In Florida, a rapist tried to attack an athlete - and lost a piece of his beard

The worried man wanted to hit on a visitor to the fitness room, but did not take into account that a trained girl could fight back.

Nashali Alma, 24, never took self-defense classes, but the gym was enough to fight off her rapist.

Nashali Alma

On January 22, Nashali went to the gym as usual at the Inwood Park residential complex in Tampa. There was no one in the room except for her, and then a man appeared, who approached the girl almost immediately. He tried to hug her - Alma pushed the insolent man away, saying that he should leave her alone.

Either the visitor thought that saying "no", the girl actually wants to continue the acquaintance, or simply decided to bring her plan to the end. He began to pursue the athlete, running after her around the gym. She wanted to run away, while trying to call the police. At one point, the man managed to knock the girl to the floor. But Alma wasn't about to give up. She resisted, striking the attacker's back, and then began to choke him. In the end, she managed to twist the rapist out of the tenacious paws and run away from him.

25-year-old Xavier Thomas-Jones was detained by police a day after the incident at the gym. He was found thanks to a call from an American woman, to whom Jones tried to enter the apartment to rape. Before that, he watched a pretty stranger on the balcony, figured out the number of her apartment and showed up to her, asking if she wanted to hang out. The girl's fiance recorded the incident on video and immediately called the police.

Xavier Thomas-Jones

The detainee was charged with attempted sexual assault. As for Alma, whom Jones chose as his victim, the girl is sure: you should never give up. Resist, show your strength - rapists do not expect this and are confused if they see that they are not afraid.

Nashali herself did not suffer as a result of a brawl with Jones, but his beard was fairly thinned. The girl says that during the fight she twisted it, ensuring that the rapist loosened her grip.

Alma graduated from the University of South Florida and is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Rasmussen University. Sport is her passion and she enjoys spending her time in the gym. She also shows videos and photos of her workouts on the pages of social networks and advises beginners.