Fitness influencer left 'disfigured' after being sprayed with bleach and assaulted in vile attack
A fitness influencer was left disfigured after she was allegedly tied up, sprayed with bleach and assaulted by robbers who broke into her home.
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Soraya Riffy - who is 30, lives in Marseille, France and is known for her fashion and fitness content - shared details of the attack on Instagram through a spokesperson.
Posting to the social media platform, Soraya's lawyer Tom Michel, said the incident happened on the evening of July 4.
Soraya was "kidnapped" and "assaulted" after a man arrived at her home posing "as a neighbour who did not have his keys".
The man and mother intruder then barged their way into Soraya's home before they "tied her up, beat her with a gun and with box cutters, and threatened to kill her".
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She was also said to have woke up covered in bleach "no doubt to erase the DNA traces of her attackers".
Valuable items including a Cartier bracelet, a Rolex watch and her car keys were taken by the pair.
The social media statement added Soraya's nose is broken, she is suffering from a concussion and psychologically, she is "destroyed".
Speaking to French paper Le Parisian, Soraya said: "I'm disfigured, disgusted and frightened. Too much media exposure leads to danger.
"I'm going to leave Marseille for good, step away from social media for the time being - I'm lost."
She rose to fame in 2016 after appearing on the French TV talk show, Touche pas à mon poste (Don't touch my TV set), and boasts one million followers on Instagram.