Now Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Another Transgender
By Shay Woulahan, June 17, 2024, redux.info.com
The trans activist who received criticism for exposing his augmented breasts at the White House during a Pride event last June has now been accused of sexual assault. The alleged victim is a biological female who identifies as a “man.” Rose Montoya, 28, was subsequently banned from attending any future events at the White House after a video went viral showing him groping his fake breasts while topless on the South Lawn. Montoya shared the video to his own TikTok account, and it quickly gathered attention.
After a groundswell of public outrage, Montoya was condemned by White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre. “The behavior was simply unacceptable,” Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing. “It was unfair to the hundreds of attendees who were there to celebrate their families.”
Montoya later uploaded a video to TikTok defending his actions. In the video, captioned “free the nipple,” he said, “I was simply living my joy and my truth and existing in my body.” However, he ended up backtracking and released an apology video after other trans activists began criticizing his actions, accusing him of “embarrassing the trans community” and “setting the community back” during an important event.
“I alongside other powerful voices in the queer and trans communities were invited to be represented, seen and heard in a unique and very special way,” Montoya said. “In a quick moment of fleeting and overwhelming trans joy, I decided to do something unbecoming of a guest of the president.”
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