Shocking video footage posted online shows a woman, allegedly a prostitute, clad in a scantily clad bikini, lunging at reporter Jonathan Cho at a Seattle gas station.
A video posted to Twitter shows the confused moment when an alleged prostitute confronts Cho about the filming at an Arco gas station on Aurora Avenue N in Seattle. The woman, clad in a skimpy bikini and high heels, turns to Cho with a Celsius energy drink and a sandwich in hand and asks him why he is filming. (RELATED: Video shows bikini-clad barista using a hammer to smash man's windshield after drink was thrown at her)
“What are you recording for?” the woman asks.
“Because she's wearing a bikini in a gas station. I just wonder why,” Choi replied.
“This is how we prostitute ourselves, so put down the camera, I'm shameless,” the woman said, “Damn it, I'll break your phone.”
“Try running in those high heels. I'd love to meet you,” Choi says, and a woman can be seen running after him.
Watch in under 2 minutes to see what happens every day on Aurora Avenue N in Seattle. Fentanyl addicts and prostitutes still rule the neighborhood. FYI, there were kids there when I stopped by this Arco gas station to get a soda on Monday afternoon. The current plan doesn't seem to be working. pic.twitter.com/oJ395s4pa0
— Jonathan Cho (@choeshow) June 25, 2024
When Cho walked outside the Arco gas station, he saw what appeared to be another prostitute waiting inside. The reporter then walked down an alleyway and found a man crouching on his hands and knees, and Cho asked him if he was OK.
“Are you okay? What have you been drinking, Bruce?” Choi asked.
The man appeared to be in a daze, but Choi urged him to move away from the alleyway out of fear of being run over.
“Can't we at least get him off the side of the road? Hey, we need to get him to the side of the road over there,” Cho says, and moments later the man rolls onto his back.
Seattle's Aurora Avenue has become so notorious for prostitution that city council members proposed reinstating an earlier anti-loitering law this year to address concerns about the crime-ridden area. according to Fox 13 Seattle reported in early May that City Council Member Cathy Moore floated the proposal after Seattle's Democratic Mayor Bruce Harrell vowed to tackle what she called the widespread problem of exploitation and human trafficking.
Drug use and overdoses are also a concern for the liberal city, with fentanyl overdoses recording a record 1,082 deaths in 2023, a 51% increase over 2022. according to To the Seattle Times.
