A Chicago woman is speaking out after she said a man cornered her on the street near the Gold Coast restaurant Maple & Ash and then followed her inside when she tried to escape. The incident, which she said happened around 2:30 to 3 PM, has since gone viral on TikTok, where the video has gained over 2.2 million views.
The creator, who goes by the username @lavendermilftea and is identified as Sid, said in her TikTok video that she was near Maple & Ash in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood when a man approached her and told her she was beautiful. She said she tried to stay polite and keep walking, as she said she usually does when she faces street harassment, but the man stepped in front of her and blocked her path.
