US tourist ‘exposes’ scuba diving instructor who she filmed ‘touching her inappropriately’ while underwater in Egypt (Video)

A US tourist has exposed a scuba diving instructor who she filmed touching her inappropriately while underwater in Egypt.

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According to Mail Online, Rasha Mediene travelled solo to Egypt and attended the first day of a €350 scuba diving course on March 1.

The 31-year-old said she met with the instructor, who refrained from hugging her due to it being Ramadan and her being a Muslim. But when they went underwater, she said the man started holding her hand as she recorded their dive on her camera.

The content creator claims the instructor touched her bottom and legs while in the water, making her feel uncomfortable.

Video footage shows the pair swimming hand-in-hand before the instructor turns and places his arm around Ms Mediene, appearing to touch her on her backside and then her leg. As Ms Mediene tries to push him away, the instructor grabs her legs again, seemingly attempting to stop her from moving away.

Ms Mediene said the instructor ‘showed off’ and even offered to drive her home once they were back on land, but she refused and returned to her hotel.

Ms Mediene, from Los Angeles, California, US, said: ‘I was trying to show Egypt is one of the cheapest places to do scuba diving.

‘It was my first day, I met the instructor, and it was Ramadan. I am a Muslim. When he met me, he found out I was Middle Eastern and said ‘I would hug you but it’s Ramadan.’

‘There was a camera and still chose to do what he did. He held my hand, normal, this has happened before.

‘But then when he went into the dance move, I thought, I’m pretty sure we shouldn’t be doing this.

‘I was new to learning. I didn’t know what his intentions were. I thought he might be doing something to grab the oxygen, I don’t know.

‘Until I do know, he was touching my butt, and there was no reason for that. I was p****d. I have a really bad temper.

‘I tried to bite my tongue and handle it outside. I thought, ‘just breathe, you’re okay’. He understood to let it go.

‘We got out of the water, and I didn’t even know what to say, so I went home to see the footage. Even when we got out of the water he was trying to show off.

‘He was like, ‘I wish I knew you were staying around here. I would have dropped you off. My car is really fast, it has this much horsepower’.’

Ms Mediene, who also works as a lifeguard, said she was vulnerable as she did not know how to use her oxygen equipment and was alone in the water with the instructor.

Ms Medienen also claimed that the instructor got in touch after seeing the footage online and claimed he did not touch her inappropriately.

Ms Mediene said: ‘The twisted part of this is that I am a lifeguard and I teach swimming. I am comfortable in the water.

‘But I had this gear and oxygen thing and I didn’t know how deep I was. You can die from the pressure, I don’t know that stuff.

‘I was in a vulnerable state with this man, it was just me and him in the water.

‘I was extremely p*ssed off, I was mad that I was in the water. If I was on land, whatever sport I was doing, I could just walk away, get in my car, and go.

‘I might have hit him at that moment, I don’t know. It was Ramadan and you are supposed to be calm.

‘I didn’t have a choice. Just a man thinking he can do whatever he wants.

‘I went home and it fizzled out. I went on social media and he messaged me saying ‘what is this, why are people saying I am touching you?’

‘I didn’t respond to him because if he doesn’t think he is touching me that is crazy.’

The holidaymaker said she did not show any signs of ‘flirtation’ before getting in the water.

Ms Mediene is now urging women to research before booking scuba diving and choose a female instructor.

Ms Mediene said: ‘I wasn’t interested, I didn’t show him any flirtatiousness. I don’t understand why he felt that way.

‘I’m very strict and direct, I don’t flirt with people I’m not interested in, it’s not in my nature. There’s no reason for him to have thought anything.

‘I am a strong girl, I can stand up for myself. Research the spot and preferably get a female instructor.’

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