A British girl was sexually assaulted by several male players while playing a virtual reality game. (Photo/shutter stock)
A 16-year-old girl in the UK claimed that, while playing a virtual reality (VR) game, several unknown male players had sexually assaulted her avatar in the game. The British police recently launched a formal investigation into the incident, and this the case the first in the country Metaverse sexual assault case.
According to a British “Daily Mail” report, the girl was wearing a VR device and playing a virtual reality game at home when she was sexually assaulted by multiple adult men in the game. The police said that although the incident took place in the virtual world and the girl’s real self was sitting in front of the screen, the psychological and spiritual damage she suffered was the same as what the victim encountered in real life.
The senior police officer in charge of investigating the case said, “The psychological trauma suffered by this child is the same as that of a victim of sexual assault. The effect of psychological trauma is actually more permanent than any physical injury .” However, according to local law, physical sexual contact without consent constitutes sexual assault. The authorities are concerned that the case may not be prosecuted under current laws, and there are no relevant cases to refer to them.
The case has also raised questions among local people. The police said they are already studying whether more time and resources need to be spent investigating cases of virtual sexual assaults as they have received multiple cases of real assaults which need to be dealt with.
British Home Secretary James Cleverly defended the VR case, “I know a lot of people think this isn’t real, but virtual reality has an incredible sense of reality and we’re talking about Traumatized Children” believing it shouldn’t the public ignores the crime problem in virtual reality.
Cleverley also believes that a person who can sexually abuse children in virtual reality must also be able to do terrible things in real life. Ian Critchley, leader of the National Committee on Child Abuse and Police Welfare, also believes that virtual reality opens up new channels for pedophiles, giving them more opportunities to harm children.
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