Authorities have revealed new developments in the Menna Abdel Aziz sexual assault, confirming the 17-year-old social media sensation’s rape allegations, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The investigation revealed that on the day of the incident, Abdel Aziz and five of her friends went to a hotel in the Talbiya neighborhood, where Menna was physically assaulted by one of her male friends following an altercation with another female friend. Investigators also revealed that the young man then stole her phone and money, while another male friend raped her. One of her female friends filmed the incident on her phone, then proceeded to sharing parts of the footage on social media. Abdel Aziz and six others were held for questioning earlier, according to local news reports. According to investigators, the guilty parties all admitted to the crime, but the reports didn’t specify the nature of the charges they would be facing. The victim, on the other hand, faces charges of “misusing social media networks, inciting debauchery and violating Egyptian family values.” It is not clear what the nature of the felonies are due to the vaguely worded charges, however, most observers seem…
