According to British media reports, there are many differences in the applicable law on sexual assault in the UK and the US, but "transnational sexual assault" involving the UK and the US is absolutely rare. Recently, British Airways has such an abnormal sexual assault case, the victims are two flight attendants, and it has now become an international incident that alarms the police of two countries; as for the process of this case, many people are quite confused.
The British media report is very detailed, on the day of the incident on the flight back to London, a flight attendant suddenly lost her voice and cried, she told her colleagues about the sexual assault, the colleague called the police before the plane landed, and then after getting off the plane, the case was received by the London police. But the victim told the police that she had been sexually assaulted in the United States, and that another colleague, like her, had to conduct a supplementary investigation and report the matter.
The report mentioned that many flight attendants have a "free time" after arriving at their destination, and the company does not restrict their travel until the next day. So that night the two flight attendants planned to "relax," and they went to a luxury club in Los Angeles together. Both are believed to have drunk at the party and were subsequently taken to a mansion by some people, where the two were drugged and sexually assaulted, and it is not known how many people were involved in the incident. The next day they went to work as usual, but one of them collapsed under psychological pressure.
The airline they worked for confirmed the report after the incident and said the victim had been with the airline for several years and that the company had been providing them with professional help and support. Therefore, "flight attendants may be involved in a sexual assault incident overseas" is a very serious thing, and the company will give them full support. At present, the British police are asking the American police to assist in the investigation, and the case has quickly "gone out of the circle" throughout many countries, and there is no news that the suspect has been arrested.
Some people pointed out that immediately calling the police in Los Angeles and contacting the company is an "absolutely effective" means, and returning to the UK to call the police will make the matter very troublesome, and even let the police lose the opportunity to collect evidence at the first time. If the case is followed by a British police contact the Los Angeles police department in the United States, they will try the suspect in accordance with U.S. law after they catch it, and the two can voluntarily go to the United States to cooperate in the investigation. But what is certain is that it is much better for suspects to be tried in the United States than in the United Kingdom, and the United States has an advantage over the United Kingdom in terms of sentencing for applicable law and public prosecution support.
Locals also caution that in the absence of effective protection or lack of local knowledge, outsiders should avoid going to similar places, even when accompanied, and cannot completely eliminate the danger. It's not uncommon in the United States for two flight attendants to be physically assaulted for negligence; there are similar groups at many local nightclubs, bars, and club parties in Los Angeles that hunt for targets and then drugg them, which has been reported much over the past year.