A TikTokker in Florida says a man followed her home from her gym and sexually assaulted her, but the health club refused to ban him – until her video went viral.
Jessi Balter made her accusation public in a TikTok video, which has now garnered almost 7m views. The footage does not depict the assault, but shows Ms Balter working out at the gym on what she says was “the day a man followed me home from the gym and into my apartment”.
“I reported the incident to LA Fitness and they refused to ban him,” Ms Balter says in the captions. “How can they care more about a contract than their own member’s safety???”
After the video went viral, Ms Balter posted an update in which she said LA Fitness called her to apologise and asked what they could do to help.
“I was just called, and I spoke to the district manager of operations of South Florida,” she said, adding that she explained her complaint to the manager in “full detail”.
“He fully agreed and he apologised on their behalf, and he offered me a refund,” Ms Balter said. That refund was for a membership she…
