‘She’s half-naked, I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to jerk off’ – Man attacks woman who confronts him over public masturbation in Brussels park

Another man who reportedly tried to intervene ended up with a 3-cm laceration on his face

The suspect was allegedly masturbating before he was confronted and attacked a man in Brussels' Forest Park.
By Remix News Staff
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Last Friday, a man in Brussels’ Forest Park began masturbating in full view of everyone there, including a group of women, leading to one confrontation with a woman and another more violent attack on a man who reportedly tried to intervene. The police finally arrested the suspect on Sunday at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels.

In the footage posted to social media by Fdesouche, a woman is seen grabbing her water bottle, confronting the suspect, and tossing the contents of her bottle at him. The suspect immediately reacted violently, throwing his shoe at her as she ran away.

Another park-goer, who witnessed the entire scene, told SudInfo: “I saw a guy in the distance staring at me very intently for several minutes — a really prolonged stare,” she said.

Another woman told the portal: “I saw this girl running toward him with a bottle of water and yelling at him: ‘You’re jerking off, I saw you, get lost.’”

According to the witness, the man did not seem “the least bit shaken” afterward. Instead, “He threw his shoe in her face. My friend then stood up to try to defend her because we could feel the tension rising.”

“Not a shred of shame or remorse,” she said, adding that the man even justified his behavior by saying, “She’s half-naked; I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to masturbate.”

This witness also told the portal: “It was 30 degrees and this girl was wearing shorts and a bikini top.” Although this woman is not seen in the video, there is a very narrow field of view on the one video recording obtained from the incident. It is also unclear if the person filming may have been wearing a bikini.

“He threw a right hook straight into my friend’s face with a ring; it split his temple open three centimeters, he was bleeding,” the one witness continued.

The police had been called, but by the time they arrived on the scene, the suspect had already fled. He was finally arrested on Sunday afternoon. Although he appears to possibly be an immigrant in the footage posted, no information pertaining to his nationality has been released by police.

“Our services confirm that a person reported for indecent exposure was spotted on May 24, 2026, at the Place de la Bourse in the early afternoon. The individual was apprehended and taken to the police station for questioning. Following the questioning, he was handed over to the public prosecutor’s office,” said Ilse Van de Keere, spokesperson for the Brussels Capital/Ixelles police zone.

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