Channel 9, twice in one day, mistaking a woman for a piece of property.
Tareq Mikhael Setto is not charged with raping a car, he is charged with aggravated sexual assault against a 26 year old woman.
She is a person, not a car. He’s an alleged perpetrator of brutal sexual assault, not an invisible being.
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