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American Expat In Paris Assaulted, Robbed, And Drugged But Claims It's Still Worth Living There

The popular TikToker describes her experience being robbed, assaulted, and drugged by strangers in Paris. But she claims it's still worth it, despite how little magic is actually left in the city of love.

By Gina Florio3 min read
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Amanda Rollins, originally from Boston, Massachusetts, recently commemorated her six-year stay in Paris by shedding light on the stark realities she has confronted since moving. In a TikTok video watched over 1 million times, Amanda recounts her challenging experiences which included have her cell phone pickpocketed six different times, averting an attempted kidnapping by an Uber driver, being assaulted by 14 men at the Louvre, having her drink drugged by someone on the Seine, and needing to file police reports on five occasions (and go to the hospital on five different occasions).