
   being raped from behind” as she    
   screamed “‘no, stop.’ ”   
      
   Officers were unable to find the alleged victim when they arrived at Opera   
   nightclub later that night, according to the incident report. An officer then   
   looked at the video and saw it had been recorded about an hour prior to   
   officers’ arrival, the    
   report said.   
      
   “In the video you can clearly hear the female saying, ‘stop, please   
   somebody help me,’ ” the incident report states.   
      
   CNN does not identify victims of alleged sexual assault, but the woman’s   
   attorney, L. Chris Stewart, said Williams’ arrest was a “vindication”   
   for her.   
      
   Attorney: No evidence of assault   
   An attorney for Williams, Shequel Ross, said in a statement posted to her   
   Instagram account prior to his arrest that there is “no evidence that   
   supports that Mr. Williams raped or sexually assaulted” the alleged victim.   
      
   “Our client and his innocent family members have endured harassment as a   
   result of this rush to judgement (sic) without reviewing facts.” Williams   
   remained in custody Thursday afternoon.   
      
   The Facebook video was taken down shortly after the alleged assault. A   
   spokesperson for the company told CNN that Facebook does “not allow content   
   that depicts sexual violence or assault.”   
      
   The nightclub addressed the incident in a brief statement on its Facebook page   
   the day after it was reported, saying it was cooperating with police and   
   “will continue to aid and support their investigation in any way we can.”   
      
   An attorney for Opera, Bryan Knight, reiterated the club’s cooperation with   
   authorities in an updated statement on Tuesday, saying, “we will continue to   
   provide Atlanta Police Department with any information and footage which may   
   help the    
   investigation.”   
      
   ‘Bystander culture’   
   Media reports about the alleged assault also sparked demonstrations outside   
   the club. According to CNN affiliate WGCL, days after the alleged assault, a   
   group of men and women showed up and began chanting the victim’s name.   
      
   One of the demonstration’s organizers, Sabrina Peterson, told CNN the   
   protest was against “bystander culture,” referring to people in the club   
   who could have helped the alleged victim but did not.   
      
   “It just hurt me to my core,” Peterson said. “That could have been me.   
   That could have been any amount of people.”   
      
   Local promoter and radio host Su Solo told WGCL the alleged assault made her   
   “sick to my stomach.”   
      
   “I just don’t understand when we got to a point when ‘no’ isn’t   
   enough,” she said. “Even on camera. Even on camera you’re bold enough to   
   be on film. This is a bold time for predators, but I also think that the   
   culture is shifting. I think    
   women have become way more independent than we were before.”   
      
   https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/31/us/atlanta-nightclub-assault-alle   
   ation/index.html   
      
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