Breast cancer survivor says man groped her while shopping at Kohl's

TROY, Mich. — A Michigan woman says she was sexually assaulted by a man while shopping at a Kohl's store in Troy on Nov. 17.

The woman, who did not want her name shared, told WXYZ that she is a breast cancer survivor who had a double mastectomy and recent reconstructive surgery. She was shopping for bras when she says a man, later identified as Embra Middleton, 23, grabbed her from behind, rubbed his body against hers and groped her.

But that wasn't the worst of the assault, WXYZ reported. The woman said Middleton then urinated on her back. The area where she was struck by Middleton's bodily fluids was near the area of her surgical incisions, which are still healing, the woman said.

Middleton was charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct, but not with a sexual crime. The woman tells WXYZ that she is sharing her story in hopes that Middleton will be charged with sexual assault and be required to register as a sex offender, if convicted.

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