A man "grabbed and stroked" Ariana on a plane. She live-tweeted everything that happened next.

The experience of a woman who was “grabbed and stroked” by a male passenger while boarding a flight perfectly exemplifies why women so often stay silent when if comes to reporting assault.

Ariana Lenarsky live-tweeted everything that happened in the aftermath of the incident, which took place while she was boarding a flight from Austin, Texas yesterday.

Some guy grabbed & stroked my calf (??) as I walked by on the plane, so I took his picture. Not gonna post it, but I hope he’s freaked out.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

Lenarsky went straight to airline staff and was told another woman had already come forward with a complaint — about the same dude.

I just told the flight attendants, and they both nodded. They already knew who it was, because other women already complained. Lol.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

It’s like a real-time Choose Your Own Adventure for how to deal with harassment.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

The flight attendants told the captain who filed a report with the airline and told he’d face local authorities on the ground.

They told the captain and are filing a report with the airline. Local authorities will meet the plane when we land.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

She wasn’t particularly moved by their response.

I feel depressed.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

The man was taken off the plane by police, who took reports from the two women and labelled what they described as “battery”.

Police took him off the plane. I’m still here & they’re taking my & another woman’s report. The legal term for how he grabbed me is battery.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

The man allegedly tried to kiss the other woman.

Because it happened in the air, she was told the FBI would be involved if she decided to press charges.

He tried to kiss the other woman. She doesn’t want to press charges bc since it happened in the sky, the FBI would have to get involved.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

Meanwhile Lenarsky was told she’d have to fly all the way back to Texas.

If I want to press charges, I’d have to fly back to Austin on my dime, since it’s Austin PD’s jurisdiction. I don’t want to do that.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

She was also told the man would receive a “talking to” and not to worry because although it might be “battery”, “it’s not the crime of the century”.

Police said they would “give him a talking to”& “it’s not the crime of the century.” True! I’m going to tweet his picture now since it’s nbd

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016

Basically, Lenarsky left feeling exhausted, “ridiculous” and embarrassed and the dude who touched her body without her consent…well, he just left.

That was exhausting, ridiculous, and embarrassing. Thank you for the support. I will probably formulate more thoughts about it this week.

— Ariana Lenarsky (@aardvarsk) October 23, 2016